Conference Presentations

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Wednesday, October 17

The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People
Speaker	Presentation
Marco Ferroni Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Switzerland	Presentation currently not available
Robert Paarlberg Wellesley College, MA	Food Prices, Hunger, Riots, Land Grabs, and Food Wars
Mitslal Kifleyesus-Matschien Ecopia, Ethiopia	Real Time Mobile Phones Based Reversed Auction for overcoming the challenge of Food Security in Ethiopia/East Africa

Can High Food Prices and Volatility be Managed?
Speaker	Presentation
Florence Rolle FAO	Price Volatility and Food Security: What Can Be Done?
Marc Bellemare Duke University, NC	Rising Food Prices and Food Price Volatility
Evan Fraser University of Guelph, ON	When food prices rise and people have nothing to lose they lose it!
Paul Hagerman Canadian Foodgrains Bank	Were Joseph and Pharaoh right? Food reserves as a solution to price volatility

Politics and Food
Speaker	Presentation
Etienne Hainzelin Cirad, France	Agriculture intensification pathways for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zhanyi Gao ICID, China	Policy and Practice for Food Security in China
Eckart Woertz CIDOB, Spain	The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East

Action Against Hunger: Student Initiatives
Speaker	Presentation
Arlette Saint Ville McGill University	How do social networks influence farmer innovation in Saint Lucia?
Ramesh Murugesan McGill University	Enhancing Food Security of Rural Families Through Production, Processing and Value Addition of Regional Staple Food Grains in India
Verena Seufert McGill University	Organic agriculture as an opportunity for sustainable agricultural development
Tracy McDonough & Nadia Browne McGill University	Action Against Hunger’s Tool to Determine Where and When Nutritional Interventions are Needed in Times of Crises

Thursday, October 18

Social Dimensions of Food Security and Nutrition
Speaker	Presentation
Mark Nord USDA, USA	Social and Economic Determinants of Household Food Insecurity in the United States and Canada
Ricardo Aparicio CONEVAL, Mexico	Access to Food and Poverty Measurement in Mexico
Marie Chantal Messier The World Bank, USA	Tackling the South Asia Enigma: A multi-sector approach to improve Food and Nutrition Security

Role of Societal Actors in Solving the Food Crisis
Speaker	Presentation
Richard Doyle Dairy Farmers of Canada, ON	Role of Societal Actors in Solving the Food Crisis: A Dairy Perspective
Bruce Moore International Land Coalition	Putting Community Voices at the Centre: Where Food Security Counts
Viktor Dukhovniy SIC ICWC, Uzbekistan	Food security in Central Asia
Sergiy Zorya World Bank, USA	Global Food Crisis and Food Security in Developing Countries

Plenary Wrap Session
Speaker	Presentation
Chandra Madramootoo McGill University, QC	Plenary Wrap-up 2012

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