Never an Empty Bowl: Sustaining Food Security in Asia (Part 1)
Channel: International Rice Research Institute
Date: 2010-10-01

On 30 September 2010, Give2Asia, in collaboration with The Asia Foundation and Asia Society, hosted an event to introduce a Task Force Report of the Asia Society ( http://asiasociety.org ) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; http://irri.org ). Discussed were the most current findings on rice research and how the research will affect food security and sustainability in Asia.

This video clip shows a segment of questions from the audience answered by the guest speakers who were: 

Mr. Duncan Macintosh, Head of Development for IRRI in the Philippines and Executive Director of IRRI Singapore and Hong Kong. 

Dr. Peter Timmer, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Development Studies, emeritus at Harvard University and Principal Advisor to the Task Force. 

Mr. Jeremy Zwinger, President and CEO, Rice Trader

Dr. Bruce Tolentino, future Deputy Director for Communications and Partnerships at IRRI, was the moderator.

The event took place at The Asia Foundation's Haydn Williams Conference Room in San Francisco, California.

To download a copy of the Task Force Report, "Never an Empty Bowl: Sustaining Food Security in Asia," go to http://asiasociety.org/files/pdf/FoodSecurityTF_online.pdf

For more information see https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:12070.8642404218/rid:1956e4aae3c9c0129c6b0869795a554e