• September 2010

    How to Strengthen the Role of the Private Sector in Global Food Security?

    Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute 2010 United Nations Private Sector Forum on the Millennium Development Goals September 22, 2010 Given the right incentives, the private sector can provide effective and sustainable investment, unique expertise, and innovation at a greater scale to help in the fight against hunger. The potential opportunities for [...]

  • September 2010

    We Can Halve Hunger, If We Change the Way We Do Business

    Press statement by Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in advance of MDG summit A decade ago, the international community committed itself to halving the percentage of people who go hungry. When world leaders meet next week to review implementation of this and other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they need to [...]

  • September 2010

    Investing in Agriculture and Social Protection for Halving Hunger and Poverty

    Investing in Agriculture and Social Protection for Halving Hunger and Poverty View more presentations from Shenggen Fan.