Global Agenda Council on Food Security

In 2008, the World Economic Forum formed the Global Agenda Council on Food Security, engaging a select group of global leaders in business, government, international organisations, civil society and academia.

 The Council is chaired by Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP). Working as an independent, multi-stakeholder group, the Council’s primary goals are to:
• Define and leverage support for priority actions to improve global food security
• Serve as a “network of networks” of major global institutions and initiatives on hunger to expand partnerships and deepen synergies

The Council forms part of the Forum’s broader Network of Global Agenda Councils, and contributes to the Global Redesign Initiative. Further information can be seen at:  http://www.weforum.org/en/about/GlobalAgendaCouncils/

List of 2009-2010 Council Members

UN & International Organisations
Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme (WFP); Chair of the Council
David Nabarro, Assistant Secretary-General; Coordinator for the Global Food Crisis, United Nations
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director,  World Bank  

Government
John Barrett, Head, Food Group, Department for International Development (DFID)   
Raj Shah, Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Arthur C. Yap, Secretary of Agriculture of the Philippines

Civil Society
Geeta Rao Gupta, President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Florence Wambugu, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Harvest
Namanga Ngongi, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)   
M.S. Swaminathan, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
Roberto Rodrigues, Co-Chairman, Interamerican Ethanol Commission
Carlo Trojan, Chairman, International Food & Agriculture Trade Policy Council (IPC)   

Private Sector
Kendall Powell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Mills
Michael Treschow, Chairman, Unilever
Carl Hausmann, Chief Executive Officer, Bunge
Bernard Belk, Co-Head, Global Agricultural Division, Swiss Reinsurance Company 
       
Expert / Academic
Joachim von Braun, Director-General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Huang Jikun, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
Thomas Reardon, Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University  

For more information on the Global Agenda Council on Food Security please contact:
Lisa Dreier, Director, Food Security and Development Initiatives at lisa.dreier@weforum.org