Virtual Meeting - COVID-19 & Global Food Security Implications
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date: 07/04/2020 - 07/04/2020
Organiser: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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As the lock-downs continue and the commentaries on food security and COVID-19 start to come in, what are we learning? What do we know, what trends are suggestive, and what is still unknown? Join us for a discussion on the implications of COVID-19 for agriculture and food systems, now and into the future.
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 4:00 p.m. CEST / 10:00 a.m. EST
Speakers:
- Issa Barro, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal
- Christophe Bazivamo, East African Community (EAC) Secretariat
- Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo; and High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) for the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
- David Laborde, IFPRI
Moderator:
- Carin Smaller, IISD
*** Please note that this online reflection will be held in English, but that a French language version will follow on Wednesday, April 8.