COVID-19 Food Security and Nutrition: Responses by CFS Advisory Group Members to Avert a Global Food Crisis
13 May 2020, 14:00 - 16:00
ZOOM, virtual webinar
A virtual meeting organized by the Secretariat of the Committee on World Food Security to address the implications of COVID-19 pandemic on food security and nutrition, including specific policy and programmatic actions being taken in response by CFS Advisory Group members and other relevant institutions/constituencies.
Programme
Moderator
Waiganjo Njoroge, CFS Comms Specialist
Welcome
Thanawat Tiensin, CFS Chairperson
Chris Hegadorn, CFS Secretary
Presentations
Martin Cole, HLPE Chairperson
Martien von Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank (presentation)
Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO (presentation)
Sheila Grudem, Deputy Director Emergency, WFP
Ronald Hartman, Director Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization, IFAD (presentation)
David Laborde, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (presentation)
Francesco Branca, Director Nutrition and Food Safety Dept., WHO (presentation)