Food Policy for Food Security

September 12, 2013

By 2050, 2 billion more people are expected to be vying for food and energy. Access to fresh water and arable land will be heavily constrained. And the food supply for the world’s 9 billion people will be increasingly produced under flood conditions, drought or both, as climate change accelerates. Cornell World Food Prize Laureates discussed international food and development of food policy at a daylong symposium, “Food Security in a Vulnerable World,” held September 12, 2013. Panelists: Per Pinstrup-Andersen, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy Colin McClung, M.S. ’49, Ph.D. ’50, soil scientist Pedro Sanchez ’62, M.S. ’64, Ph.D. ’68, agronomist at Columbia University Alyssa Pritts ’15, Cynthia Ulbing and Alden Morris, World Food Prize Youth Institute alumni Hosted by International Programs in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (IP-CALS), the symposium kicks off the fall lineup of events that continues the yearlong celebration of IP-CALS’ 50 years of international engagement.