Local and global dimensions of food security
Threats, challenges & responses
An International Conference hosted by the International Famine Centre and Comhlámh, Cork.
13th -15th APRIL, 2000 AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND
Presenting 30 speakers from the northern and southern hemispheres including development practitioners, policy-makers, academics and activists.
For more information contact: The International Famine Centre, UCC, 8, Grenville Place, Cork. Tel: +353-21-904327 Fax: +353-21-904328 Email: famine@ucc.ie Conference Website: www.ucc.ie/famine/conference
Generously supported by: The Boston Irish Famine Institute; NCDE; Boston College; the Faculty of Arts and the Departments of Geography and Food Economics, UCC.
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Reference this page
Local and global dimensions of food security. Field Exchange 9, March 2000. p8. www.ennonline.net/fex/9/local
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