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  • Date: 
    December 3, 2009
    12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A light lunch will be available prior to the start of the seminar.

    The Financial and Economic Crash of 2008 and its Impact on Food and Agriculture in Developing Countries

    Presenter(s): 
    Ross Garnaut; Ousmane Badiane; Justin Lin; Shenggen Fan. Chair: Joachim von Braun.
    Location: 

    International Food Policy Research Institute
    2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
    Fourth Floor Conference Facility

    Abstract

    The financial and economic crash of 2008 was immediately succeeded by a global recession that is leading to significant paradigm shifts in the global policy agenda. It has slowed, and in some cases reversed, the progress in output growth, trade, foreign investments, and poverty and hunger reduction. Moreover, the financial crisis emerged on the shoulders of the preceding fuel and food price crises that already exacerbated the vulnerability of the poor and hungry people in developing countries.

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  • Date: 
    November 25, 2009
    09:30 – 13:30

    Millions Fed - Addis Ababa

    Presenter(s): 
    H.E. Erastus Mwencha (African Union Commission) – Opening and Closing Remarks; Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere (IFPRI) -- Welcome remarks; David Spielman (IFPRI) -- Overview; Rajul Pandya-Lorch (IFPRI) -- Lessons Learned; Hon. Ato Tefera Derebew, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ethiopia -- Keynote address
    Location: 

    Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa

    Abstract

    More about Millions Fed

    Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. Progress in feeding the world’s billions has slowed, while the challenge of feeding its future millions remains enormous and is subject to new uncertainties in the global food and agricultural systems.

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  • Date: 
    November 23, 2009
    4.30 pm – 6.00 pm. Followed by Reception

    Millions Fed - London

    Presenter(s): 
    Camilla Toulmin – Introductory Remarks; David J. Spielman – Overview; Peter B. R. Hazell – The Green Revolution; Peter Roeder – Eradicating Rinderpest; Rajul Pandya‐Lorch – Lessons Learned; Christie Peacock – Reflections on Implications
    Location: 

    Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Room
    (Just Off Westminster Hall)
    Houses of Parliament
    London SW1A 0AA

    Hosted By the APPG Agriculture and Food for Development

    More about Millions Fed

    Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. Progress in feeding the world’s billions has slowed, while the challenge of feeding its future millions remains enormous and is subject to new uncertainties in the global food and agricultural systems.

    Read more