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 Presiding: Senator Kerry Senator Kerry's Opening Statement Senator Lugar's Opening Statement     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    Syracuse, 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   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.