Monday 29 June 2009

The lessons from the recent global food crisis



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.