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Supporting Journal
Global Food Security
The special issue from the 1st International Conference on Global Food Security has been published in Global Food Security >
2nd International Conference on Global Food Security 11-14 October 2015, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Hosted by Cornell University and Columbia University
The 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security aims to deliver state-of-the-art analysis, inspiring visions and innovative methods arising from research in a wide range of disciplines. Join us in this exciting opportunity to ensure that the best science is garnered to support the emergence of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Keynote Speakers
The first speakers for the conference have been confirmed:
Shenggen Fan, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
David Just, 
Cornell University, USA

Eric Lambin, Stanford University, USA
Rosamond Naylor, Stanford University, USA
Jennifer Thomson, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Additional speakers to be announced shortly.

Present your research
Submit abstracts by 8 May 2015
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are invited by 8 May 2015 to be submitted against the 11 conference themes described on the conference website.
Conference Themes:
  • Global and local analyses of food security and its drivers
  • Policies to improve local and global food security
  • Sustainable intensification of food production systems
  • Urbanization, food value chains, and the sustainable, secure sourcing of food
  • Competing demands and tradeoffs for land and water resources
  • Technological breakthroughs to help feed 9+ billion
  • Reducing food loss and waste
  • Reducing risks to food production and distribution from climate change
  • Consumer behavior, nutritional security and food assistance programs
  • Business-science cooperation to advance food security
  • The agriculture-nutrition-health nexus
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Submit your abstract >

For further information on submitting an abstract and to sign up for email updates visit:
www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com
Important Dates
8 May 2015
Abstract Submission Deadline
14 August 2015
Author Registration and Early-bird Registration Deadline

Conference Chairs

Chris Barrett 
Cornell University, USA

Cheryl Palm 
Columbia University, USA
Scientific Committee
Derek Byerlee
Independent Researcher, Australia/USA

Ken Cassman
University of Nebraska, USA

David Dawe

Agricultural Development Economics Division, FAO, Thailand
Ken Giller
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Sheryl Hendriks
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Jon Hutton
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UK
John Ingram 
University of Oxford, UK
Brian Keating
CSIRO, Australia
Segenet Kelemu 
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya
J. V. Meenakshi
Delhi School of Economics, India
Steven Were Omamo
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Kenya
Karin Östergren
SP Food and Bioscience, Sweden

Prabhu Pingali

Cornell University, New York, USA
Elisabete Salay 
Independent Consultant, USA/Brazil
Peter Timmer
Harvard University, USA andAustralian National University, Australia
Peter Tyedmers
Dalhousie University, Canada
Martin van Ittersum
Wageningen University, The Netherlands 


Fusuo Zhang 
China Agricultural University, China


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