WASHINGTON, D.C. – The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F. Nwanze, will join G8 leaders, heads of state or government from Africa, and leaders from business, international organizations and civil society, to discuss new initiatives to advance global agricultural development, food and nutrition security in Africa.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, will host an event that features announcements of significant new business commitments for African agriculture and discussions on addressing hunger and poverty in the changing development landscape. 

This event is open to accredited members of the media and a press filing center will be available on May 18th. For information regarding accreditation email: G8Press@usaid.gov.

For more information about the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security and to view the agenda visit: www.thechicagocouncil.org/GlobalAgSymposium. This event will be live streamed.

The IFAD social reporting team will report live from the event. Follow them on Twitter (#globalag) and Facebook.

Media Alert No: IFAD/04/2012

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) works with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. Since 1978, IFAD has invested almost US$14 billion in grants and low-interest loans to developing countries through projects empowering about 400 million people to break out of poverty, thereby helping to create vibrant rural communities. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency based in Rome – the United Nations’ food and agriculture hub. It is a unique partnership of 168 members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), other developing countries and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).