Panel Discussion on Reducing Poverty and Hunger - The Critical Role of Financing for Rural Development, Food and Agriculture organized by FAO, IFAD and WFP

Date and Venue

Tuesday, 19 March 2002
3:00 - 6:00 PM
Conference Room 5, Cinterme

Chairperson

Ms. Evelyne Rogdriguez Ortega, Treasurer, Mexico

Keynote Speaker

Mr. Prabhu Pingali, Chief Economist, International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMIYT)

Panelists

Mr. Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State
for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, U.S. State Department (invited)

H.E. Ms. Luisa Dias Diogo
Minister of Planning & Finance, Republic of Mozambique

Ms. Graciela Colunga de García
NGO Representative of Fundación para el Desarrollo Comunal de El Salvador

Respondents

Representatives from FAO, IFAD, the World Bank and WFP

Special Guest

H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (invited)