Food Loss and Waste – Can we end it by 2030?
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date: 12/03/2020 - 12/03/2020
venue: 1201 Eye Street NW, 12th Floor Conference Center Washington, DC 20005 United States
Organiser: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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With just ten years to go before the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 2030) is to be fulfilled, reducing food loss and waste is critical to achieving this agenda.
Building on the 2019 inaugural event, this special event will address whether as a global community we can or will end food loss and waste and presenters will share on their efforts to reach SDG 2030 targets.
Welcome address by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI
Keynote Speakers
Minister for Food, Fisheries and Equal Opportunities & Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Danish Parliament
Stephen Censky
Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Moderator
Troels Mandel Vensild
Minister Counsellor of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC
Rapid Fire Presentations
Food Program Fellow, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Jesper Packert Pedersen
Head of Public Affairs, Chr. Hansen A/S
Geeta Sethi
Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, The World Bank Group
Closing Remarks
Andrew Steer
President and CEO, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Rob Vos
Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI
Date and location
Thursday, March 12, 2020
9:30 am to 11:00 am (EST)
1201 Eye St., NW | 12th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005