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AgEcon Seminar

Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences Seminar 2012

Focus Topic: Global Challenges to Food Security

Room: Lecture Hall 11, Schloss Osthof Süd

Time: Thursday, 12:00 – 13:30

12 April 2012	Agricultural Productivity and Food Prices: Fundamental Development Impacts and Indicators Präsentation Professor Andrew Dorward, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
19 April 2012	The Water - Energy - Food Security Nexus Dr. Uschi Eid, Co-Chair of the Bonn “Nexus-Conference Water, Energy and Food Security”
26 April 2012	The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Meeting Global Challenges to Food Security – The Perspective of Welthungerhilfe Mathias Mogge, Executive Director Programmes, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
10 May 2012	Impact of EU Agricultural Policy on Developing Countries – Still of Relevance? Präsentation Professor Alan Matthews, Trinity College, Dublin, President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists
24 May 2012	Perspectives for EU Bioenergy Policies - Necessarily a Threat to Global Food Security? Andreas Pilzecker, European Commission
Special date: Wednesday, 6 June 2012, lecture hall 1!	Sustainable Management of Water Resources and Quality in Agriculture: Policy Issues and Challenges Präsentation Background reading 1 Background reading 2 Dr. Kevin Parris, Senior Economist OECD
14 June 2012	*SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED!*
Special date: 18 June 2012 12:00 - 13:30 (lecture hall 17)	The World Bank's Approach to Promoting Food Security and Agricultural Development in South Asia Dr. Simeon Ehui, World Bank, Sector Manager for Agriculture and Rural Development in South Asia
Special date: 18 June 2012 18.00-19.30 (lecture hall 11)	Land Degradation in Africa - A Threat to Food Security in the Region Prof. Dr. Paul Vlek, Director of the Ecology and Natural Resources Division at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
21 June 2012	International Agricultural Price Volatility: A Case for Policy? Prof. Dr. Stefan Tangermann, former Director of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of OECD
28 June 2012	*SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED!*
5 July 2012	International Initiatives to Regulate Large Scale Investment in Land Antti Seelaff, Sector Project "Land Policy and Land Management", Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
12 July 2012	Income Growth and Undernutrition: How Strong is the Link? Professor Stephan Klasen, University of Göttingen
19 July 2012	*SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED!* http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=1672

Organisation

Prof. Dr. Regina Birner (Institut 490c, 70593 Stuttgart, regina.birner@uni-hohenheim.de, 0711 / 459 – 22514)

Prof. Dr. Harald Grethe (Institut 420a, 70593 Stuttgart, grethe@uni-hohenheim.de, 0711 / 459 – 22631)