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Seminar on Food Security
The subject of the second Humanitarian Centre seminar, which took place on 27th February 2010 was Food Security and Hunger in South Asia
South Asia has seen rapid economic growth and declining poverty, yet hunger rates remain high and in many parts are comparable to those in African countries such as Sudan and Ethiopia. The consequences of under-nutrition are severe - it constrains the cognitive and physical development of children, reduces human productivity and has adverse long-term impacts on poverty and economic growth. In the second seminar in a series organised by the Humanitarian Centre and hosted at Hughes Hall, academics from Cambridge and beyond came together with development practitioners and research students to discuss what has been dubbed the 'South Asian Enigma'.
Presentation slides (PDF format):
Steve Jones, the Humanitarian Centre: Undernutrition in South Asia: Overview
Dr Mahabub Hossain, Executive Director, BRAC: Food Security in South Asia: a Situation Analysis
Professor Nick Mascie-Taylor, University of Cambridge: Drivers of Undernutrition and Hunger in South Asia
Professor Prakash Shetty, University of Southampton: Food Security in South Asia
Links
News article on Humanitarian Centre website
Opinion piece in The Hindu
participating organisations:
Afrinspire,
Addenbrooke's Abroad,
Aiducation,
Aptivate,
Architectures Sans Frontieres,
Ashanti Development,
Cambridge Canon Collins Trust,
Bridges to Belarus,
Cambridge to Africa,
Camvol,
CBM-UK,
CUID,
CUSAFE,
Development in Action,
Engineers Without Borders,
ELST,
Global Poverty Project,
Harambee Centre,
Hoveraid,
Kenya Education Partnerships,
kiwanja.net,
Latin American Foundation for the Future,
MEDSIN,
Menelik Education,
The Mountain Trust,
NECT,
Oxfam Cambridge,
RedR Cambridge,
Seed Project,
Shelter Centre,
SOS Children's Villages,
SSSK,
UNIFEM Cambridge,
VSO Cambridge,
WDM Cambridge