Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, will present the Feed the Future Guide, the implementation strategy for the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, on Thursday, May 20, in Washington D.C. at a symposium organized by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Thomas Vilsack, secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Namanga Ngongi, president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa; and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, will deliver keynote addresses. Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman, cochairs of The Chicago Council’s Global Agricultural Development Initiative, will moderate panels.
To follow the event:
Webcast - Sessions from 9:00a.m. – 1:30 p.m. will be webcasted at https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/foodsecurity.
Twitter – follow and discuss the symposium by using hashtag #globalag. Pioneer Hi-Bred will be tweeting throughout the days event @PioneerHiBred.
The USG Feed the Future Guide, which will be released at the event, will be available shortly after Administrator Shah’s announcement at www.feedthefuture.gov.
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