Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Cornell University

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Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy at Cornell University and author of Ethics, Hunger and Globalization; 2001 World Food Prize Laureate; former Director General of IFPRI, the International Food Policy Research Institute

Per Pinstrup-Andersen on KCRW

Americans have been getting a taste of the global food crisis at the check-out counter in recent days, as chain stores including Costco and Sam's club have put a limit on the sale of…

What Can Be Done to Ease the Global Food Crisis?

Americans have been getting a taste of the global food crisis at the check-out counter in recent days, as chain stores including Costco and Sam's club have put a limit on the sale of…

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