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SUMMARY:Hasn’t the time come for some brave new thinking on food managem
 ent? - Dr Andrew MacMillan\, former Director of Field Operations at the Fo
 od and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations
DTSTART:20140212T173000Z
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CONTACT:Centre For Global Equality
DESCRIPTION:_The Humanitarian Centre warmly invites you to a lecture given
  by_ \n\n*Dr Andrew MacMillan\, former Director of Field Operations at the
  Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations :\n"Hasn't 
 the time come for some brave new thinking on food management?"*\n\nThe lec
 ture will take place from 5:30pm to 7:00pm in the Mill Lane Lecture Rooms.
 \n\n*Register to attend at "https://newthinkingonfoodmanagement.eventbrite
 .co.uk":https://newthinkingonfoodmanagement.eventbrite.co.uk*\n\nPlease fe
 el free to join us afterwards for some informal networking over drinks at 
 the Anchor\, on nearby Silver Street.\n\n*About the lecture:*\nFood plays 
 a fundamental role in determining the well-being and health of all people.
  It is surprising\, therefore\, that very few countries have set clear goa
 ls for their food management policies\, and that there is still less sense
  of direction at global level.\n\nFood management is in a mess\, as is evi
 denced by current nutrition indicators – nearly one billion chronically 
 hungry\, 1.5 billion overweight or obese\, and probably at least 2 billion
  suffering from vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies. About one third of
  food produced goes to waste and people who produce food or work in the fo
 od chain tend to earn much less than workers in other sectors and have few
  incentives to invest and expand their output. Worryingly\, the way much o
 f our food is being produced is damaging the natural resources – soils\,
  water\, genetic diversity –  as well as the climatic stability that wil
 l be needed by future generations to meet their food needs.\n\nThe food ma
 nagement system as it now operates\, largely on a laissez-faire basis\, is
  squandering the vast potential of mankind to do much better\, with over h
 alf the world’s people eating sub-optimally\, even when – fortunately 
 – there is enough food now being produced for all to eat adequately. It 
 is worrying that few people seem to care\, still less take necessary actio
 n.\nAndrew MacMillan will propose some simple goals for food system manage
 ment in the global public interest\, and then explore their main policy im
 plications\, especially in relation to food pricing. He hopes to persuade 
 listeners of the need for a deliberate and urgent shift towards better and
  more coherent policies.\n\nAlthough sure that he does not have all the ri
 ght answers\, Andrew hopes that\, at least\, he shall provoke some serious
  thinking on topics that\, for unexplainable reasons\, are seldom even deb
 ated.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Rooms (Room 4)\, University of Cambridge\, 1 Mi
 ll Lane\,  Cambridge CB21
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