A virtual discussion exploring innovative solutions to accelerate food systems transformation for healthy and sustainable diets in low- and middle-income countries.

Date: Thursday, 25 March 2021

Time: 21:00-22:30 (UTC+8)

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In this event hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation, a group of experts from the 24 World Food Prize winners came together to discuss game-changing solutions to build food and nutrition security amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

CGIAR’s Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, Claudia Sadoff, joined the expert panel to discuss the open letter that was collectively written by  the 24 World Food Prize winners to the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the new Biden-Harris administration, detailing critical steps needed to end global hunger.

Claudia Sadoff provided insight on OneCGIAR efforts into scaling up research, policy and investment efforts that can accelerate food system transformation for sustainable, healthy and nutritious diets, critical to achieving the SDG1: Zero Hunger and other SDGs by 2030.

 

Invited Speakers:

  • David Beckmann, President Emeritus, Bread for the World, 2010 Laureate
  • Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID 
  • Gebisa Ejeta, Director, Purdue Center for Global Food Security, 2009 Laureate 
  • Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, 2018 Laureate 
  • Jan Low, Principal Scientist, International Potato Center (CIP), 2016 Laureate
  • Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR

 

To learn more about WorldFish’s contributions to the open letter, read the WorldFish blog on ‘US leadership needed to end world hunger, urge World Food Prize Laureates.’

For more information about the event, visit the official event webpage and follow WorldFish, World Food Prize Foundation and the hashtags #WFPLaureates4Action and #AquaticFoods to check out past conversations on Twitter.

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