September 20: Improving Food Security by Reducing Post-Harvest Losses

The Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank, in collaboration with Abt Associates, Inc. and GrainPro, are pleased to present:

Improving Food Security by Reducing Post-Harvest Losses

September 20, 2011 8:30 am - 1:00 pm

World Bank Main Building, Room MC-2-800 1818 H Street NW Washington, DC 20433

AGENDA

8:30 - Breakfast

9:00 - Introductory Remarks

9:10 - Panel I: Why post-harvest losses matter for food security

• John Lamb, Principal Associate for Agribusiness and Food Security, Abt Associates

• Nancy Morgan, Senior Economist, World Bank

• Allan Jury, Director, US Relations, UN World Food Program

10:00 - Panel II: Leveraging science, technology and innovation to reduce post-harvest losses

• Pradeep Khanna, Associate Chancellor, University Of Illinois, ADM Institute for the Prevention of Post-Harvest Loss

• Phil Villers, President, GrainPro

• James Lowenberg-Deboer, Associate Dean and Director of International Programs in Agriculture at Purdue University

• Martin Gummert, Senior Scientist, Post Harvest Development, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

11:00 - Panel III: Mainstreaming post-harvest loss reduction in development programming and next steps

• Mark Hawthorne, Agricultural Extension and Market Systems Development Branch, Office of Capacity Building and Development, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

• Daniel Haileselassie, Africa Continent Manager, GrainPro

• Jacob Maaga, CEO, Africa Commodity Futures Exchange

12:15 - Lunch & Closing Remarks

To register to attend, please click here. Space is limited.