Cornell University

This is a past event. Its details are archived for historical purposes.

The contact information may no longer be valid.

Please visit our current events listings to look for similar events by title, location, or venue.

Book Talk: Food Policy for Developing Countries: The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems

Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 4:00pm

Mann Library, 160
Cornell University Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to focus on food production but also to implement successful food policies.

Join Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen for a "Chats in the Stacks" talk about his new book “Food Policy for Developing Countries: The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems” (Cornell University Press). Pinstrup-Andersen is the H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition, and Public Policy; the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University; and an adjunct professor at Copenhagen University. He is the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate and the recipient of several awards for his research and communication of research results. His book is a comprehensive road map for understanding how governments and markets shape food policies and production, and addresses the complex challenges that lie ahead in view of poverty, globalization, climate change, food price volatility, natural resource degradation, demographic and dietary transitions, and increasing interests in local and organic food production. Coauthor is economist Derrill Watson II of the American University of Nigeria.

A reception and book signing will follow. The "Chats in the Stacks" book talk is funded by the Mary A. Morrison Public Education Fund at Mann Library.

Subscribe
Google Calendar iCal Outlook
Event Type

Author Appearance

Departments

Cornell University Library, Mann Library, Cornell Human Ecology

Website

http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/events...

Cost

Free and open to all

Contact E-Mail

lmb20@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Lynn Bertoia

Contact Phone

255-5406

Speaker

Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Speaker Affiliation

The J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell

Recent Activity