Actions Panel
Feeding Global Prosperity: The Nexus Between Food Security, Economic Stability, and National Security
Date and time
Location
Cannon House Office Building
Cannon House Office Building, Room 122 Washington, DC 20515Description
Global food security programming delivers essential and life-saving interventions to at-risk households and communities around the world. But the impacts of these programs can benefit people well beyond targeted communities or countries. How can a food security intervention in a rural area of a country ultimately benefit both economic and national security not only in the beneficiary country, but internationally as well? Join the Alliance to End Hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the House Hunger Caucus, and a panel of economic, national security, and food security experts to discuss how food security programming provides benefits beyond targeted countries to help promote a safe, prosperous, and more stable world.
Opening Remarks
Vimlendra Sharan, Director, FAO Liaison Office for North America
Rebecca Middleton, Executive Director, Alliance to End Hunger
Additional Remarks by Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-2)
and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-2) of the House Hunger Caucus (invited)
Panel Discussion
- Asma Lateef, Director, Bread for the World Institute (moderator)
- Rick Leach, President, World Food Program USA
- Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, Distinguished Fellow, The Stimson Center
- Dr. Vincent H. Smith, Visiting Scholar and Director of Agriculture Studies, American Enterprise Institute