Speakers Include:
Sir Gordon Conway - Professor of International Development, Imperial College London
Gebisa Ejeta - Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics & International Agriculture, Purdue University
Susan Godwin - Smallholder Farmer, Nigeria
Jane Karuku - President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Roger Thurow (Moderator) - Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
As the global population stretches past seven billion, so will the total number of hungry people in the world continue to grow. Nearly one billion people today lack a sufficient caloric supply to maintain a minimum daily energy requirement. This is largely a product of the uneven distribution of food, arable land, and other resources—there is arguably enough food to feed the entire world population, but not everyone has equal access to the means to procure or produce it. The pressures of climate change will affect the entire food supply chain, but will be disproportionately felt by smallholder farmers, who may also lack access to other resources and technologies.
This session will discuss on a high level the future landscape of feeding a growing population in a world affected by environmental, geopolitical, technological and other pressing challenges.
Specifically, this conversation will explore the following:
- How can we put current issues in perspective with regard to the future? Where should we prioritize?
- What do we have to look forward to in terms of developments to combat global hunger?
- What are some important questions regarding this issue that have yet to be asked?
- What does it really mean to cultivate effective partnerships? Why are some effective and some not?
- How do we advance agricultural development while minimizing environment impact?
- How do we bring all interests and stakeholders to the table in an equitable manner?
