CIMMYT and the Future of Food Systems
Channel: CIMMYT WebCast
Date: 13/07/2022

From the social and economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the devastating drought engulfing the Horn of Africa, recent events have proved beyond a shadow of doubt that our food systems are fragile, inequitable, and unsustainable. Everyone agrees we need to transform them dramatically, but there is heated debate on what they would look like and how to get there. As the world’s leading science institution on two important staple crops - maize and wheat - where does CIMMYT fit in? Will scientific breakthroughs alone be good enough for an increasingly unpredictable future?

Thin will be speaking on the challenges facing global food systems and the role that research organizations can play in problem-solving. She specializes in food and climate issues, covering topics ranging from climate change and resilience to food insecurity, refugees and displacement.
 
Thin Lei Win is an award-winning Rome-based multimedia journalist specializing in food and climate issues for various international news media including through her own newsletter Thin Ink. Her extensive global experience includes nearly 13 years working as an international correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Thomson Reuters media company, covering topics ranging from climate change and resilience to food insecurity and refugees and displacement. She is also a sought-after speaker on Myanmar and moderator on food, agriculture and climate change. Born and raised in Myanmar, Thin has lived and worked in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and most recently, Italy, and has reported from many parts of Asia, Africa and Europe. In 2015, Thin returned to Myanmar after many years abroad to set up, launch and manage Myanmar Now, an award-winning bilingual news agency, producing in-depth reports on the country’s historic elections. Thin also co-founded The Kite Tales, a unique preservation project that chronicles the lives and histories of ordinary people across Myanmar."  

For more information, please contact Marcia MacNeil (m.macneil@cgiar.org)