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On the eve of the 2012 G8 Summit, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs will bring together senior global leaders to discuss new G8 efforts on food security and the opportunity and benefits of private sector investment in African agriculture and food sectors. Sessions will identify ways business, civil society, and international organizations can complement and amplify G8 action on agricultural research and innovation, markets and trade, and nutrition.

In our third event of the series, Catherine Bertini , Professor of Public Administration and International Relations at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and former Chief Executive of the United Nations World Food Program, joins Christopher Delgado, Program Manager of the Global Agricultural and Food Security Program and of the Global Food Crisis Response Program at the World Bank to consider agriculture, rural development, and sustainability as they rel

Join USAID at this Feed the Future stakeholder (in person or via webinar) to learn more about the outcomes of the April Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) meeting and discuss opportunities for civil society engagement in the new efforts for enhancing resilience and building growth in the Horn of Africa.

This webinar will provide participants with an overview of some of the ways that low-cost video is currently being used with farmers to enhance the impact of agricultural development projects. It will include experiences from two organizations already effectively using video with farmers, as well as information on how practitioners can begin using low-cost video on their own.

To support the development of an Impact Economy, the Secretary‘s Global Impact Economy Forum will gather 250 high-level investors, business executives, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, academics, and policymakers to discuss how to create greater coordination, collaboration, and efficiency in this emerging industry.

This conference is the third in a series on ‘Agriculture, food and land use: the international policy challenges’ which Wilton Park is running over 3 years in association with the University of Exeter. It is open to those with expertise to share or an interest in the theme.

The event format will be an open round table discussion but guided by presentations on; civil society engagement within their constituents, progress to date of the UN and intergovernmental processes, civil society thoughts on the content of a new framework and strategies to ensure that desired results are achieved in an acceptable manner including building on and complementing existing processes and the potential for the emergence of Sustainable Development Goals post Rio.