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HEAD OF USAID RAJIV SHAH RECOMMENDS THE DOUBLY GREEN REVOLUTION AS ONE OF FIVE MUST READ DEVELOPMENT BOOKS

Dr Rajiv Shah has recommended Sir Gordon Conway’s book, The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the 21st Century, as one of five must read books on Breakthroughs in Development. Dr Rajiv Shah has led America’s international development agency since 2010. Prior to heading USAID, Shah was undersecretary and chief scientist at the US Department… Read more »

EXPERTS CALL FOR GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE URGENT ACTION TO TACKLE CHILD UNDERNUTRITION

Leading experts call for Governments to commit funds to tackle undernutrition, poor health and poor economic prospects in the developing world – News release The paper is authored by ten international experts from the fields of agriculture, sustainable development, trade, policy, and global development, known as the Montpellier Panel, chaired by Sir Gordon Conway, Professor of International Development… Read more »

SIR GORDON SPEAKS AT HIGH-LEVEL SEMINAR ON “FUTURE OF GLOBAL FOOD AND FARMING, BRUSSELS

On Wednesday 30th March, Sir Gordon Conway participated in High Level Seminar on “Future of Global Food and Farming. How can Science support food security, chaired by John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Advisor The case for urgent action in the global food system is now compelling. We are at a unique moment in history as… Read more »

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE, IFAD, ROME

Gordon Conway presented at the international Conference on “New Directions for Smallholder Agriculture” on 24-25 January 2011 in Rome, Italy to discuss the future of some 500 million smallholders. Here is an extract from the speech given by Gordon Conway at the conference: On Being a Smallholder Being a smallholder is a relevant term. Having less than two… Read more »

EUROPE RISKS SQUANDERING A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM FOOD PRODUCTION ACROSS AFRICA

Europe risks squandering a rare opportunity to transform food production across Africa, according to a new report released today from a panel of European and African development experts. The report, led by Professor Sir Gordon Conway from the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, says that there is a gap between Europe’s pledge to provide billions to… Read more »