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Global food security had been deteriorating for several years prior to 2020, and Covid-19 revealed system-wide vulnerabilities. Reversing today’s trends in food insecurity requires renewed commitment, creative thinking, and bold action across sectors.
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The CSIS Global Food Security Program (GFSP) is committed to reinvigorating U.S. leadership on food security, using the latest data to define the nature of today’s challenges, and proposing policy solutions that maximize the impact of U.S. investments at home and abroad.
GFSP works independently and through partnerships to provide research, analysis, and policy recommendations on a variety of topics that can effectively enhance global food security. Our priorities evolve, mirroring the changing nature of food security challenges. Today, GFSP focuses on several key issues imperative to enhancing food security in the United States and globally.
Climate Change: Food systems are responsible for over one-third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while the livelihoods of producers—farmers, herders, foresters, and fishers—are increasingly threatened by climate change. GFSP examines the relationship of climate change and food security to migration and conflict and proposes solutions for producers to reduce GHG emissions and adapt a changing climate.
U.S. Military Food Security: Food insecurity among U.S. veterans and military families is a national security concern: it multiplies stress on active-duty personnel, contributes to malnutrition among service members and their children, who are more likely to serve in the military as adults, and may hinder recruitment for the armed services. GFSP offers a path forward to long-term solutions to military food insecurity.
Equity in U.S. Food Systems: A perennial leader in global food security policy and programming, the United States is in the spotlight for inequities in its domestic food systems. Remaining a global leader will require U.S. food systems that reduce disproportionate rates of malnutrition among people of color, women, military families, and other communities. GFSP analyzes the latest data and proposes policies to improve food security among our country’s most food-insecure populations.
Nutrition: Forty percent of the world’s population cannot afford the cheapest version of a healthy diet. Poor diets are linked to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, posing a major threat to global wellbeing, while inadequate nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life limits human and economic development. GFSP examines these challenges and proposes ways to increase production and consumption of nutritious foods in the United States and worldwide.
Urbanization: GFSP confronts a longtime blind spot of the global food security community: the urban poor, a rapidly growing segment of the world’s food-insecure population. As urbanization progresses fastest in Africa and Asia, with cities hit hardest by Covid-19, GFSP examines the nature of food insecurity among the urban poor and offers solutions tailored to their unique challenges.
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Malnutrition has the potential to bankrupt countries and prevent children from reaching their full potential. Unlike other food groups, fruits and vegetables provide beneficial outcomes across all malnutrition forms. Yet, despite the nutritional punch of fruits and vegetables, current global consumption is far below the minimum daily requirements of five portions.
Join the Global Food Security Project for the release of Seeds of Change: The Power of Fruits and Vegetables to Improve Nutrition in Tanzania, a new report focusing on how the United States and other donors are trying to boost fruit and vegetable consumption in Tanzania to improve nutrition through multisectoral and public–private approaches.
The event will feature a keynote lecture by the former Tanzanian Prime Minister, the Honorable Mizengo Pinda, which will be followed by an armchair conversation. The subsequent panel discussion will explore the unique challenges to fruit and vegetable consumption and current efforts to change dietary behavior.
This event is made possible by the generous support of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
One of the cruelest paradoxes of our time is that as world hunger increases, a significant amount of food is either lost or wasted. Successfully reducing food loss and waste would make a substantial contribution to decreasing global hunger and malnutrition. We all have a part to play, not only for the resources that go into producing food, but also, and more importantly, for the 821 million who go to bed hungry every night.
Join us for a technical discussion on the key findings of FAO’s State of Food and Agriculture Report 2019: Moving Forward on Food Loss and Waste Reduction, which was released this week. Listen to distinguished experts explore how food loss and waste reduction can significantly improve global food and nutrition security, promote environmental sustainability, and lower agricultural production costs.
This dialogue is part of the joint CSIS Global Food Security Project and FAO of the United Nations, Liaison Office for North America speaker series on agricultural development.
Climate change is upon us. In places like Nepal, where two-thirds of the labor force rely on agriculture to earn a living, the impacts of rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and protracted droughts are becoming especially severe. The U.S. government is expanding its investment in programs that build climate resilience, but how can we ensure these investments are inclusive and beneficial to the most vulnerable populations?
Please join us for a panel discussion and the launch of our newest report, Dry Hills, Full Ponds: Climate Change, Resilience, and Agriculture in Nepal, which highlights promising approaches to placing the most vulnerable at the center of resilience-building efforts.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Please join the CSIS Global Food Security Project for a discussion with a panel of experts on the relationship between climate change, political instability, and food security using current events on the African continent as a lens. The emerging consensus is that climate change poses significant national security threats. However, specific linkages between climate change and political instability are still opaque. As climate change reshapes the agricultural landscape across Africa, there is concern that higher food prices and falling yields will lead to widespread urban unrest and catalyze participation in armed extremist movements.
Preceded by a keynote from Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), the discussion will examine how climate change is interacting with demographic trends in Africa to both heighten risks associated with agriculture in rural areas and those associated with dependence on global markets in urban areas. Our panelists will explore several issues such as how averting crisis in the face of climate change and food insecurity will require:
- Better incorporation of agricultural production and food prices—both global and local—into risk assessments.
- Reinvestment in agricultural and transport infrastructure to reform global agricultural trade to make it more climate-resilient for consumers and producers in the developing world.
- Opportunities to work with regional governments to develop more inclusive responses to manage political and economic instability.
This event was made possible through general support to CSIS.
The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat all rely on biodiversity – but the demands of a growing population and the practices of unsustainable agriculture are compromising access to humanity’s most basic needs. This was the message from two recent reports launched by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) publications: Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture and The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.
The reports detailed the impact of environmental degradation and the impact diminishing biodiversity has on vulnerable ecosystems and food systems, including agriculture and health. Once biodiversity is lost, we cannot recover it. What is driving these changes in nature and how will it impact daily life? What policies and practices need to be put in place to save our planet and our food security?
Join us to hear from experts on the linkages between biodiversity loss and its impact on the global food system. The distinguished panel will reflect on the importance of safeguarding biodiversity for food and agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is key to reversing trends that lead to biodiversity loss, damaged ecosystems, deforestation, and the overall deterioration of our natural resources. The event will include an in-depth, multidisciplinary discussion as well as a nuanced conversation on the two reports.
This dialogue is part of the joint CSIS Global Food Security Project and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Liaison Office for North America speaker series on agricultural development.
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The CSIS Global Food Security Project invites you to join a discussion with a world-renowned expert and advocate on the opportunity for U.S. foreign policy and business to improve global nutrition. Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), was awarded the 2018 World Food Prize for his exemplary leadership in maternal and child nutrition and efforts to significantly reduce childhood stunting. Please join us to learn Dr. Haddad’s views on why and how the U.S. government should strengthen public-private engagement in its foreign policy to provide optimal nutrition for all.
The current state of all three forms of malnutrition—underweight, overweight or obese, and micronutrient deficiency—is unacceptable. With one in three people experiencing malnutrition, every country faces the damaging effects malnutrition has on country-level prosperity and security.
Although the current food system faces many challenges today, the private sector must be part of the solution to decrease malnutrition. Industry can play a more integral role in making nutrient-dense food more affordable and available to all populations; this means maximizing profits and prioritizing food and nutrition security and health. U.S. policymakers should build an environment that fosters public-private engagement, fortifies accountability, and shares decision-making.
This event is made possible by the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The CSIS Global Food Security Project and the CSIS Africa Program invite you to join a discussion on the economic decline and food insecurity crisis in Zimbabwe. According to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s 2018 Rural Livelihoods Assessment, nearly 2.4 million people in rural Zimbabwe were projected to be severely food insecure by March 2019. In the wake of Cyclone Idai, Zimbabwe's dire condition seems poised to worsen. If the current trends continue, Zimbabwe could be facing a severe humanitarian crises that rivals some of the worst in the world.
Is Zimbabwe prepared to reform its economy, address its food security challenges, and develop a sustainable strategy to response to natural disasters? How can the international community and the U.S. government support peace and prosperity in the wake of this disaster? Panelists Ashok Chakravarti, Jason Taylor, and Peter Thomas will tackle these questions and shine a light on the escalating situation in Zimbabwe to the Washington policy community.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been widely hailed for his promises to open political space, usher in economic liberalization, and remake the country’s poor record on human rights. However, to truly transform his country, Dr. Abiy must first transform agriculture, which is the nucleus of the Ethiopian economy and by far the largest employer.
Please join us for the launch of our newest report, Building a Big Tent for Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia, which examines the past wins, current endeavors, and future challenges of Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA).
Following a keynote message from ATA’s CEO, Khalid Bomba, an expert panel will compare and contrast Ethiopia’s experience in agricultural transformation to that of other countries and explore the role that donors like the United States government can play to support such efforts for country-led development.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Please join the CSIS Global Food Security Project for the launch of our newest report, Risk and Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future, by Julie Howard and Emmy Simmons. The report examines what the new Feed the Future strategy's emphasis on resilience means in Nigeria, one of the newly-designated target countries. Nigeria, with the continent’s largest economy, is arguably the most important partner for the United States in Africa and is on the verge of a critical presidential election. Through the lens of Nigeria, especially the northeast, the report examines the risks and opportunities related to extending the highly-regarded U.S. global hunger and food security initiative to more fragile countries.
The event will feature a dialogue on why the United States’ leadership on global food security, particularly in fragile, climate, and conflict-affected regions, is critical to U.S. national security and reducing global poverty and malnutrition. How can the U.S. adapt its successful experience with facilitating inclusive, private sector driven agricultural development to more fragile environments? Can boosting resilient systems, jobs, incomes, and nutrition in the agricultural sector – where most people live and work – help address the root causes of fragility and conflict in Nigeria and other regions?
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
For 25 years, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte has been an unsung hero in the fight against food insecurity. As Dr. M. Jahi Chappell put it, “The course to universal food security will never run smooth[ly], but steps forward have and can be made. Belo Horizonte has walked a bit farther down the path than most.” Annually, the municipal government’s Under-Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security spends upwards of $27 million running affordable “Popular Restaurants” that serve 14,000 meals per day; supporting retail “Food at Low Cost” outlets that annually move 50 million kilograms of produce; and making lunch from scratch for 150,000 schoolchildren. In addition, the government procures nearly all the produce required for these programs from small- and medium- sized family farms in the peri-urban area.
Please join us for a keynote address from Belo Horizonte’s Food and Nutrition Secretary, Ms. Maíra Colares, as we examine the promise, challenges, and determinants of durable municipal governance in food security policy. The keynote will be preceded by a special video message from Olivier de Schutter, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and followed by a panel discussion with Secretary Colares and Chris Shepherd-Pratt from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Drawing on the experiences of Belo Horizonte, the panel will explore a number of issues:
- What special role can municipal governments play in food security, compared to regional, national, and international governments?
- What enables government institutions to maintain their commitments to food security over the long-term?
- How can U.S. development policymakers best support local governance?
Join us after the event for a holiday celebration with food and drink.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The dramatic changes in the flow of migrants across international borders, as well as accelerating internal movements of rural migrants towards cities, are reshaping our world. For many smallholder farmers and herders, moving away from rural areas is an attractive opportunity to diversify livelihoods, escape slow-onset events such as climate change and environmental degradation, seek improved social services, and reunite with family members.
For both origin and receiving communities, migration presents challenges and opportunities. Unfortunately, much of the migration dialogue has only focused on the former. Are there good examples of policies in receiving countries that empower the displaced and capitalize on opportunities that can arise from a global population shift?
Join us to hear from experts on the linkages between migration, agriculture, and rural development. The distinguished panel will reflect on the implications of global demographics and how it impacts smallholder food producers and our ability to nourish the world. How can we enhance the development potential of migration to achieve zero hunger? The event will include the North American launch and discussion of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2018 The State of Food and Agriculture report, which narrows-in on these very topics.
This dialogue is part of the joint CSIS Global Food Security Project and
FAO of the United Nations, Liaison Office for North America speaker series on agricultural development.
Current social movements have focused an overdue spotlight on the disadvantages faced by women and girls around the world. Join us for a discussion of both the challenges of persistent gender inequality and the inspiring strength and resilience of women and girls, especially vis-à-vis their contributions to food and nutrition security in unstable environments.
Natural and manmade disasters often reinforce and even augment gender disparities, undermining women’s prospects for recovery. The long-term and intergenerational consequences of malnutrition are also disproportionately borne by women. In light of compelling evidence that gender-sensitive investments yield impressive returns in agricultural and nutrition programming, are development stakeholders sufficiently focused on women’s empowerment? How can we better harness and leverage the strength of women as change agents in both the humanitarian and development context?
This dialogue is part of the joint CSIS Global Food Security Project and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Liaison Office for North America speaker series on agricultural development.
Cash transfer social protection programs have become increasingly prominent as a tool to combat food and nutrition insecurity worldwide. In Ghana, under the U.S. Feed the Future initiative to reduce extreme poverty and the prevalence of stunting, USAID collaborated with UNICEF to expand the country’s flagship national social protection program, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Program, to a new group of beneficiaries: pregnant women and children under 12 months old.
Please join the CSIS Global Food Security Project and a panel of experts to launch a new report profiling the evolution of Ghana’s LEAP Program since 2008 and its current coverage, successes, and challenges. The report provides a snapshot of Ghana’s national household registry, LEAP’s transition to biometric identification, and the current debate about graduation goal appropriateness. How does Ghana’s experience fit within what we’re learning more broadly about cash transfer program impacts in sub-Saharan Africa? What can we say about complementarities between social protection, nutrition, and on- and off-farm livelihoods interventions?
This event is sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Please join us for a presentation and armchair discussion with Alex de Waal, the author of “Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.” Considered one of the leading experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, de Waal has crafted a comprehensive history of modern famines and the factors that influence their origins, duration, and severity in his latest book. This work is particularly timely with an unprecedented number of countries facing possible famine conditions in 2018—Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and Ethiopia.
De Waal refutes the persistent belief that famines are the result of natural disasters and overpopulation. Instead, he argues that famines are man-made. De Waal analyzes connections between the international community’s political decisions and the trajectory and severity of mass starvation. How could the United States and other global leaders play a more effective role in preventing and responding to famines? With better policies to strengthen democracy and governance, address the root causes of conflict, and ensure humanitarian access, can famine be eradicated?
The book will be available for purchase at the event.
The U.S. has long played a leading role in delivering food aid in response to natural disasters, conflict, and acute hunger around the world. The remarkable growth in domestic agricultural productivity over the last century has produced millions of tons of grain surpluses that have time and again helped to avert hunger and famine abroad.
In his new book, Barry Riley traces the complex history of American food aid since 1794 and exposes the political processes that have shaped it. The story he narrates demonstrates that America’s food aid policies and programs reflect much more than simple acts of generosity and the capacities of a highly-productive agricultural sector. Decision-making regarding food aid has repeatedly been influenced by humanitarian, agricultural, and foreign policy, as well as heated political controversy and debate. Ultimately, the successful, timely delivery of U.S. food aid has in many instances been accomplished only through the exercise of extraordinary political leadership and administrative skill.
At a critical point in time when world hunger is increasing, reversing years of progress, food aid remains a key – and contentious – element of American foreign policy today. Please join us for an armchair conversation about the history and future of U.S. food aid policy with Barry Riley, author of the new book “The Political History of American Food Aid: An Uneasy Benevolence.”
The 2014 Farm Bill – a critical piece of legislation that authorizes a multitude of U.S. food and agricultural programs – is up for renewal in 2018. Funding for agricultural research constitutes only a small fraction of the total Farm Bill budget. However, Farm Bill authorizations are the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s primary source of revenue for conducting agricultural science, extension, and education programming through both its own agencies and Land Grant institutions.
Despite high rates of return on investment, U.S. public spending on agricultural research and development (R&D) has remained flat while funding for other federal science agencies has soared. Stagnant agricultural R&D investments in the United States increasingly fall behind the investments of our global partners and competitors. Chinese public spending on agricultural research has surpassed that of the U.S. since 2008.
Join us for a discussion on research funding and priorities in the next Farm Bill, and the implications of U.S. agricultural R&D for both the domestic agriculture sector and for global food security. How should we understand the nexus between U.S. agricultural innovation, global food production, and economic stability? How can we better facilitate the transfer of agricultural research and technologies to developing countries? How could the next Farm Bill allow and spur the U.S. scientific community to develop research and technologies with international applications? How does the Farm Bill relate to the U.S. Global Food Security Strategy?
Smallholder farmers are key actors in the global food system, producing roughly 80 percent of the food consumed in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Yet, the voices of smallholders are often neglected by policy makers when trade deals are negotiated or regulations are established. Increasing the participation of smallholder farmers in agricultural trade has the potential to boost livelihoods, to improve food security, and to fuel economic growth.
Within an international trade regime marked by ever more stringent quality and safety standards, sophisticated value chains, and byzantine contracts, the challenge of linking smallholders to markets is no simple task. Considering the increased importance of agricultural trade to food security, it is also not a task that we can afford to ignore.
What is the role of smallholder farmers in the global exchange of agricultural goods? What barriers do trade regulations and standards impose for smallholders to access local, regional, and global markets? How can we build an enabling environment for trade in which smallholders participate more fully?
Join us for a discussion on linkages between trade and food security, and the overlooked role of the smallholder farmer. This is the first public event of the joint CSIS Global Food Security Project and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Liaison Office for North America speaker series on agricultural development.
Listen as U.S. policy makers, technical experts, and thought leaders discuss on the largest humanitarian crisis the world has seen in decades. More than 20 million people in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, and Nigeria are facing famine conditions and possible starvation.
The historic passage of the U.S. Global Food Security Act in July 2016 demonstrated U.S. leadership and bipartisan support in Congress to address global hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. The act required the Feed the Future interagency group, comprised of eleven U.S. agencies, to submit the first ever U.S. Global Food Security Strategy to Congress last fall. Join us to hear updates from senior leadership on the strategy and to discuss contributions from Congress, the Trump Administration, and U.S. government agencies.
What progress has been made since the legislation became law? How do we sustain momentum and keep policymakers engaged? What are the prospects for re-authorization next year? What will the new Feed the Future portfolio look like in terms of countries, priorities, and programming?
Guatemala is the wealthiest of Feed the Future’s 19 focus countries globally, yet it grapples with severe malnutrition, rising poverty, and stark inequality. Stunting levels rival those of Malawi and Yemen. Since emerging from decades of civil war in 1996, Guatemala’s economy has made significant strides but many of its most vulnerable people, particularly in indigenous communities, have been left behind. Public health and social service spending are among the lowest in the western hemisphere. A changing climate and high exposure to natural hazards further exacerbate the challenges facing the rural agrarian poor.
Join the CSIS Global Food Security Project for the launch of its third and final country case study, Tracking Promises: Analyzing the Impact of Feed the Future Investments in Guatemala. The team traveled to Guatemala in late 2016 to investigate the largest Feed the Future portfolio in the Americas, its technical strategy, its sectoral and geographical distribution of investments, and its coordination efforts within and beyond U.S. programming. The report and documentary outline the Guatemalan country context and the U.S. government response, highlighting implementation seccesses and challenges while presenting a set of targeted policy recommendations to both the U.S. government and the government of Guatemala. Speakers traveling from Guatemala give the Washington, DC community a chance to hear directly from the field.
The world today is grappling with four looming famines which are testing the capacity of our strapped global humanitarian response infrastructure. In Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, protracted conflict has left 30 million people, mostly children, in the throes of severe food insecurity, with 20 million potentially facing starvation.
José Graziano da Silva, Director General of the FAO, and David Beasley, the newly appointed Executive Director of WFP, traveled together last week to visit some of the hardest hit communities in famine-stricken South Sudan. Come hear their perspective on what the United Nations has called the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII.
How did we get here and what are the most urgent steps the global community must take to respond to this hunger crisis? Why is it important for the United States to play a leadership role in the response? Why is it imperative for the global humanitarian community to move beyond empathy to action?
Join the CSIS Global Food Security Project for the launch of our newest report, Staying Power: Considering the U.S. Government's Global Nutrition Coordination Plan, and a broader discussion of sustained global nutrition investments under the Trump administration. A robust and growing evidence base demonstrates very high health, educational, and economic returns on nutrition investments in wealthy and low income countries alike. What does a shrinking foreign assistance budget imply for this effective and resource-efficient sector? Will the coordination plan, a voluntary, whole-of-government effort to maximize impacts of global nutrition programming, have the staying power it needs to succeed? Learn how U.S. agencies are strategically coordinating to generate scalable results. Join an expert dialogue to better understand the impressive returns on nutrition programming, as well as to explore potential funding allocations in a climate of budget constraints.
Please join us for a presentation and panel discussion on plant biotechnology in Africa as it stands today. Learn how new technology and progressive policies could advance global development goals and improve food security. Hear experts discuss the possible contributions of biotechnology to rural economies, its linkages to economic growth, and barriers to adoption. The audience will include watch parties at U.S. Embassies in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Kenya.
Please join us in welcoming Ambassador Nancy Stetson to CSIS for a discussion focused on her time leading U.S. diplomacy efforts to advance global food security and nutrition. Ambassador Stetson will offer reflections on food security initiatives during the Obama administration, lessons learned, and challenges facing the incoming administration.
How can livestock ownership and management improve children’s nutrition in low income countries? Can livestock interventions make a meaningful contribution to Feed the Future’s stunting reduction targets? How do they pair with and compare to more conventional nutrition approaches?
Join the CSIS Global Food Security Project for a report launch and panel discussion exploring the complex pathways from household livestock ownership to nutritional gains in early childhood. A detailed analysis of a Feed the Future dairy program in Rwanda provides a concrete example of the design, management, and measurement challenges of tying nutritional goals to livestock interventions. A new report, Herding Livestock Programs Toward Nutrition, offers recommendations to improve the nutrition focus and impact of livestock programs.
Southern Africa’s worst drought in decades has left 40 million people, 14 percent of the region’s total population, food insecure this year. The World Food Programme is significantly scaling up operations to reach over 13 million by January 2017, but funding shortfalls remain acute: the Southern African Development Community estimates a gap of $2.5 billion.
Please join us for the launch of a new report and introductory film from the CSIS Global Food Security Project, Improving Relief and Development Responses to Climate Variability: Emerging Lessons from the 2015–2016 El Niño in Southern Africa. The report, based on research in Malawi and Mozambique, examines the food insecurity crisis induced by one of the strongest El Niño weather systems on record. Panelists will assess the humanitarian response so far, highlight the priority unmet needs, and consider what affected countries and their development partners can do to prepare communities for future climate-related food shocks.
Join the CSIS Global Food Security Project and the CSIS Youth, Prosperity, and Security Initiative in welcoming six Growing the Future fellows to Washington, DC. These agricultural practitioners and entrepreneurs are spending a week engaging with policy makers from the federal government and non-governmental thought leaders. Our inaugural fellows, hailing from East and West Africa, will provide insights on what is working well in U.S. international agricultural development programs as well as make recommendations for improvements and offer ways that the U.S. can continue to support youth leadership in global food security.
At a critical time, CSIS will bring together experts in youth engagement, global food security, and entrepreneurship to discuss the importance of U.S. leadership in agricultural development. All of the Growing the Future fellows have direct experience working with Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.
The discussion will feature:
Julie Howard
Senior Advisor to the Associate Provost and Dean,
International Studies and Programs, Michigan State University
Trent McKnight
Founder, AgriCorps
Discussions will be moderated by:
Ritu Sharma
Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Youth, Prosperity, and Security Initiative
Kimberly Flowers
Director, CSIS Global Food Security Project
Closing remarks delivered by:
Saharah Moon Chapotin
Deputy Assistant to the Administrator,
USAID Bureau for Food Security
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The U.S. Government has aligned its development investments to address global food security with country-led plans. Government ownership is inherently intertwined with a sound policy environment, which is critical to increase private sector investment in agricultural systems. Engaging and enabling the private sector along supply chains supports continued economic growth in emerging markets and better leverages U.S. assistance in agricultural development. This panel will highlight the role that policy reform and agricultural development plays in catalyzing market integration, economic development, and food security.
Featuring:
Beth Dunford
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, USAID;
Deputy Coordinator for Development, Feed the Future
Agnes Kalibata
President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Nate Kline
Director of the Feed the Future Enabling Environments for Food Security, Fintrac, Inc.
Pat Sheikh
Agribusiness Director, Corporate Council on Africa
Moderated by:
Kimberly Flowers
Director, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
The GDF is an annual component of CSIS's ongoing "Chevron Forum on Development" series, which seeks to highlight innovative approaches and the role of the private sector in global development.
As the international community pursues the “zero hunger” goal, we need more forward thinking on how best to tackle both urban and rural hunger together. Rural populations remain the focus of food security programs, while metrics on urban food security are missing, as well as thorough analysis and funding. Food insecurity and malnutrition severely inhibit cities’ potential for economic growth and development, especially secondary cities, between 500,000 and 3 million people, which are essential hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship around the world.
Please join the CSIS Global Food Security Project in welcoming a distinguished group of experts to discuss how to develop sustainable solutions to the unique challenges posed by urban hunger across the world. Special Representative Stetson, Dr. Fan, and Kimberly Flowers will explore the issue in an armchair discussion, followed by an expert panel to dive deeper into the specifics of battling hunger and malnutrition in secondary cities.
Featuring a discussion with:
Dr. Nancy Stetson
Special Representative for Global Food Security,
U.S. Department of State
Dr. Shenggen Fan
Director General,
s International Food Policy Research Institute
Moderated by:
Kimberly Flowers
Director, Global Food Security Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Followed by a panel featuring:
Gloria D. Steele
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia,
U.S. Agency for International Development
Ashley Arabasadi
Senior Officer, Global Engagement Unit
International Medical Corps
Marc Cohen
Senior Researcher
Oxfam America
Moderated by:
Ambassador William J. Garvelink
Senior Advisor for Global Strategy,
International Medical Corps
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Please join the Global Food Security Project in welcoming the John Templeton Foundation to CSIS. Analyses, a new publication, summarizes key findings and recommendations of projects funded by the Templeton Foundation, which aimed to investigate best practices and policies for implementing genetic modification and other recent advances in genetic technologies in several local crops grown by African smallholder farmers.
Analyses highlights research projects completed by leading researchers, including the CSIS Global Food Security Project’s report Pathways to Productivity: The Role of GMOs for Food Security in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda .
Opening remarks by:
Christopher Stawski
Vice President for Strategic Program Initiatives,
John Templeton Foundation
Featuring:
Johanna Nesseth Tuttle
Senior Associate,
CSIS Global Food Security Project
Dr. Carl Pray
Professor, Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics,
Rutgers University
Dr. José Falck-Zepeda
Senior Research Fellow,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Moderated by:
Kimberly Flowers
Director,
CSIS Global Food Security Project
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Opening remarks by
Dr. John J. Hamre
President & CEO and Pritzker Chair, CSIS
Featuring
Professor M.S. Swaminathan
Chair, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Moderated by
Ambassador Islam A. Siddiqui
Senior Advisor, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
Please join the Global Food Security Project in welcoming Professor M.S. Swaminathan to CSIS for a keynote address followed by an armchair discussion focused on the role of science in informing public policy to achieve the Sustainable Development Goalto eradicate hunger by 2030. The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation works to enlist science and technology as allies in the movement for sustainable development through the equitable dissemination of technology to improve the livelihoods of rural and developing communities.
Dr. Swaminathan is recognized as the father of India’s Green Revolution, and he received the first World Food Prize, in 1987, for his role in introducing high-yielding wheat varieties to India’s farmers.
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Please RSVP to FoodSecurity@csis.org.
Join the CSIS Global Food Security Project and the Royal Danish Embassy for a half-day event focused on how to produce more with less through partnerships for agricultural development. Harnessing the power of agriculture to feed a growing planet requires a multi-stakeholder approach that moves beyond typical public-private partnership rhetoric and has sustainable, deep relationships along entire supply chains. Solutions must include low-cost, innovative technologies that help farmers maximize production and minimize resources.
This event will provide an interactive forum in which leaders from business, non-governmental organizations, academia, and government agencies will come together to explore how to best tackle dwindling natural resources in a world of ever-increasing demand, and how to scale up partnerships to catalyze efficient production.
A light breakfast will be served.
Featuring :
Martin Merrild
Chairman, Danish Agriculture and Food Council; President, European Farmers Organization, COPA
Dr. Robert Thompson
Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
Chris Bender
Head of Public Affairs and Communication, Novozymes North America
Moderated by :
Kimberly Flowers
Director, CSIS Global Food Security Project
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Royal Danish Embassy.
Please join us for a panel highlighting global progress in agricultural productivity, with a special focus on recent developments in Indian agriculture. The discussion will provide opportunities for experts to present and discuss issues of agricultural productivity, sustainability, trade, and the role of science and innovation. These representatives from academia, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector will also discuss resource conservation and resilience-building through the improvement of agricultural productivity.
Opening Remarks By:
Ambassador Islam A. Siddiqui
Senior Adviser, Global Food Security Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Featuring:
Margaret Zeigler
Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative
Lystra Antoine
Global Director, Sustainable Agriculture Development, DuPont
Kathryn J. Boor
Dean, Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Roberto Lenton
Executive Director, Robert F. Daugherty Water for Food Institute
Ambassador Darci Vetter
U.S. Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator
This event will feature a presentation of the Global Harvest Initiative's 2014 Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Report®, an innovative body of research that focuses on the challenge and promise of new global revolutions in agriculture. This event is made possible by the Global Harvest Initiative.
Please RSVP to foodsecurity@csis.org.
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Smallholder farmers play an essential role in agricultural production. While more than 500 million family farms support to feed the global population, smallholder farmers are generally vulnerable to food insecurity and other development challenges. Please join us for a conference addressing best practices for gaining knowledge from and working with smallholder farmers. This one-day conference will provide discussions on new, field research to inform and impact U.S. policymakers and other counterparts in global agriculture development. This event will feature with speakers including, Ambassador Islam Siddiqui (CSIS), Jane Maland Cady (McKnight Foundation), Brady Deaton (BIFAD), Saharah Moon Chapotin (USAID), Karen Garrett (KSU), Julie Howard (Consultant & former chief scientist, USAID Bureau for Food Security), Ruth Meinzen-Dick (IFPRI/CGIAR), Keith Moore (VPI), Rebecca Nelson (Cornell), Corinne Valdivia (MU). Hosted by:
Islam A. Siddiqui Senior Adviser, Global Food Security Project Center for Strategic and International Studies The following segments will be webcast:
9:15AM-10:45AM
Morning Session: Meaningful Knowledge from Translational Research Focused on African Smallholders—2nd Floor
- Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and Chancellor Emeritus, Meaningful Knowledge Defined
- Corinne Valdivia, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Voice and Choice in Translational Research: A Case for the “New” Community of Practic
- Jeff Ehlers, Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Meaningful Knowledge from Smallholders and for Smallholders: A Gates Foundation Perspective
1:15PM-2:00PM
How We Create Mutual Opportunities for Sustainable Outcomes
Achieving Meaningful Smallholder Participation for Meaningful Knowledge
* Saharah Moon Chapotin, Acting Division Chief for Agricultural Research, USAID
* Ambassador Islam A. Siddiqui, Senior Adviser, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
Smallholder farmers play an essential role in agricultural production. While more than 500 million family farms support to feed the global population, smallholder farmers are generally vulnerable to food insecurity and other development challenges. Please join us for a conference addressing best practices for gaining knowledge from and working with smallholder farmers. This one-day conference will provide discussions on new, field research to inform and impact U.S. policymakers and other counterparts in global agriculture development. This event will feature with speakers including, Ambassador Islam Siddiqui (CSIS), Jane Maland Cady (McKnight Foundation), Brady Deaton (BIFAD), Saharah Moon Chapotin (USAID), Karen Garrett (KSU), Julie Howard (Consultant & former chief scientist, USAID Bureau for Food Security), Ruth Meinzen-Dick (IFPRI/CGIAR), Keith Moore (VPI), Rebecca Nelson (Cornell), Corinne Valdivia (MU). Hosted by:
Islam A. Siddiqui Senior Adviser, Global Food Security Project Center for Strategic and International Studies The following segments will be webcast:
9:15AM-10:45AM
Morning Session: Meaningful Knowledge from Translational Research Focused on African Smallholders—2nd Floor
- Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair and Chancellor Emeritus, Meaningful Knowledge Defined
- Corinne Valdivia, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Voice and Choice in Translational Research: A Case for the “New” Community of Practic
- Jeff Ehlers, Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Meaningful Knowledge from Smallholders and for Smallholders: A Gates Foundation Perspective
1:15PM-2:00PM
How We Create Mutual Opportunities for Sustainable Outcomes
Achieving Meaningful Smallholder Participation for Meaningful Knowledge
* Saharah Moon Chapotin, Acting Division Chief for Agricultural Research, USAID
* Ambassador Islam A. Siddiqui, Senior Adviser, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
On November 7, 2013, Dr. Olaf Thieme gave a presentation on FAO's SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Losses and Waste Reduction. The goal of this initiative is to raise awareness on the impact of, and solutions for, food loss and waste; seek collaboration and coordination of world-wide initiatives on food loss and waste reduction policy; develop strategies and programs for food loss and waste reduction; and support investment programs implemented by private and public sectors.
Dr. Olaf Thieme is a Technial Officer and a member of the FAO's interdepartmental working groups on Food Losses and Waste Reduction since 2011.
On October 21, 2013, CSIS Global Food Security Project launched the CSIS report "Pathways to Productivity: The Role of GMOs for Food Security in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda."This report, which was the result of an 18-month research effort, examines the status of the debate around genetically modified (GM) food crops in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda through a food security lens. The report assesses the communication and public opinion of GM products, the status of the biosafety regulatory structures, scientific and research capacity, and the potential impact on smallholder farmers' livelihoods.
The event opened a dialogue with Dr. Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, Director of National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) and expert on banana research; Dr. John McMurdy, International Research and Biotechnology Adviser of USAID's Bureau for Food Security; and the report authors as they discussed the controversial issue and shared key research findings.
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Mr. Mark Lynas, British Author and environmental activist focused on climate change
Introduction and Moderation by:
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
An author, journalist and environmental activist, Mark Lynas recently made headlines for his changed stance on GMO technology. In addition to publishing several well-respected books on climate change, Mr. Lynas has long been known as an organizer and passionate defender of the anti-GMO food movement.
In January 2013, Mr. Lynas took the stage at the Oxford Farming Conference and announced that he had changed his views after reviewing scientific evidence from both sides, concluding that he "was completely wrong to oppose GMOs."
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle will moderate a conversation with Mr. Lynas regarding his career in environmental activism, his decision to become a proponent of GMO food, and his views on the challenges and obstacles facing the field's supporters.
Featuring:
Dr. Rohana Subasinghe
Senior Aquaculture Officer, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Moderator:
Ms. Kristin Wedding
Deputy Director and Fellow, Global Food Security Project
Aquaculture already plays a significant role in meeting food demands, with fish supplying 16% of the protein consumed worldwide. Furthermore, aquaculture provides employment or livelihood for more than 250 million people. Dr. Rohana Subasinghe will discuss the increasing importance of aquaculture as a source of nutrition, food security and economic wellbeing for hundreds of millions of people. Dr. Subasinge will give a short presentation followed by a moderated interactive roundtable discussion.
The magnitude and diversity of the issues and challenges facing the aquaculture sector call for a concerted global partnerships effort by governments and industry worldwide. Dr. Subasinghe will discuss how these players can effectively and efficiently channel their technical and financial resources to support prioritized global, regional and national initiatives for aquaculture, ensuring that the industry remains a source of food and economic security for people around the world.
Please join us for an event on: The Future of Food Assistance
with a keynote address by:
Dr. Rajiv Shah
Administrator, USAID
Introductory remarks by:
Senator Richard Lugar
and a discussion with:
Mr. Dan Glickman
former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Congressman Vin Weber
former Representative (R-MN)
Mr. Sean Callahan
Chief Operating Officer
Catholic Relief Services
Dr. Helene Gayle
President and CEO
CARE USA
moderated by:
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle
Director, Global Food Security Project and
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
CSIS
Please join us for an address by Dr. Rajiv Shah on food security and assessing the chronic hunger needs of the world's most vulnerable people. Senator Lugar will offer introductory remarks, and Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle will moderate a follow-on discussion. We hope you can join us for this timely discussion.
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security represent an inclusive, transparent international agreement on the governance of tenure to promote food security and sustainable development by protecting the legitimate tenure rights of millions of people and improving secure access to land, fisheries, and forests. Endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the guidelines have received global recognition, including at the recent G8, G20, and Rio +20 meetings, but their real value will be determined by their contribution to changes in the lives and the livelihoods of men and women around the globe, and particularly of the vulnerable and marginalized. This event will explore the the consultative process stakeholders undertook to create the Guidelines, their technical scope and the implications of their implementation throughout the world.
Light refreshments and snacks will be served.
Please RSVP to Jiwon Jun at jjun@csis.org
U.S. agricultural development efforts have been focused on smallholder farmers throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Mr. Thurow's latest book chronicles his experiences living with a group of farmers in rural Kenya, and the challenges and opportunities they face. He also highlights how the One Acre Fund has been able to improve livelihoods through a "market bundle" that includes seed and fertilizer distribution, financing, group education, and market facilitation.
CSIS hosts a discussion with Roger Thurow, author of The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, and Stephanie Hanson, the Director of Policy Outreach at One Acre Fund share their experiences living and working with smallholder farmers in western Kenya.
The Sahel region, which spans across nine African countries, is estimated to have more than 18 million people facing food insecurity due to the combination of drought, political instability, and high food prices. Although international organizations and governments acted on the early warning signs of food insecurity earlier in 2011, an emergency response is still vital, but long-term, structured, development efforts are also essential. Please join us for a discussion featuring Mr. David Gressly, the UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel. He will share updates on the crisis and the humanitarian relief efforts the United Nations currently has underway. Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director of the Global Food Security Project, will moderate the discussion. Mr. David Gressly was appointed Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Sahel in April 2012. His role is to oversee the response at the regional level and ensure coherence of efforts across the countries. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Gressly was the UNICEF Regional Director in West and Central Africa, and was responsible for the organization's operations in 24 countries. From 2008-2011, he also served as UN Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan during the UN peacekeeping mission. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Jiwon Jun at jjun@csis.org.
featuring
Dr. Shukri Ahmed, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization
moderated by
Ambassador William Garvelink, Senior Adviser, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, CSIS
Please join us for a timely discussion on a pilot project underway in Ethiopia utilizing rainfall index insurance to help facilitate access to credit for smallholder farmers. This innovative insurance, combined with credit so as to provide a collateral substitute, can allow farmers to access improved agricultural technologies and ultimately realize increases in productivity. Given the essential role that agriculture plays in the Ethiopian economy, this approach can have a significant impact on reducing poverty. Dr. Shukri Ahmed of the FAO will deliver a presentation on this innovative project, followed by a discussion session moderated by Ambassador William Garvelink of CSIS.
Innovative financing is of core importance to acheiving global food security goals, but maximizing the impact of financial resources requires techinical assistance, access to extension and education, and an array of other services that can be challenging to implement. This event featured a roundtable discussion focusing on these challenges and the most effective solutions. Some of the leading thinkers on this issue, Mr. Temitope Oshikoya of Ecobank, Dr. William Lesher of the Global Harvest Initiative, Mr. Kofi Boakye of USAID's Development Credit Authority, Mr. Bruce Cameron of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and Mr. Thomas Campbell of the Millenium Challenge Corporation provided their thoughts in a discussion moderated by Mr. Terry Wyer of CSIS.
Read a detailed summary of this event here.
Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Food Security Project for a roundtable discussion focusing on smallholder agriculture and lessons learned by two NGOs working in the field. Ms. Margaret Vernon, Country Director for One Acre Fund, and Dr. Kimberley Roberts, Chairwoman of TractorShare, will share their stories on what their organizations are doing on the ground to successfully serve smallholder farmers, including providing access to farm inputs and equipment, financing, and training. Ambassador Bill Garvelink, Senior Adviser, U.S. Leadership in Development Program at CSIS, will moderate the discussion.
Much of the world’s poor lives in rural areas and relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. The global population is expected to surpass 9 billion in 2050 and food production will need to increase by as much as 70 percent. For many poor, agriculture-based economies, it will become increasingly important to invest in smallholder farmers to reduce poverty and increase food security. Following brief presentations of the speakers, there will be a moderated roundtable discussion.
Featuring:
Panel 1:
Andrew Natsios, Former Administrator, USAID; Professor, Georgetown University
Victor Cha, Korea Chair, CSIS Moderated by: Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
Panel 2:
Allan Jury, Director, U.S. Relations, United Nations World Food Program
Jeremy Konyndyk, Director, Policy and Advocacy, Mercy Corps
Moderated by:
Bill Garvelink, Senior Adviser, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, CSIS
North Korea's sudden regime change has created a great deal of uncertainty for the country's political, social, and economic prospects. Given the increasing severity of the food crisis due to severe flooding, there is a need for focused attention from the international community to coordinate an effective humanitarian response. CSIS held a two-part panel discussion to evaluate the future of North Korean food security. Our first panel examined the political environment, followed by an in-depth discussion of the global humanitarian response.
Featuring:
Opening Remarks:
Ambassador Bill Garvelink
Senior Adviser, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, CSIS
Mr. Max Angerholzer
Executive Director, the Lounsberry Foundation
An Overview of "Strategic Partnerships to Build African Scientific Capacity for Agriculture"
by :
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle
Director, Global Food Security Project and Director, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, CSIS
Ms. Jennifer Cooke
Program Director, Africa Program, CSIS
A Discussion with:
Dr. Julie Howard, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Security Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Agricultural Research, Extension and Education, USAID
2:00-2:10 pm Welcome and opening remarks
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
2:10-3:00 pm Panel One: Agribusiness development in Africa in a time of global food price volatility
Moderator:
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Cyril Achcar, Managing Director, Groupe AMI, Mali
Mr. Njack Kane, CEO, Novel Commodities
Ms. Fostina Mani, Vice Chair and Kenya Director, Eastern African Grains Council
3:00-4:15pm Panel Two: U.S. government partnerships with African private sector partners
Moderators:
Mr. Mima Nedelcovych, Board member, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and Partner, Schaffer Global Group
Mr. Daniel Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Jason Bauer, Director, Private Sector Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Africa Programs, YARA International
Mr. Cris Muyunda, CEO, Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA)
4:15-5:15pm Panel Three: Market-based solutions to nutrition and links to agriculture
Moderator:
Ms. Susan Bornstein, Senior Director of Program Development, TechnoServe
Panelists:
Mr. Jorge Casimiro, Director, International Public Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Bruce Cogill, Chief of the Nutrition Division, USAID
Mr. Matthew Freeman, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Mr. Simon Winter, Senior Vice President, Development, TechnoServe
2:00-2:10 pm Welcome and opening remarks
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
2:10-3:00 pm Panel One: Agribusiness development in Africa in a time of global food price volatility
Moderator:
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Cyril Achcar, Managing Director, Groupe AMI, Mali
Mr. Njack Kane, CEO, Novel Commodities
Ms. Fostina Mani, Vice Chair and Kenya Director, Eastern African Grains Council
3:00-4:15pm Panel Two: U.S. government partnerships with African private sector partners
Moderators:
Mr. Mima Nedelcovych, Board member, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and Partner, Schaffer Global Group
Mr. Daniel Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Jason Bauer, Director, Private Sector Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Africa Programs, YARA International
Mr. Cris Muyunda, CEO, Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA)
4:15-5:15pm Panel Three: Market-based solutions to nutrition and links to agriculture
Moderator:
Ms. Susan Bornstein, Senior Director of Program Development, TechnoServe
Panelists:
Mr. Jorge Casimiro, Director, International Public Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Bruce Cogill, Chief of the Nutrition Division, USAID
Mr. Matthew Freeman, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Mr. Simon Winter, Senior Vice President, Development, TechnoServe
2:00-2:10 pm Welcome and opening remarks
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
2:10-3:00 pm Panel One: Agribusiness development in Africa in a time of global food price volatility
Moderator:
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Cyril Achcar, Managing Director, Groupe AMI, Mali
Mr. Njack Kane, CEO, Novel Commodities
Ms. Fostina Mani, Vice Chair and Kenya Director, Eastern African Grains Council
3:00-4:15pm Panel Two: U.S. government partnerships with African private sector partners
Moderators:
Mr. Mima Nedelcovych, Board member, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and Partner, Schaffer Global Group
Mr. Daniel Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Jason Bauer, Director, Private Sector Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Africa Programs, YARA International
Mr. Cris Muyunda, CEO, Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA)
4:15-5:15pm Panel Three: Market-based solutions to nutrition and links to agriculture
Moderator:
Ms. Susan Bornstein, Senior Director of Program Development, TechnoServe
Panelists:
Mr. Jorge Casimiro, Director, International Public Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Bruce Cogill, Chief of the Nutrition Division, USAID
Mr. Matthew Freeman, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Mr. Simon Winter, Senior Vice President, Development, TechnoServe