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FAO webinar - The Coming Crisis: Preventing a Hunger Catastrophe amid COVID-19

19 May 2020 10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Join the high-level congressional webinar briefing co-hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Alliance to End Hunger in conjunction with the House and Senate Hunger Caucuses to learn about the key findings of the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises and opportunities to prevent an unprecedented hunger catastrophe.

Featured Speakers

QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Johan Swinnen, Director-General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Co-Chair of the Senate Hunger Caucus
Congressman James McGovern (MA-02) and Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus
Amb. Tony Hall, Executive Director Emeritus, Alliance to End Hunger
Dominique Burgeon, Director, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, FAO

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