The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) held an event on April 8, 2009 with Professor Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Professor De Shutter presented an analysis of the global food crisis titled “From Malthus to Sen.” Following his remarks, he took questions from Steven Schonberger from the World Bank and Gawain Kripke from Oxfam America.
During his talk, Professor De Schutter made the point that the global food supply may be sufficient, but access to food has become one of the most dangerous barriers for the hungry. Some of these barriers include uneven trade policies and imbalanced markets for food products. Steven Schonberger focused his statements on the need to keep global food prices lower to prevent future food crises. Gawain Kripke spoke on the idea of food as a human right, and the new U.S. administration’s opportunity to address global food issues.
In addition to the account of the event, a summary of De Schutter’s report and Schonberger’s presentation are also available.
