Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Thematic Group event
Food insecurity was declining rapidly but progress has slowed, with 750 million counted as hungry. International action by and cooperation among organizations such as the World Bank, CGIAR, WFP, FAO, WTO played an important role in bringing investment and technology and increasing trade and aid.
With climate change and increasing conflict, are we doing enough to address the challenges going forward? What are lessons of the past and implications for the future?
Panelists:
- Brian Baldwin, formerly manager in IFAD
- Daniel Gustafson, formerly Dy. Director General FAO
- Arif Hussain, Currently Chief Economist, WFP
- Roberto Lenton, Formerly Director General, IMWI
- Will Martin, Currently Senior Trade Economist, IFPRI
Moderator: Uma Lele, Former Senior Advisor at the World Bank. President of IAAE
Bios:
- Brian Baldwin is a geographer and agricultural economist, after holding field posts with the UK’s aid program, he worked with IFAD where he led IFAD’s involvement in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative (HIPC-DI), co-chaired the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, chaired the Multilateral Development Bank working group on Management for Development Results, and was the IFAD representative on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) working party on Aid Effectiveness. Since leaving IFAD, he continues to work as a development and policy adviser and evaluator with both the public and private sector including Asian Development Bank, FAO, OPEC Fund and with the Private Sector Mechanism of the Committee for World Food Security, the international and intergovernmental multistakeholder platform working together to ensure food security and nutrition for all.
- Daniel Gustafson was Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) until 2020 when he retired and continues to provide support as Special Representative of the Director—General. He has worked on food security, agriculture, and rural development issues for more than 40 years, based in Brazil, Mozambique, Kenya, India, Washington DC and Rome. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. Honoris Causa from Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) in India.
- Arif Husain is Chief Economist of the World Food Programme
- Roberto Lenton is the former Director General of IMWI
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