| Excerpts from Director-General of FAO, Jacques Diouf, as he opened the Forum. | | | 1. Agriculture and Water at stake.
Duration: 2min22sec | mp3 | | 2. Priorities to address.
Duration: 2min49sec | mp3 | | Alain de Janvry, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley.
Duration: 3min05sec | mp3 | | Babatunde Omilola, IFPRI-Washington, Africa's Coordinator for regional strategic analysis.
Duration: 2min08sec | mp3 | | Yudhvir Singh, India's Farmers Organizations/Via Campasina.
Duration: 2min04sec | mp3 | | Elizabeth Gauffin, Vice-President IFAP, Swedish dairy and organic farmer.
Duration: 1min18sec | mp3 | | Elenita Daño, Adviser Third World Network, Philippines.
Duration: 1min52sec | mp3 | | Lorenzo Ciccarese, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research.
Duration: 1min13sec | mp3 | How to Feed the World media interviews
| | Format | | Required investments include crops and livestock production as well as downstream support services such as cold chains, storage facilities, market facilities and first-stage processing. Kostas Stamoulis, Director of FAO's Agricultural Development Economics Division, talks about agriculture's investment needs. Duration: 1min46sec | mp3 | | FAO's Eve Crowley - Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division - talks about the challenges facing African agriculture and calls for more investment in women. Duration: 1min57sec | mp3 | | Poorest regions with the highest levels of chronic hunger are likely to be among the worst affected by climate change, according to FAO. While globally the impact of climate change on food production may be small, at least until 2050, the distribution of production will have severe consequences on food security. Leslie Lipper, FAO's economist has more. Duration: 38 min | mp3 | | FAO Assistant Director-General Hafez Ghanem is confident that the meeting will address key challenges that the world faces, today. Duration: 1min43sec | mp3 | | "The Technology Challenge" is one of several papers produced by the UN food agency to serve as starting points for panel discussions at the "High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050". According to FAO's economist, David Dawe, increased investment in agricultural research is essential. Duration: 1min54sec | mp3 |
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