Is Food Security Possible without Peace? [Video]
Publisher: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Author(s): Bram Govaerts, Sharon Burke, Natalia Palacios, and Sarah Fernandes
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Governance, Programming, Renewable Resources
The intersection between agriculture and peace has been brought to the forefront of the news agenda this year due to the Ukraine crisis, which has caused widespread disruption to wheat supply chains – disruptions that are contributing to food insecurity for millions of people worldwide.
Agriculture was therefore a compulsory topic for the International Week of Science and Peace, and formed the main theme for an online fireside chat between Bram Govaerts, Director General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and the Hon. Sharon Burke on November 8.
Burke was the director of New America’s Resource Security program and a senior advisor to New America’s Future of War project in the Department of Defense. She served in the administrations of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.