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The worldwide food crisis under analysis at the UOC
[21/01/2009]
Both the millions who die of hunger and the scarcity of food continue to increase. With the aim of gaining insight into the current situation in Catalonia and around the world, the UOC has organised a session entitled “Understanding the Silent Tsunami. Perspectives on the Food Crisis at Home and Abroad”, in collaboration with the Catalan government’s Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action, Intermón Oxfam and the non-profit association Slow Food. The event is to take place on Thursday 22 January at 6pm at the University’s Barcelonès Support Centre (Rambla de Catalunya, 6).
Both the millions who die of hunger and the scarcity of food continue to increase. With the aim of gaining insight into the current situation in Catalonia and around the world, the UOC has organised a session entitled “Understanding the Silent Tsunami. Perspectives on the Food Crisis at Home and Abroad”, in collaboration with the Catalan government’s Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action, Intermón Oxfam and the non-profit association Slow Food. The event is to take place on Thursday 22 January at 6pm at the University’s Barcelonès Support Centre (Rambla de Catalunya, 6).
This session, which is open to the public, is to involve the Director General of Agricultural
Planning and Relations at the Catalan government, Antoni Díaz; the Director of the Slow Food Study
Center, Cinzia Scaffidi, and the Director General of Intermón Oxfam, Ariane Arpa. The UOC’s
Vice President, Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning, Josep Maria Duart, is to open the
session. The debate is to be led and moderated by Xavier Medina, from the European Institute of the
Mediterranean and the University of Barcelona.
The World Bank has calculated that 967 million people went hungry in 2008, 44 million more than in 2007. The impact of the food crisis is not limited to the developing world, however. In many cases, the impact of this “silent tsunami” can also be felt in the developed world.
This conference is organised by the UOC International Graduate Institute’s new Food Systems and Society Area.
Speakers
Ariane Arpa has been Director General of Intermón Oxfam since July 2005. She gained a degree in Political Sciences and Arabic Philology in France, and often visits the countries of the Maghreb and the Middle East. She was a volunteer with the Red Cross for five years in the area of immigration.
Cinzia Scaffidi is Director of the Slow Food Study Center, Head of International Relations for the Pollenzo and Colorno University of Gastronomic Sciences and author of a number of works in the fields of history and philosophy. Before joining the Slow Food international non-profit association, she worked as a journalist in the area of international cooperation.
Antoni Díaz has been Director General of Agricultural Planning and Relations at the Catalan government since 2006. This department coordinates and strengthens relations with the agricultural sector in Catalonia through the professional agricultural organisations and the Federation of Cooperatives.
The World Bank has calculated that 967 million people went hungry in 2008, 44 million more than in 2007. The impact of the food crisis is not limited to the developing world, however. In many cases, the impact of this “silent tsunami” can also be felt in the developed world.
This conference is organised by the UOC International Graduate Institute’s new Food Systems and Society Area.
Speakers
Ariane Arpa has been Director General of Intermón Oxfam since July 2005. She gained a degree in Political Sciences and Arabic Philology in France, and often visits the countries of the Maghreb and the Middle East. She was a volunteer with the Red Cross for five years in the area of immigration.
Cinzia Scaffidi is Director of the Slow Food Study Center, Head of International Relations for the Pollenzo and Colorno University of Gastronomic Sciences and author of a number of works in the fields of history and philosophy. Before joining the Slow Food international non-profit association, she worked as a journalist in the area of international cooperation.
Antoni Díaz has been Director General of Agricultural Planning and Relations at the Catalan government since 2006. This department coordinates and strengthens relations with the agricultural sector in Catalonia through the professional agricultural organisations and the Federation of Cooperatives.
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