Free online attendance: Crawford Fund 2023 Conference: Global Food Security in a Riskier World

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The Crawford Fund 2023 annual conference – Australia’s key food security event - is titled “Global Food Security in a Riskier World: Diversification for Resilient Food and Nutrition Systems,” and will be on 4-5 September in Canberra. Online streaming is available for free to ACIAR overseas alumni. This year’s conference will focus on how farmers the world over, who are generally facing similar significant risks, can better understand risks, and adapt and diversify to sustain production. To this end, the key conference themes will examine on and off farm risks and solutions and key policy settings that will facilitate the development of resilient farming systems. The keynote speaker is Dr Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for Global Food Security to the US President, ACIAR’s new CEO, Professor Wendy Umberger will be providing an overview address, and the Sir John Crawford Address will be presented by Dr Éliane Ubalijoro, Chief Executive Officer of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Director General of World Agroforestry (ICRAF). More details, including the program, are on the conference website and where you can register for free online attendance.  If you are in Australia and would like to attend, you are offered discounted registration through the concession registration site - ONLINE Registrations - Online Registration (eventsair.com)