The Water for Food International Forum, produced by the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska and The World Bank, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development, held January 29 – 30, 2018 at The World Bank in Washington DC.
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2018 Water for Food Forum Photos
Audio files:
Welcome from World Bank CEO –
Kristalina Georgieva, CEO World Bank
Farmer-led Irrigation is Focus of Forum –
Interview with Peter McCornick, Water for Food Institute
Former Sen. Johanns at #Water4Food –
Mike Johanns, former Senator and WFF board member
Interview with Mike Johanns
Additional audio –
Elizabeth Nsimadala, president, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation Christine Daugherty, Pepsico, VP Global Agronomy Solutions Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Hank Bounds, University of Nebraska president Shenggen Fan, International Food Policy Research Institute Nuhu Hatibu, Head of GST3 High Tech for Inclusive Growth panel WFF18 Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, AWARD WFF18 Youth and Women are Future of Farming Panel Anastasia Gekis, International Finance Corp WFF18 Inclusive Supply Chains and Financing panel WFF18 Drought - Risk to Resilience WFF18 Laura Tuck, The World Bank High Tech for Inclusive Growth panel WFF18 Nick Brozovic, DWFI WFF18 Tushaar Shah, IWM WFF18 Bringing it all together Panel WFF18 John Piotti, American Farmland Trust WFF18 Steven Jacobson, CNFA Farmer to Farmer WFF18 Ertharin Cousin, Ambassador World Food Programme Interview with Ertharin Cousin, Ambassador World Food Programme