Launch of Global Report on Food Crises 2019 and High-Level Event on Preventing Future Crises. High-Level Event of the Global Network Against Food Crises, Brussels, 2-3 April 2019

Food and agriculture in times of crisis - High level event of the Global Network against Food Crises

2-3 April 2019, Brussels, Belgium - On the occasion of the Launch of the Global Report on Food Crises 2019, the European Commission in Brussels – on behalf of the Global Network against Food Crises – hosts the high-level event on food and agriculture in times of crisis.

For more information: www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1187744/icode/

Confirmed keynotes speakers include:

Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development

Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management

Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

José Graziano Da Silva, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)

Yves Daccord, Director General, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Djimé Adoum, Executive Secretary, Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

Mahboub Maalim, Executive-Secretary, Intergovernmental Authority on Development