GDI Lecture Series: Understanding the contemporary food crisis: structural causes, structural solutions
| Dates: | 16 February 2022 |
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| Times: | 17:00 - 18:30 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | Global Development Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16 |
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| Speaker: | A Haroon Akram-Lodhi |
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Around the world hunger continues to be a pervasive issue. This talk summarizes current evidence regarding global hunger and demonstrates that its principal cause is not to be found in the amount of food produced around the world but rather is a consequence of the terms and conditions by which the world food system operates. Challenging key aspects of the food system, it is argued that hunger can only be addressed by a root-and-branch transformation of the world food system.
This will be a hybrid event with those in person able to attend at Humanities Bridgeford Street G33. Upon registering please indicate whether you will attend in person or online.
To register visit: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcufuitrzgjG9IuRbiPHKBTrO8eC9sNxNHH.
Speaker
A Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Role: Professor of Economics and International Development Studies
Organisation: Trent University
Biography: Haroon Akram-Lodhi is Professor of Economics and International Development Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada. There, he teaches agrarian political economy. His most recent book is Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies (Edward Elgar 2021).
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G33
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
