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The ugly truths about global food insecurity

A past World Food Prize laureate says there are some ugly truths surrounding global food insecurity.

Purdue University’s Gebisa Ejeta says with all of the knowledge, resources, and technology agriculture hasn’t found an effective way of sharing that information with the poor around the world.  “Garnering support, at least vocal support for that has been easy,” he says.  “But finding effective ways of getting rid of hunger on the face of the Earth has been a problem for humanity.”

He tells Brownfield food insecurity exists – and without dialogue and community education a solution is not possible.  “We need to feel that evulsion about hunger in the world,” he says. “And we should also leave this planet in a better place than what we have inherited.”

Ejeta says Purdue University president Mitch Daniels is putting an emphasis on the role Purdue University and agriculture can play in combating food insecurity.

Recently Daniels hosted another past World Food Prize laureate, Catherine Bertini, as part of Purdue’s Presidential Lecture Series.  Bertini is the former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program.  From 1992-2002, Bertini led the UN response to food crises in North Korea, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo.

AUDIO: Gebisa Ejeta, World Food Prize Laureate