October 2009

The CABI Global Summit brought together environment and agriculture ministers and other senior government officials from around the world. Also attending will be major funding organizations and representatives from international development and corporate organizations. Together, they will consider policies, practices and technologies that can help improve food security against this background of change.

The formal awarding of the $250,000 World Food Prize will be the cornerstone of a week-long series of events that will attract several hundred government officials and policymakers, private-sector and agribusiness executives, academics and scientists, and NGO and development-agency leaders from over 65 countries. The “conversations” of the annual Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium will this year focus on the connection between food and agriculture and national and international security and cooperation, with speakers including renowned global CEOs, agricultural ministers and diplomats, noted intelligence and security experts, and other eminent leaders in agricultural and rural development.

Speakers Include: Bill Gates (Co-Chair, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation); Tom Vilsack (Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture); Alonzo Fulgham (Acting Administrator, United States Agency for International Development); Indra Nooyi (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo); Patricia Woertz (Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Archer Daniels Midland Company); Jeffrey Sachs (Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University); Namanga Ngongi (President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa); Joachim von Braun (Director General, The International Food Policy Research Institute); Catherine Bertini (Professor, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University; 2003 World Food Prize Laureate); Per Pinstrup-Andersen (H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Cornell University; 2001 World Food Prize Laureate); Richard Williamson (Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP; Former U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan)
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Speaker’s Biographies

To discuss these vital issues and analyse policy options to be considered by the Heads of State and Government attending the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, November 16-18, senior experts in relevant disciplines from around the world were invited to come to Rome for a two-day forum in October. There was six moderated panel sessions focusing on aspects of the problem, with opportunity for audience participation.
How to Feed the World in 2050
Issue Briefs
Report from FAO Experts Meeting in June

The Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group each year bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, and academics to discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, poverty eradication, economic development, and aid effectiveness. The Meetings, which are widely covered by the international media, also offer an opportunity for civil society organizations to share their views and interact with policymakers in a global setting.
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Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in the Developing World: What Will It Cost?
October 5, 2009
International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, DC

Agriculture’s vulnerability to climate change will put millions of people in developing countries at greater risk of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. A new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute, Climate change: Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation, provides projections for decreased crop yields, higher food prices, and increased child malnutrition by 2050, as compared to a scenario without climate change. It estimates that an additional US $7-8 billion per year must be invested to increase agricultural productivity to prevent these adverse effects and lays out a series of policy and program recommendations that will enable poor farmers to adapt to climate change. This seminar will present the results of the report, with commentators assessing its conclusions and the necessary steps to implement them.