Patrick Caron
Montpellier, France
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02/12/2015 - Article
Patrick Caron, CIRAD Director General in charge of Research and Strategy, has been voted Chair of the High Level Panel of Experts/HLPE on Food Security and Nutrition. The panel is the science-policy interface for the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS). Numerous CIRAD researchers are heavily involved in the work being done by this body, and two have already participated, as project leaders, in the production of two HLPE reports.
Patrick Caron has been voted Chair of the High Level Panel of Experts/HLPE on Food Security and Nutrition Steering Committee.
Since 2010, the panel has acted as the science-policy interface for the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS). At the request of the committee, it is working to ensure more informed policy debates, by supplying independent analyses founded on proven data, and advisory services.
Since it was founded, the panel has produced eleven expert reports. Two CIRAD researchers have already participated, as project leaders, in the production of two of those reports: