Breakfast Briefing & Preview: "State of the World 2011: Nourishing the Planet"
Breakfast Briefing & Preview: "State of the World 2011: Nourishing the Planet"
Official Side Event at the World Food Prize's 2010 Borlaug International Symposium
Hosted by the Worldwatch Institute
Thursday, October 14, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast will be served.
Des Moines Marriott
Davenport and Dubuque Rooms
700 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309 USA
Iowa, USA
About the Event
Worldwatch President Christopher Flavin and Nourishing the Planet Project Co-Directors Brian Halweil and Danielle Nierenberg will discuss preliminary findings from Institute's Nourishing the Planet Project and preview the yet to be released State of the World 2011: Innovations the Nourish the Planet. This official side event will feature additional report contributors and video presentations.
About the Project
In recent decades, a new generation of innovative approaches to alleviating hunger and poverty have emerged that also seek to improve environmental and agricultural sustainability, improve the lives of women and girls, and be both economically feasible and scalable for farmers and the investment community. Through their Nourishing the Planet Project, the Worldwatch Institute has assessed the current state of agricultural innovations-from cropping methods to irrigation technology to agricultural policy-with an emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and ecosystem health, as well as productivity.
About the Symposium
The Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium is held each year in conjunction with the awarding of the World Food Prize. This annual dialogue brings together international experts and policy leaders to address cutting-edge issues in food security and nutrition. Through the International Symposium, the World Food Prize Foundation helps build alliances in the struggle against world hunger and malnutrition. These efforts help to promote health, enhanced nutrition, and safety both at home and abroad with the first-ever conference to simultaneously address obesity and malnutrition and the first post-9/11 conference anywhere to address agroterrorism.
For more information contact Danielle Nierenberg at dnierenberg@worldwatch.org