Agriculture in A World of Conflict and Violence: Investing in Our Future Security

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
B-339-340, Rayburn House Office Building
(enter on Independence Avenue)

Official Sponsors
The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development
ACDI/VOCA
Bread for the World
Catholic Relief Services
Congressional Hunger Center
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Corporate Council on Africa
Counterpart International
Heifer International
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Land O'O'Lakes International Development
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
North Carolina State University
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a DuPont Subsidiary
World Cocoa Foundation

Complimentary lunch 11:30 a.m.

Program

• Welcoming Comments (11:50 a.m.)

  Host:Honorable Michael K. Simpson (R-ID): Member of Congress
  
  Presiding: Dr. Michael McWhorter: Past President and Member of the Board of Directors, AIARD

• Conflict and the Global Food Supply: Impact on the U.S. (12:10 p.m.)

  Ambassador Christopher E. Goldthwait

• Imperatives (12:30 p.m.)

  Shaping an Environment for International Business
  Karl Walk: Director, Cocoa Department, Blommer Chocolate Company;
  Vice-Chairman, World Cocoa Foundation
  
  Youth and Gender
  Indira Ahluwalia: CEO, Development & Training Services, Inc.

• Agriculture, Conflict and Violence: The Nature of the Relationships (1:10 p.m.)

  James Kunder: Acting Deputy Administrator, USAID

• Summary and Questions (1:30)

  Dr. Michael McWhorter