U of M Cochrane Lecture features noted food policy expert

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (09/13/2011) —Author and professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen will present “Food Policy Challenges and Opportunities 2011 and Beyond – A Political Economy Perspective” later this month as part of the University of Minnesota’s annual Willard W. Cochrane Lecture in public policy.

The lecture will begin at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in the Cargill Building for Microbial and Plant Genomics on the university’s St. Paul campus. It’s the first in a series of lectures this year and next that will celebrate the Department of Applied Economics centennial.

Pinstrup-Andersen’s research includes economic analyses of food and nutrition policy, globalization and poverty, agricultural development and research and technology policy. He won the 2001 World Food Prize and for a decade was the director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute. He is a member of many prestigious scientific societies and the author of more than 400 books, refereed journal articles, papers and book chapters, including a new textbook on food policy. He is a professor at Cornell University.

This event is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow the lecture. To register, visit http://www.apec.umn.edu/Events/index.htm#cochrane and follow the online registration instructions.

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