Venue: Eugene Black Auditorium - World Bank H Building - 1914 G Street

Time: 4:00 - 6:00

Date: 24 March 2010

With the world of agriculture confronting the impact of global warming, population urbanization trends, changes in eating habits and increased use of grains for biofuels, the film outlines the shape of an impending global food crisis. Filmed in Africa, China, Latin America and the US, Seeds of Hunger examines issues involved in creating such a crisis.

You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, to be held on March 24th in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building (and available live, via the WEBCAST link on the Committee website at http://www.hcfa.house.gov).

The Global Harvest Initiative will hold a symposium that will be webcasted live on www.globalharvestinitiative.org. The symposium agenda may be downloaded by clicking here.

Output-Based Aid: Lessons Practices reviews the experience with output-based aid, a results-based instrument that is being used to deliver basic infrastructure and social services to the poor, often through public-private partnerships.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released it's report from Thomas Melito's testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture. The report is titled Global Food Security: Progress toward a U.S. Governmentwide Strategy is Under Way, but Approach has Several Vulneralbilities. To access the full report, please click here.