Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen speaks on The Global Food Crisis

Posted September 21st, 2009 by Drake University

Tuesday October 13: The Global Food Crisis

3:30pm-4:30pm, Pomerantz Stage, Olmsted Center

Speaker: Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen is an agricultural economist and founder of the 2020 Vision Initiative, a comprehensive research and dissemination program on global food security. In 2001, Pinstrup Andersen was recipient of the World Food Prize. He has written over 300 books, articles, and papers and his 2001 book Seeds of Contention has been published in five languages. The late Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate  noted Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen to be “one of the most influential economists and policy makers today” and “an outstanding spokesperson for effective economic policies for transforming agricultural production of food deficit nations”.

Sponsors: CGC, World Food Prize Institute