Senate Hearing on Alleviating Global Hunger: March 24, 2009

INVITATION: U.S. Senate Hearing on the Lugar-Casey Bill on "Alleviating Global Hunger: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Leadership," Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9.30AM @ 419 Dirksen Senate Building

Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa

Research-Based Advocacy for African Agricultural Development


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INVITATION TO U.S. SENATE HEARING
ALLEVIATING GLOBAL HUNGER: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Time: 9:30 A.M.

Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building
**Nearest Metro: Union Station on Red Line

Witnesses:

Panel 1:
The Honorable Daniel R. Glickman
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, DC

The Honorable Catherine A. Bertini
Former Executive Director
World Food Program
Buffalo, NY

Mr. David Beckmann
President
Bread for the World
Washington, DC

Mr. Robert Paarlberg
Professor of Political Science
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA

Panel 2:
Mr. Edwin C. Price
Associate Vice Chancellor and Director
Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
College Station, TX

Mr. Gebisa Ejeta
Professor of Agronomy
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN

Presiding: Senator John Kerry


Dr. Julie Howard
Executive Director

Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
499 South Capitol Street, SW
Suite 500B
Washington, DC 20003
Tel: 202-479-4501
Fax: 202-488-0590
www.africanhunger.org