8 Mar 2005 13:15
Unit:
Wageningen University
Location:
De Wereld (gebouw 366), Capitulatiezaal, 5 Meiplein 1, Wageningen
Organisation:
Sander Essers, e-mail sander.essers@wur.nl
HALVING HUNGER?
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, distinguished professor at Wageningen University, will give this year’s open lecture on Global Food Security, titled: “CAN WORLD HUNGER BE HALVED BY 2015? WILL IT?†The Millennium Project Hunger Task Force published in January its final report: “Halving hunger, it can be doneâ€. It gives policy advice on how to comply with the first of the Millennium Development Goals. The last 25 years about 25 global summits have resulted in international agreements and solemn governmental promises for the better of mankind. However, none of the quantified commitments have been met. Will it be different this time?
Pinstrup-Andersen is professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy at Cornell University, and formerly director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute.