30 June 2009. Geneva. Interactive panel discussion on African food security during the forty-seventh executive session of the Trade and Development Board: "The lessons from the recent global food crisis". The Interactive panel discussion on African food security, entitled "The lessons from the recent global crisis", featured keynote speaker Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Vice-President for Policy and Partnerships, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.
The panellists included Emeritus Professor Marcel Mazoyer, Comparative Agriculture and Agricultural Development, National Agricultural Institute in Paris; and Ambassador Jean Feyder, Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Dr. David Nabarro, Assistant Secretary General, Coordinator for the Global Food Security Crisis and Avian & Pandemic Influenza, UNSIC, will be the discussant.
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Overview
What are these lessons?
UNCTAD actions to address global food security
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Food security in Africa: learning lessons from the food crisis
Addressing the global food crisis
Sustaining African agriculture: organic production
Tackling the global food crisis
Food crisis among top priorities for seventeenth CSD session
Overview
What are these lessons?
UNCTAD actions to address global food security
Quick Links:
Food security in Africa: learning lessons from the food crisis
Addressing the global food crisis
Sustaining African agriculture: organic production
Tackling the global food crisis
Food crisis among top priorities for seventeenth CSD session
