Senator Mike Johanns on Global Food Security and the American Interest

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2014 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Project on Prosperity and Development will host Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) and a panel of experts to discuss the implications of the Farm Bill on the U.S. foreign assistance agenda. Full details appear below.

WHEN/WHERE:

Wednesday, April 9, 2014
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Second Floor Conference Room
CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

Keynote Address:

Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE)
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Panel Discussion:

Margaret Zeigler
Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative

Peter McPherson
Former Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development

Jonathan Shrier
Acting Special Representative for Global Food Security, U.S. Department of State

Moderated by:

Daniel Runde
Director, Project on Prosperity and Development and
William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, CSIS

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