Join Devex on Monday, April 25, for a live broadcast of Seat at the table: A Devex Dish event. This event will feature a series of conversations with policymakers, funders, corporate execs, and civil society leaders on the actions necessary to transform the global food system and to combat hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity around the world.
These discussions come at a time when the topic of food systems reform is more pressing than ever. Global hunger numbers — which had already been moving in the wrong direction — are skyrocketing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbated by climate change and conflict.
How exactly will financial commitments materialize, and what mechanisms are in place to track performance and success? What data is needed to provide successful, sustained progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 2 of ending hunger? How can the world take advantage of the opportunity to "build back better" after the pandemic to ensure food system transformation?
We’ll discuss these questions and more as we explore the role of finance, technology, and policy in global food systems solutions. Conversations will center on the following themes:
• The role of foreign policy in the fight against global malnutrition.
• Effective financial investment in food systems reform.
• The tie between food systems reform and climate change.
• Understanding the links between conflict and food security.
Opening Remarks
• Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
• Raj Kumar, president and editor-in-chief, Devex
How the war in Ukraine is affecting food security worldwide
• Shawn Baker, chief nutritionist, USAID
• Lawrence Haddad, Executive director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
• Moderator: Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
Understanding the links between conflict and food security
• Laetitia Bader, Horn of Africa director, Human Rights Watch
• Yasin Farjad, emergency quality program manager and OIC for the program director, Concern Worldwide Afghanistan
• Muna Luqman, executive director, Food4Humanity
• Moderator: Rumbi Chakamba, associate editor, Devex
Spotlight on: Food for thought
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Facing a global food crisis: A conversation with Ertharin Cousin
• Ertharin Cousin, CEO and managing director of Food Systems for the Future, former executive director at WFP, and U.S. Ambassador to U.N. in Rome, and distinguished fellow of global food and agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Moderator: Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
Follow the food: Tracking financial investment in food and nutrition systems reform
• Chase Sova, senior director of public policy and research, World Food Program USA
• Kathryn Hollifield, program manager, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program
• Moderator: Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
Spotlight on: Local solutions for global impact
In partnership with PepsiCo Foundation
• C.D. Glin, VP, PepsiCo Foundation, and global head of philanthropy, PepsiCo Inc.
• Moderator: Kate Warren, executive vice President & executive editor, Devex
Food systems reform in a changing climate
• Charles Owubah, CEO, Action Against Hunger
• Abby Maxman, president and CEO, Oxfam America
• Moderator: Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
Foreign policy and the fight against hunger: A conversation with Ted McKinney
• Ted McKinney,former under secretary of agriculture, trade and foreign agricultural affairs at USDA, and currently CEO at NASDA
• Moderator: Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
Sustainable nutrition for a global population
• Simon Bishop, CEO, Power of Nutrition
• Arun Baral, CEO, HarvestPlus
• Meera Shekar, global lead for nutrition, World Bank
• Moderator: Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
Closing Remarks
• Teresa Welsh, senior reporter, Devex
• Raj Kumar, president and editor-in-chief, Devex