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Sleepwalking into Global Famine – Talk by Benny Dembitzer
Standing room only
Renowned economist and Nobel laureate Benny Dembitzer was met by a capacity audience at the Roy Fletcher Centre in Shrewsbury on Thursday evening (11.10.2012), as around 50 concerned Shropshire residents braved the grisly weather to listen to his arguments on the threat of global famine and what we can do about it.
Dembitzer, whose latest book is titled Sleepwalking into Global Famine, raised issues such as land for food production being lost to biofuels, the rising price of oil pushing up fertiliser and transportation costs, and the money made by banks speculating on food commodity prices exceeding the value of the physical commodities.
He challenged policy makers to urgently adopt a new approach to address the problem of food scarcity, starting with practical steps such as developing crop storage and distribution capacity in poorer countries.
In turn, the Shropshire audience demonstrated that this rural county has plenty of expertise and an international outlook, as farmers, agronomists, geographers, churchgoers and others matched the eminent speaker with their informed questions to generate a lively debate.
The Shropshire group of the World Development Movement, which organised the event, would like to thank all those who attended.
Group Meetings 2012
Group meeting
- Group social: 11 December 2012
The Shropshire group of the World Development Movement holds informal meetings once a month bar August, generally at the Shrewsbury Coffeehouse.
The meetings are a chance to get together and plan our campaigning activities, which include letter writing, lobbying and organising occasional events.
If you would like to find out more about our activities or drop into one of our meetings, you can contact us at: wdmshropshire@googlemail.com or call Tony on 07590 507 522.
No new chains of debt
No new chains of debt
