Media Advisory
No. 5094.12
Contact:
Linda
Habenstreit (202) 720-9442
Media Advisory:
International Food Aid and Development Conference Scheduled for May 7-9, 2012,
in Kansas City, Mo.
WASHINGTON,
April 30, 2012–The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) announced today that the 14th annual
International Food Aid and Development Conference will be held in Kansas City,
Mo., May 7-9, 2012. The theme of this year’s conference is “From Harvest to
Basket: Weaving Together Agricultural Markets and Food Security.”
Special guest
speakers include the Republic of Congo’s Minister of Education Rosalie
Kama-Niamayoua, Angola’s Ministry of Education National School Feeding
Coordinator Domingos Torres, USDA’s Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services Michael Scuse, USAID’s Assistant Administrator Nancy
Lindborg, Pioneer Hi-Bred President Paul Schickler, and Chicago Council on
Global Affairs Senior Fellow and Professor Emeritus of the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Robert Thompson.
The
International Food Aid and Development Conference provides a forum to address
policy and operational issues related to food aid and development, as well as
ways to improve communication and cooperation among government, non-profit
charitable and non-governmental organizations, and agricultural and
transportation industry representatives. The conference also gives participants
an opportunity to network with one another and discuss food security, nutrition,
public-private partnerships, sustainable school feeding, commodity management,
storage, and quality control, and food aid operations, programming,
collaboration, monitoring, and evaluation.
May 7-9,
2012
WHAT:
International Food Aid and Development Conference
WHO:
U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Agency
for International Development
WHERE:
Westin Crown Center Hotel
1 East Pershing Road
Kansas City, Mo.
For more
information about the conference, including details on registration, visit FSA’s
website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ifac.
People with disabilities who need accommodations to attend or participate should
contact Lance Simson at (816) 823-3202 or Lance.Simson@kcc.usda.gov.
