The
panel is titled "40 Chances," a term which represents the number of
growing seasons that a farmer can expect during his or her lifetime.
With the theme of "Redefining the Fight Against Hunger, Poverty, and
Suffering," this discussion will bring together former Prime Minister
and Founder of the Africa Governance Initiative Tony Blair, Howard G. Buffett, farmer and President of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and Ritu Sharma, co-founder and President of Women Thrive Worldwide.
As
the hosts of this special World Food Prize session, Blair, Buffett, and
Sharma will bring together some of the world's leading experts working
to solve global food security challenges facing our world over the next
forty years. As part of this open and honest discussion on the drivers
of food security, including aid effectiveness, trade, private sector
investment, and technological innovation, the panel will also announce
new joint programming designed to foster market-based solutions for
addressing global challenges related to hunger, poverty, and conflict.
The Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative provides practical support to leaders in Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and South Sudan,
in order to bridge the gap between their vision for a better future and
their government's ability to achieve it. AGI does this by
strengthening the government's capacity to deliver programs that will
change ordinary people's lives for the better, from public services and
rural development to infrastructure and job creation. Learn more at www.africagovernance.org.
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation
works to improve the quality of life for the world's most impoverished
and marginalized populations. This fall the foundation is launching "40
Chances," a series of innovative programs supporting market-based
solutions to global food security challenges. Based in Decatur, Illinois, the Foundation is led by President Howard G. Buffett. To learn more visit www.40Chances.com, and www.thehowardgbuffettfoundation.org.
Women Thrive Worldwide
partners with women around the world to develop and advocate for the
solutions that women identify for addressing poverty, food security, and
inequality. Women Thrive's unique program brings the voices of local
women directly to policymakers in Washington, DC.
This groundbreaking organization also supports local organizations in
developing their own advocacy capacity and builds powerful coalitions to
advance the interests of the women and girls that Women Thrive serves.
Learn more at www.womenthrive.org.
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