Event Archive: 2013

Name: Cultivating Food Security: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond 2015 | In conversation with Elisabeth Rasmusson
Start: 2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2013-11-21T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat

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November 2013
Cultivating Food Security: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond 2015 | In conversation with Elisabeth Rasmusson

November 21, 2013

Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat 199 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada

November 21, 2013 - With one in eight people facing chronic hunger, feeding the world’s most vulnerable remains a daunting challenge. Despite great strides in recent years, poverty, insecurity, natural disasters and gender-based barriers keep millions of people from having enough to eat. Ms. Elisabeth Rasmusson, Assistant Executive Director of the World Food Programme, held a conversation on topics from the current humanitarian crises in the Philippines and Syria, to future prospects for eradicating hunger as part of the post-2015 development agenda.

November 2013