Dr. Daniel Hillel, the 2012 World Food Prize Laureate and Senior Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will be presenting the annual "Norman Borlaug Lecture: Soil, Water, Energy & Ecosystems in a Changing Climate." The lecture will take place in the Sun Room in Memorial Union at Iowa State University and is free and open to the public.
André Dellevoet, Executive Manager
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
Invites you for a Breakfast Round Table Meeting
To discuss:
“What the AECF Investments can do for your company!”
Date: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Time: 07:00 – 08:00 a.m.
Venue: Salon D, 2nd Floor, Des Moines Marriott
Please contact Joan Abila-Oballa at JAbila@agra.org for additional information.
André Dellevoet, Executive Manager
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
Invites you for a Breakfast Round Table Meeting
To discuss:
“What the AECF Investments can do for your company!”
Date: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Time: 07:00 – 08:00 a.m.
Venue: Salon D, 2nd Floor, Des Moines Marriott
Please contact Joan Abila-Oballa at JAbila@agra.org for additional information.
The Iowa Hunger Summit seeks to gather leaders from across Iowa representing community organizations, business and industry, state and local government, social agencies, churches and religious communities, schools and universities, and other individuals and groups that lead or participate in projects to confront hunger. Join us at the 2012 Iowa Hunger Summit as we:
- Celebrate the many outstanding efforts of Iowans toward ensuring adequate food for all;
- Encourage Iowans to continue and expand these efforts; and
- Increase statewide awareness of hunger, poverty, and related issues.
The 2012 Hunger Summit features a full day of events:
8:00 a.m.
Registration Opens
8:30 a.m.
Coffee & Networking: Open to all Iowa Hunger Summit Participants
9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Ambassador Kenneth Quinn - President, World Food Prize Foundation
9:15 a.m.
Partnerships for Healthy Ecosystems: Organized by the Heartland Global Health Consortium
10:00 a.m.
Keynote: Senior Hunger in America – An Analysis & Call to Action:
JoAnn Jenkins - President, AARP Foundation
10:50 a.m.
Open Data Showcase: Organized by USAID
12 p.m.
The Hunger Luncheon & Keynote: The Faces of Hunger:
Howard G. Buffett - President, Howard G. Buffett Foundation
1:30 p.m.
The State of Hunger Fighting Coalitions in Iowa:
Featuring representatives from Iowa organizations
2:15 p.m.
Hunger Fighting Coalitions Across America:
Featuring representatives from out-of-state organizations
3:00 p.m.
Hunger Summit Reception: Open to all Iowa Hunger Summit Participants
The Iowa Hunger Summit is free and open to the public. All participants must register and tickets are required for entry. Register at www.iowahungersummit.org.
Please contact Anastasia Morrissey at amorrissey@worldfoodprize.org, and Stephen Lauer at slauer@worldfoodprize.org for additional information.
BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (BIFAD) AGENDA
“The Nexus of Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Health”
PUBLIC MEETING
Downtown Des Moines Marriott
Salons B/C, Second Floor
8:45 a.m.
Chair Brady Deaton opens meeting and reviews agenda
Welcome by World Food Prize Foundation President Ambassador Kenneth Quinn
Old Business
New Business
9:00am
Updates on USG Feed the Future/G8 “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition”
Julie Howard - Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Security, USAID
9:20am
How are USAID Efforts Progressing for the Nexus of Health, Nutrition and Agriculture after a Natural Disaster: The USAID/BIFAD Haiti Visit Report
Dr. Elsa Murano - BIFAD member
The Honorable Marty McVey - BIFAD member
9:45 am
Review of Research Models Working on Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Health: The Report by CRSP Review Team and BIFAD
Dr. Brady Deaton - BIFAD Chair
Dr. Robert J. Jones - Sr. Vice-President, University of Minnesota
USAID Response: Robert Bertram - Director, Office of Agricultural Research and Policy, Bureau for Food Security, USAID
10:25-10:45 am
Public Comment Period
PUBLIC MEETING (cont.)
10:45-11:00 am
Break
11:00 am
Panel One: Key issues in Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages for Development
(semi-circle moderated discussion)
Moderator: Jo Luck - BIFAD Board member
- Promoting improved nutrition while enhancing agriculture: Analysis of why is it so hard to do and to demonstrate?
Dr. Patrick Webb – Nutrition CRSP, Tufts University
- CGIAR’s Research Program 4: Agriculture for Improved Nutrition & Health - Application of research results
Dr. John McDermott – IFPRI
- Q&A – BIFAD members first, then audience, time-permitting
12:00pm
Update on USAID Higher Education Solutions Network
Alex Dehgan - USAID Science Advisor
12:30– 1:30pm
BIFAD Executive Luncheon (Marriott Waterloo Room)
1:45 pm
Panel Two: Key Mechanisms for Effective University Involvement in Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages for Development
(semi-circle moderated discussion)
Moderator: Gebisa Ejeta - BIFAD member
- How Universities can play a role in the Development of Current Guidance for Linking Agriculture and Nutrition in Development
Dr. Anna Herforth – World Bank
- Role of Nutrition and Agriculture in Post-Conflict Development: Role for Universities in Program Implementation
Dr. Emily Levitt Ruppert – World Vision International
2:45 pm
Respondent: Dr. Sally Abbott - Nutrition and Food Security Technical Adviser, USAID Global Health
3:00pm
BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a USAID CRSP
BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton, BIFAD member William DeLauder
- Awards given to recipients, then a 3-5 minute presentation by each recipient
CRSP Research Award Winner – Dr. James E. Simon, Rutgers University
CRSP Student Award Winner – Geraldine Mukeshimana, Michigan State University
3:20pm
Public Comment Period
3:45pm
Public Meeting Adjourned
Please contact Susan Owens at sowens@usaid.gov for additional information.
Dr. Pamela Anderson, Director of the Potato Center in Peru and Director General of CIP will be giving a guest lecture in the George Daily Auditorium at William Penn University presenting "World Food Day 2012: Challenges for Your Generation.”
The event, hosted by Empower Tanzania, will bring together interested groups and individuals in sharing their work with and in Tanzania. The event will consist of a speaker panel presentation, with a networking event immediately following. There will be African music playing during the networking event for guests to enjoy. RSVP requested.
Keynote Speaker will be:
Her Excellency Mwanaidi S. Maajar - Ambassador to the United States from the United Republic of Tanzania
This year’s program includes speakers from Tanzania and Iowa, and other rural development specialists. Like last year, it promises to be a great event for connecting and getting to know each other, and we hope for a big crowd. Admission is free, we just need a head count in advance for room size and refreshments afterwards.
Agenda:
Registration
Welcome
Phil Latessa - President, ETI
Greeting
Ambassador Kenneth Quinn - President, World Food Prize
Speaker Introductions
Glen Rippke - Vice President, ETI
"Tanzania Today”
Her Excellency Mwanaidi S. Maajar - Ambassador to the United States from the United Republic of Tanzania
“Nutrition, Health and Education: Global Experience for Global Resource Systems Majors”
Dr. Dorothy Masinde - Lecturer and Internship Coordinator for Africa, Global Resource Systems Major, Iowa State University
BREAK: 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
“Hermetic Corn Storage for Smallholders in Tanzania”
Dr. Carl Bern - Iowa State University Agricultural and Biosystem Engineer, University Professor and Registered Professional Engineer
“Tanzania – Gender Based Violence: Issue for Action”
Dr. Allan Hoffman - President, Emeritus-Santa Barbara Graduate Institute; Founder & Former Dir., Ctr. for the Prevention of Community Violence
Discussions and Announcements: Audience Program Initiatives
Adjourn for Networking Reception
Please contact Chris Catrenich at Chris.Catrenich@dmu.edu for additional information.
The Global Farmer Roundtable, hosted by Truth About Trade & Technology, is held each October as a side event of the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, and gathers farmers from around the world to discuss the current issues in food production. Dr. Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, challenged the world’s farmers to collaborate – learning from each other by sharing their collective experiences, wisdom and knowledge. He reminded all of us that the “successful revolutions of the past can be templates for our actions and a resource to maintain our morale.”
In that spirit, the Global Farmer Roundtable features a facilitated dialogue among global farmers to better understand and address the challenges of filling an increasing food and nutritional security gap. Through dialogue and time spent together they discover commonalities, share their challenges, discuss tools, technologies and strategies that can be adopted to meet these challenges, and are empowered to meet the demands of closing the food gap through shared work, message and mission.
Please contact Mary Boote at mjboote@att.net for additional information.
Organized by members of Iowa's religious community, free and open to all!
Dr. Daniel Hillel will be awarded the 2012 World Food Prize for his role in conceiving and implementing a radically new mode of bringing water to crops in airid and dry land regions - known as "micro-irrigation". Dr. Hillel's pioneering scientific work in Israel revolutionized food production, first in the Middle East, and then in other regions around the world over the past five decades. His work increased crop yields while maximizing efficient water usage and minimizing environmental degradation. Through his work, Dr. Hillel united people from all cultures and walks of life, building peace on a foundation of food and water security for all.
Service commences at 4:00pm
Location: St. John's Lutheran Church
600 6th Ave., Des Moines, IA 50309
Contact: Neil Salowitz
This event consists of the Borlaug CAST Communication Award breakfast and presentation cohosted by CAST and the CropLife Foundation, followed by a program on the Alliance to Feed the Future hosted by IFIC. Registration is encouraged.
Please RSVP by clicking here.
Please contact Melissa Sly at msly@cast-science.org for additional information.
This event will highlight the work of the Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs), a group of agricultural research activities that are jointly funded by USAID and U.S. universities. CRSP researchers seek scientific solutions to overcome hunger and poverty. The CRSPs build scientific and institutional capacity working with students and researchers to conduct activities to increase food security and resiliency in rural communities, build agricultural market systems, and advance the agricultural productivity frontier for both staple and high value horticultural crops, livestock and fish. They have helped to design and promote “climate smart” agricultural techniques for small farmers in developing countries. CRSP representatives (CRSP Directors/faculty /students) will showcase the CRSP approach to research and partnerships as well as several recent projects in a panel and a poster gallery. The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) awardees for scientific excellence will also be introduced.
Please contact Caitlin Nordehn at cnordehn@culturalpractice.com for additional information.
The Global Farmer Roundtable, hosted by Truth About Trade & Technology, is held each October as an invitation-only side event of the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, and gathers farmers from around the world to discuss the current issues in food production. Dr. Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, challenged the world’s farmers to collaborate – learning from each other by sharing their collective experiences, wisdom and knowledge. He reminded all of us that the “successful revolutions of the past can be templates for our actions and a resource to maintain our morale.”
In that spirit, the Global Farmer Roundtable features a facilitated dialogue among global farmers to better understand and address the challenges of filling an increasing food and nutritional security gap. Through dialogue and time spent together they discover commonalities, share their challenges, discuss tools, technologies and strategies that can be adopted to meet these challenges, and are empowered to meet the demands of closing the food gap through shared work, message and mission.
Please contact Mary Boote at mjboote@att.net for additional information.
The Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa will host a Consultative Workshop on Responsible Investments in African Agriculture at the Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel’s Salon B and C on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, from 8:30-11:30 AM. The event will bring together public, private and civil society leaders to discuss and identify effective models for designing and implementing responsible agricultural investments in Africa that benefit multiple stakeholders, including local farmers, private investors, governments and consumers.
The event format has plenary and working group sessions. Speakers include Hon. Jose Pacheco, Minister of Agriculture – Mozambique; Tjada McKenna, Deputy Coordinator for Development, USAID/BFS; and Hon. Jose Fernandez, Assistant Secretary for Economic & Business Affairs, US State Department.
Registration for the event is requested. Please go here to complete the process.
Please contact Martina Fongyen at mfongyen@partnership-africa.org for information.
The Global Health conference consists of speakers and student poster presentations on a variety of topics dealing with public health issues. This event will be hosted by the Heartland Global Health Consortium at the DMU campus, and registration is requested. Please go here to register for the event. You may also register on site from 9:00-9:30am. Official events begin at 9:30am. For a detailed agenda and other information, please visit our official page.
Please contact Chris Catrenich at Chris.Catrenich@dmu.edu for additional information.
Speakers include:
- Patricia R Sheikh - Deputy Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
- Charlie Feezel - Education Program Director, World Cocoa Foundation
- Kevin C. Marrinacci - President, Fabretto Children’s Foundation
- Kelsey C. Smith - Student, Virginia Tech University, Dairy Sciences
- A 2012 USDA Borlaug Fellow
Please contact Liliana Bachelder at Liliana.Bachelder@fas.usda.gov for more information.
Executive Director Dr. Margaret Zeigler and the Board of Directors invite you to The Global Harvest Initiative’s 3rd Annual Global Agricultural Productivity Report® (GAP Report®) Announcement Luncheon, where GHI will be joined by special guest speakers to release its updated analysis of global and regional trends in agricultural productivity to meet the demands of a growing world.
Speakers Include:
- Dr. Christopher Delgado - Strategy and Policy Adviser for Agriculture, WORLD BANK
- Dr. Keith Fuglie - Branch Chief for Resource, Environmental and Science Policy Resource and Rural Economic Division, ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE, USDA
- Mr. Rajesh Kumar - Smallholder Farmer, INDIA
- Dr. Margaret Zeigler - Executive Director, GLOBAL HARVEST INITIATIVE
Lunch will be served during this event.
For more information and to register for the event, please visit: http://gap2012.eventbrite.com.
Please contact John Gordon at Gordon@proactivecommunications.com for additional information.
Join CropLife International and a panel of experts for a discussion on how unique, new
partnerships will create economic and environmental benefits for farm communities. Panelists will share stories on three high-profile partnerships that are breaking new ground to provide greater global nutrition, crop yields and farmer advocacy.
Speakers Include:
-Denis Kyetere - Executive Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation
Sharing the success of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa Project
-Marc Albertsen - Senior Researcher Fellow, DuPont-Pioneer
Presenting Progress of the African Biofortified Sorghum Project
- Robert Carlson - President, World Farmers Organization
Discussing achievements of the Farming First Coalition
Moderated by:
Frank Sesno - Former CNN anchor, Emmy-award winning journalist, and creator/host ofPlant Forward on PBS and BloombergTV
Lunch will be served during the session.
Please contact Alexander Rinkus at alex.rinkus@croplife.org for additional information.
A global food system must respond to the health and well-being of people and the planet. Today, our distribution, production, and consumption of food often fall short of that goal. Today almost 80% of the world’s poorest people live in rural areas and rely on farming. Yet, their productive potential is held back by constrained resources, reduced investments in agriculture, and lack of markets and infrastructure. Flip the food system coin, and you find a surfeit of food calories in the developed world putting entire populations at risk of early onset diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.
It is the part of the same food system. And it can be fixed. But there is no one recipe, and partnerships will have to prepare the menu.
Join Oxfam America, the 30 Project, and Chef José Andrés at a luncheon at the opening of the World Food Prize, 11:30am to 12:30pm in the Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs Rooms, Downtown Marriott. Attendees will be served a “meal with a story” prepared by the culinary staff of the Marriott, and will hear remarks from Oxfam America CEO, Ray Offenheiser; 30 Project President and Founder, Ellen Gustafson; and Chef José Andrés. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP required. To respond go to Well-Fed World.
Please contact Jim French at jfrench@oxfamamerica.org for additional information.
Dr. R.S. Shanthakumar Hopper, Director of JRD Tata Ecotechnology Centre, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation will be presenting a guest lecture entitled, "Bioindustrial Watersheds-An innovative approach to Rainfed Livelihood and Food Security in diverse ecosystem regions in India." Dr. Hopper will be presenting as part of Simpson College's "Small College, Big Question" series.
Kenneth Quinn - President, World Food Prize Foundation
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe - Chairman of the Board, Nestlé
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?
Speakers Include:
Leo Abruzzese - Custom Research and Editorial Director, Americas, Economist
Intelligence Unit
Sandy Andelman - Senior Vice President, Conservation International; Executive Director,
Vital Signs
Sara Boettiger - Founding Director, AgPartnerXChange
Rajul Pandya-Lorch - Head, 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative
Pedro Sanchez (Moderator) - Director, Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program
With the growing popularity of partnerships in furthering agricultural development andconfronting the challenges of hunger and poverty, we acknowledge the need for effective tools to evaluateour approach, implementation and results. Specifically, this conversation session seeks to explore the following:
- What are the appropriate fundamentals in metrics & evaluation that should be evaluated in apartnership? Are there different criteria depending on the type of partnership (e.g. private-public,public-public, private-private, etc.)? What about geographies and other factors?
- How can we find a common measure for success given our various shareholders and stakeholdersacross the value chain? How do we fairly gather, interpret and compare the data (at times disparate orlimited) across countries, demographics, projects, etc.? How do we truly define such terms as “returnon investment” and “sustainability” to satisfy a diverse composition of stakeholders, beneficiariesand donors? How do we maximize objectivity and minimize potential conflict of interest in this area,depending on partnership constituents and participants? Moreover, how do we most effectivelycommunicate such information and reporting to the general public or key groups such aspolicymakers?
- In terms of implementation, what are some past lessons we’ve learned in evaluating partnerships andhow can we improve for the future? What are some existing challenges that we still need to overcome? Any low-hanging fruits that we can overcome in the near future?
- How have our approaches to partnerships evolved and in what direction do you see us heading in the next five, 10, 20 years? Any exciting new trends, innovations, changes to methodology?
Dr. Betty Bugusu, Managing Director of Post-Harvest Center, Purdue University, and S. Suzanne Nielsen will be co-presenting "Food Science: A Weapon for Food Security" as guest lecturers at the Science Center of Iowa.
This side event, hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), will consist of presentations and discussions followed by dinner.
Please contact Sylvia Mwichuli at Smwichuli@agra.org for additional information.
This event will be co-hosted by Expo Milano 2015 and the Sustainable Food Project. The presentation will invite, inform, and engage the Borlaug Dialogue audience members to virtually experience what is being planned for the Sustainable Food Pavilion during Expo 2015 and to facilitate a global platform that will advance breakthrough food innovations and strategies toward feeding the world's growing population.
Please contact Tracy Shafizadeh at t.shafizadeh@sfp2015.org for additional information.
This event, hosted by the Agrobiotics division of Perfect Blend is a panel discussion of the next fertilizer paradigm – Biotic biological fertilizers will be discussed by distinguished senior soil scientists from the USDA ARS and AFAP. Panelists include Dr. Charlie Walthall, USDA ARS, Dr. Jerry Hatfield, USDA ARS, and Dr. Richard Mkandawire of the African Fertilizer Agrobusiness Partnership
Please note that this event will be held in Ruan Auditorium, which can be found on the first floor of Ruan Two Center.
Please contact John Marler at jbmarler@perfect-blend.com for additional information.
Rev. David Beckmann, President of Bread for the World, will be presenting a guest lecture at Grinnell College, Harris Center Cinema.
Ellen Gustafson - Founder, 30 Project/ Co-founder, FEED
Molly Mattessich - Manager of Online Initiatives, National Peace Corps Association
Nii Simmonds - Program Director and Co-Founder, The DAIN Network
Michael Deal - Executive Director, Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance
Cooper Munroe - Member of the Board, ONE Moms
Tony Thelen - Head, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group
Pape Samb - President and CEO, Phelps Stokes
Danielle Nierenberg - Director, Nourishing the Planet Program, Worldwatch Institute
With Special Guest, Celebrity Chef José Andrés - Owner, ThinkFoodGroup
Moderator: Bian Li, Director of Planning, The World Food Prize Foundation
As a special part of the Borlaug Dialogue, based on popular demand from last year’s focus on the next generation of leaders, we will be launching dialogueNEXT, our inaugural workshop series on the evening of Wednesday, October 17. This forward-thinking, youth-engaging program will include a variety of lightning talks and case studies, including the effective use of mobile applications, social media, the future of social entrepreneurship in agricultural development and the emerging thought leaders who are transforming the dialogue with new ideas, concepts and achievements.
The inaugural 2012 Borlaug Dialogue will focus around a Call to Action. How do we engage and mobilize young people to participate in the future of agricultural development? How do we cultivate their ideas and involve them in the conversation - talk with them rather than at them? How do we incentivize young people to view agriculture as a career path, a social venture, or an entrepreneurial engine?
International Food Policy Research Institute
cordially invites you to the release of the:
2012 GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX
The Challenge of Hunger: Ensuring Sustainable Food Security Under Land, Water, and Energy Stresses
Chair
Rajul Pandya-Lorch - International Food Policy Research Institute
Speakers
Claudia Ringler - International Food Policy Research Institute
Margaret Catley-Carlson - World Economic Forum Advisory Council on Water
Commentators
Connell Foley - Concern Worldwide
Mathias Mogge - Welthungerhilfe
The Global Hunger Index is a comprehensive measure of hunger worldwide and by country and region. This year’s report focuses particularly on how to ensure sustainable food security under conditions of land, water, and energy stresses. This report is published by the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
In order to make the necessary arrangements, we encourage you to RSVP by October 10 to Ms. Djhoanna Cruz (d.cruz@cgiar.org). Even if you do not register in advance, please feel free to join us at the event.
Sporadic rainfall, insufficient harvests, high food prices, and continuing conflict across the Sahel has increased food insecurity and malnutrition for over 18 million people in the region. With food crises recurring multiple times over the past decade, communities’ ability to withstand shocks associated with the current crisis has been severely eroded. Further, layers of complications associated with a growing refugee population, natural resource degradation and the threat of locusts destroying the upcoming harvest create a situation that isn’t easily ameliorated with one solution or approach. In the Sahel, the problem of hunger is characterized by a complex web of factors that contributes to its persistence in the region.
The challenge of responding to the current crisis while also preventing future crises requires a comprehensive, integrated approach. To break the cycle of crisis we need an approach that addresses the full spectrum of food security interventions that includes humanitarian response, reducing malnutrition, enhancing safety nets and building resilience as well as investments in agricultural development and market access. Moving beyond rhetoric, this panel hosted by World Food Program USA will explore how a comprehensive approach can make – and already has made - progress in the Sahel and other areas prone to recurring crisis. Our distinguished speakers will showcase effective partnerships across humanitarian and development divides to make lasting change in one of our world’s most vulnerable regions.
Featuring:
Richard Leach - President and CEO, World Food Program USA
Roger Thurow - Senior Fellow, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Paul Weisenfeld - Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security
Thomas Yanga - Regional Director for West Africa, United Nations World Food Programme
Please contact Alisha English at aenglish@wfpusa.org for additional information.
This seminar, hosted by the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss, will address knowledge gaps which contribute to the loss of agricultural produce in food supply chains and the means to reduce those gaps.
Please contact Steve Sonka at ssonka@illinois.edu for additional information.
This event, hosted by Farmers Feeding the World, will consist of an intimate breakfast of approximately 50 attendees that will feature a speaker and short documentary about a new Farmers Feeding the World program.
Please contact Lesly Weber at lweber@farmjournal.com for additional information.
The John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program provides short term technical assistance to farmers, farm groups, and agribusinesses in developing countries. Volunteers are American farmers, ag educators, and agribusiness professionals who want to use their skills to improve global food security. Upon their return to the United States, the volunteers educate their fellow citizens on the importance of US development assistance.
Attend this side event, hosted by CNFA in partnership with USAID, Weidemann Associates, Partners of the Americas, NCBA/CLUSA, Winrock, ACDI/VOCA, and FAMU, to learn how your business or project might benefit by receiving or providing volunteers - or how you might personally volunteer. USAID administers the Farmer-to-Farmer program, which is funded under Food for Peace within the US Farm Bill. It is implemented by PVOs, NGOs and universities.
Please contact Scott Clark at sclark@cnfa.org for additional information.
The Des Moines West Side and Des Moines Downtown Chambers are hosting this month’s
Regional Breakfast on October 18th, featuring David Lambert.
Thursday, October 18th
7:30am-9:00am
Terrace Hill – 2300 Grand Ave.
Cost: $5 per person – includes coffee and scones
RSVP at www.DesMoinesDowntownChamber.com
Speakers Include:
Igal Aisenberg - CEO, Netafim
Margaret Catley-Carlson - Chair, World Economic Forum Advisory Council on Water
J. Carl Ganter - Co-founder and Director, Circle of Blue
Roberto Lenton - Executive Director, Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute
Aditi Mukherji - Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute
Kendall Powell - President and CEO, General Mills
Speakers Include:
Robert Fraley - Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto
M.S. Swaminathan - Chair, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Marc Van Montagu - Emeritus Professor, Ghent University
Her Royal Highness Princess Haya bint Al Hussein - Messenger of Peace, United Nations
Speakers Include:
Walter Bell - Board of Directors, Swiss Re America Holding
Raymond Offenheiser - President, Oxfam America
Sano Shimoda - Founder and President, BioScience Securities
Jack Sinclair - Executive Vice-President, Walmart Grocery Division
Carolyn Woo - CEO, Catholic Relief Services
Rajiv Shah - Administrator, USAID
Khalid Bomba - CEO, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency
Brady J. Deaton - Chancellor, University of Missouri
Helene Gayle - President & CEO, CARE USA
Kavita Prakash-Mani - Head of Food Security Agenda, Syngenta
The key theme for the panel will be to highlight strong partnerships and the multi-stakeholder approach of both the G8 and the Feed the Future initiative, including representatives from different key areas: donor countries, cooperating countries, university partners, private sector and NGO/CSOs.
Pierre Ferrari - President and CEO, Heifer International, will deliver this plenary address entilted "Social Captial and Market Incentives - are they at odds?"
Synopsis
The world’s population tops seven billion people, and food systems are struggling. Nearly 900 million people are chronically hungry now, and with the population expected to grow to 10 billion by 2050 and current contributors—land grabs, high oil prices, biofuel development, food production and distribution failures—likely to worsen, the forecast is grim. Solutions exist, but will depend on nonprofits, government, the public, private and commercial businesses working together—collective impact, and by a market-driven strategy that includes deeply embedded social engagement. For Heifer International, it begins with smallholder farmers, especially women, who with the right tools and resources grow more and better crops, raise more and better animals, and at the same time build wealth and opportunity through greater access to value chains. These same women and smallholder farmers build community, too, as economic growth for its own sake is not a solution. For economic growth to make lasting change, there has to be community development—the highest form of pro-poor development.
Mr. J. Carl Ganter, Director & Co-Founder of Circle of Blue, will be presenting a guest lecture, "Water's Future," at Drake University in the Reading Room of Cowles Library, Drake campus.
Ensuring farmers have access to the right knowledge is key to achieving food security. This side event, hosted by CABI, will bring together 5 experts in the field of sustainable agriculture to discuss how the provision of knowledge and information can be supported, and how this will help tackle major issues in food security. The panel will discuss issues varying from how to ensure knowledge is provided to genders equally, to what role the private sector can play in supporting small holder farmers, and highlight examples of programmes where access to knowledge has made a positive impact.
The panel will be chaired by Dennis Rangi, Executive Director, International Development, CABI. Please come and join the debate. Questions will be invited from the floor and through social media.
Our panel will feature: Dr. Ernesto Brovelli, Senior Manager of Sustainable Agriculture at The Coca-Cola Company; Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Advisory Council on Water; Ms. Rose Kamau, District Horticultural Officer of the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture; and Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Chair of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation.
Please contact Christine Davies at c.davies@cabi.org for additional information.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, IFPRI, USAID, the US Overseas Cooperative Development Counciland the World Bank are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on:
“Cooperatives: Key to Ending Hunger”
Cooperatives are present in all countries and all sectors – agriculture, food, health care, marketing, insurance and credit, and contribute greatly to the global economy. In the US alone, there are 30,000 coops representing 73,000 places of business, and generating US$500 billion in annual revenue. An estimated 1 billion people worldwide are members of cooperatives, and in developing countries an estimated 250 million farmers participate in agricultural cooperatives.
Eliminating hunger and malnutrition requires the establishment of an enabling environment that allows small producers to take full advantage of available opportunities. Strong cooperatives and producer organizations are an essential part of that enabling environment. But what constitutes an enabling environment for cooperatives?
Cooperatives have proved to be superior to other forms of organization in certain situations in developed countries. So why is it that many cooperatives in developing countries are not as vibrant as they are in developed countries? Why are they not mobilizing collective action of the kind that would result in fewer hungry people and more sustainable development? What factors undermine the success of agricultural cooperatives and contribute to their demise? Are there early signs to determine organizational weakness? How can development specialists assist in supporting collective entrepreneurship? What does the macro and micro environment contribute to agricultural cooperatives’ probability of success?
Please join us for a lively discussion around these issues with three distinguished panelists representing three distinct perspectives:
- Dr. Michael Cook has worked with agricultural cooperatives for more than 40 years, as an employee and in academia. Today, he holds the Robert D. Partridge Chair in Cooperative Leadership and serves as professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Missouri. His Graduate Institute on Cooperative Leadership attracts coop leaders from across the United States.
- Dr. Marco Ferroni is the Executive Director of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. The Foundation’s mission isto develop scalable solutions for small farmers in developing countries and emerging markets. Under Dr. Ferroni’s leadership, the Foundation has developed pioneering crop insurance products, mobile phone-based applications, approaches to what the Foundation calls “market-led extension”, and business models for groups of growers linked to specific value chains. The Foundation is also a catalyst of public-private cooperation in agricultural research.
- Jacqueline David Mkindi is the Executive Director of the Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA). She is an experienced business and trade professional, and under her leadership TAHA has promoted and developed the horticultural industry, which is now the most effective agricultural sub-sector in Tanzania.
MODERATED BY: Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg News
Please contact Gabriel Laizer at Gabriel.Laizer@FAO.org for additional information.
This side event, hosted by USAID and its U.S. Government partners in the Feed the Future initiative, will be moderated by author and journalist Roger Thurow and will highlight how investments in agricultural research and capacity development under Feed the Future are impacting lives worldwide. The session will include a panel discussion with major partners from the private sector, U.S. universities, and international research centers; AgTalks from key researchers; and dynamic content showing the impacts of the portfolio and future leaders in agricultural research.
3:30 pm
Welcome and Session Open
Brady Deaton - Chair, Board on International Food & Agricultural Development
3:35 pm
Innovating for Impact
Feed the Future Video
3:40 pm
Remarks on Research under Feed the Future
Julie Howard - Chief Scientist and Senior Advisor to Administrator on Research, Extension and Education, U.S. Agency for International Development
3:50 pm
Panel Discussion – Where has innovation “moved the needle” in food security & nutrition? Where is it falling short?
Moderated by Roger Thurow - Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Paresh Verma - Research Director, Shriram Bioseed Limited India
- Andy McDonald - Cropping Systems Agronomist, CIMMYT
- Patrick Webb - Dean for Academic Affairs, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
4:30 pm
Innovation Spotlight – “3G” Potato Seed Production in East Africa
Maria Andrade, International Potato Center (CIP)
4:45 pm
Innovation Spotlights – Index Based Livestock Insurance for Pastoralists
Andrew Mude, International Livestock Research Institute / Assets & Market Access CRSP
5:00 pm
Innovation Spotlights – Sustainable Intensification in East Africa
Regis Chitokwo, Michigan State University
5:15 pm
Spotlight on Capacity Building
Feed the Future Video and recognition of fellows
5:20 pm
Q&A for Panelists / Presenters
5:30 pm
Session Close by Thurow
After Session Book signing by Thurow (The Last Hunger Season) and informal networking
Please contact Susan Owens at sowens@usaid.gov for additional information.
Women, on average, comprise 43 percent of the agricultural labor force in developing countries and have a key role in household food production. Yet women are less likely than men to have secure rights to the land they cultivate and the land they do have is typically smaller in size and of poorer quality. These gender differences constrain agricultural productivity and impede women’s efforts to feed their families, impacting the household’s ability to climb out of poverty. Breaking the barriers to women’s secure land rights will help empower women and improve household food security and welfare.
This event, hosted by Landesa, will be moderated by Dr. Jolyne Sanjak, Managing Director, Technical Services, Millennium Development Corporation, and feature panelists who will discuss:
- Women’s secure land rights: barriers and benefits
- Micro-plots: an innovative approach to women’s land rights and food security
- The global land rush: the impact on women
Panelists Include:
Renée Giovarelli - Executive Director, Landesa Center for Women's Land Rights
Dr. Ashok Kumar Sircar - Director of Programs, Landesa India
Karol Boudreaux - Africa Land Tenure Specialist, USAID
Please contact D. Hien Tran at hient@landesa.org for additional information.
Open to all attendees. Food and drinks provided.
Due to high demand and limited seating, the ceremony will be invitation only. Photo ID and ticket must be presented upon entrance at the capitol.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on Iowa Public Television (local channel 11). There will also be a live watch party in the Iowa Ballroom (2nd floor) of the Marriott. This event is open to all attendees and food and a cash bar will be available.
Shuttles will be provided between the Marriott Hotel and this venue.
Betty Bugusu - Managing Director, International Food Technology Center
Jeffrey Klein - President and CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network
Rajesh Kumar - Smallholder Farmer
Steve Sonka - Director, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss
Jeff Simmons - President, Elanco
Susan Finn - President and CEO, American Council for Fitness and Education
Isidro Ochoa - Professor, Zamarano
Margaret Zeigler - Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative
Robert Thompson - Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Marc Van Ameringen - Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) (moderator)
Florence Chenoweth - Minister of Agriculture, Liberia
Jim Gerardot - Executive Director of Solutions, Novus International
Mehmood Khan - CEO of the Global Nutrition Group, PepsiCo
Jeff Richardson - Vice President, Global Health Access, Abbott Fund
Dr. Daniel Hillel - 2012 World Food Prize Laureate
Experience a real Iowa family farm during harvest to see and hear what goes on at the farm including discussions about what it takes to produce sustainable, nutritious and safe food. The farm visit will be followed by a traditional Iowa barbecue. The tour will depart from the Marriott lobby at 3 p.m. and return to the Marriott by 9:30 pm. The tour is limited to the first 150 symposium attendees who register. No additional fees required. Sponsored and hosted by Iowa Soybean Association. What to wear: Casual clothes and closed toe shoes. This tour will be held regardless of weather (rain or shine) so please make sure to be prepared for variances in temperature that are a normal part of autumn in Iowa.
Please contact Linda Funk at lfunk@thesoyfoodscouncil.com for additional information.
