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The speakers shared their vie=s on the importance of collaboration and the value of inv=sting in agricultural development as a sustainable approa=h to ending hunger and poverty.<br /> <br /> = Ambassador Tony Hall, executive director of the Alliance to End = Hunger, moderated the panel where Stephanie Mercier, agricultural = policy consultant and former chief economist on the Senate=Agriculture Committee, discussed the U.S. government's in=ernational food aid and agricultural development programs= many of which will be reauthorized in the 2013 farm bill= Joining Ambassador Hall and Ms. Mercier, Jeff Austin, vi=e president of strategy planning for DuPont Pioneer, provd insight on the business strategy behind DuPont Pionee='s investment in agricultural development in emerging mar=ets, emphasizing the intersection of social and business =bjectives.<br /> <br /> Following the pane= discussion, Senators Moran and Brown delivered remarks o= how they came to champion food security issues and share= views on critical components of both the challenge and t=e solution. The three other Senate Hunger Caucus co-chairs and = co-hosts of the briefing were Sen. John Boozman (R-Ariz.), Sen. = Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).<br /> = <br /> The briefing's special guest, Bill Gates= co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Found=tion, was the final speaker. Gates addressed his Foundati=n's major commitment to global agricultural development a= one of its key strategies for reducing hunger and povert= worldwide. He emphasized the Foundation's programmatic f=cus on smallholder farmers and investment in agricultural research, = then discussed some of the project results to date. Gates seized= perfectly on a central theme of the briefing when he said= "It's been proven that of all the interventions to uce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is thest."<br /> <br /> When asked about =he motivation behind the briefing, Andy Weber, chairman o= the Farm Journal Foundation said, "When <i>Farmers ding the World</i> set out to leverage the agriculture community's = innovative and philanthropic spirit to fight hunger, we realize= fundraising simply wasn't enough, and that we needed to =oster educational dialogue that would explore agriculture=s capacity to be an essential part of the solution."=br /> <br /> Weber, who gave opening remar=s at the briefing, added, "We hope the outcome of to=ay's briefing is a renewed sense of commitment and fresh =ake on how public and private sectors and the NGO community = can work together to maximize the impact of our respective strategies = for ending global hunger."</p></td></tr> <tr =ordercolor="2"> <td width="100%" height="65" align="l=ft"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>About = the Farm Journal Foundation</b></font><br /> The Far= Journal Foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to=sustaining U.S. agriculture’s ability to serve the vital = needs of a growing world population with education and assistance = focused on the unique interests of people and organizations align=d with U.S. agriculture. 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