Media briefing: Food + Migration: Untold Stories - join us 10/10 in Washington, DC! Free of charge.

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International Fund for Agricultural Development

Oct 02, 2014, 01:24 ET

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following letter is being issued by the International Fund for Agricultural Development:

Dear Journalist,

You are invited to attended an important news-making event, "Food + Migration: Untold Stories" hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 10, 2014 from 9-11 a.m.

This event is open to the media only and is free of charge. Seating is limited.

IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency based in Rome – the UN's food and agriculture hub.

Food + Migration: Untold Stories will be about the stories you'll want to know...and cover: the real causes of rural-to-urban migration in the developing world – causes that often include conflict and violence but are rooted in rural poverty and food insecurity.

Highlights of the event:

Interview with Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of IFAD, conducted by moderator Jane O'Brien, BBC World News America.
Presentation of findings from commissioned research on media coverage of food + migration, by Sam Dubberley, journalist and Tow Fellow, Columbia University
Panel discussion with three renowned food policy experts: Eric Holt-Gimenez, Director, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy; Frederick Kaufman, author of A Short History of the American Stomach and Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being; and Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank

A rare opportunity to hear from these experts.

Register today as seating is limited and spaces are filling up: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-migration-untold-stories-tickets-13087006589

Media Contact: Amy Selwyn, [email protected]

SOURCE International Fund for Agricultural Development