Food, Agriculture, and Development
Like access to healthy goods, adequate global food supply is a necessary condition of food security; these presentations will focus on changing supply-side issues and enabling agricultural production. Christopher Delgado will discuss how variations in global food supply and prices are increasingly relevant under globalization to potential variation in local food supply and local food prices. Catherine Bertini will explain how it is critical to secure that those involved in agriculture have the tools and education they need, especially women and girls who are the industry's primary workers in Africa and Asia. "Improving Food Security: Empowering Women and Girls" Catherine Bertini,Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University "Issues in Global Food Supply Affecting Food Security" Christopher Delgado, Strategy and Policy Adviser, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, Sustainable Development, World Bank This is the fourth program in the Center for International Studies series on "Food (In)Security: Access, Equity, Frameworks." The event is cosponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Harris School for Public Policy Studies, and University Communications. For more information about the Food (In)Security series, visit: cis.uchicago.edu/events/2011-2012/food-insecurity-series Continue the conversation on Twitter using #CISFoodSecurity. --- The World Beyond the Headlines lecture series is a project of the Center for International Studies. Speakers at past World Beyond the Headlines events include former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, journalists Neil MacFarquhar and James Fallows, economist Jeffrey Sachs, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Learn more about the series at cis.uchicago.edu/wbh.
