Report of 2014 Dick de Zeeuw lecture by Gerda Verburg
Paradoxes in food security. Moving beyond self-interest
September 9, 2014
Image: Via Vice Versa (By: Maarten J.L. van Zanten)
Inclusiveness, knowledge and evidence, and responsibility are the pillars to support us in moving beyond short-term interests and towards sustainable solutions in agriculture and food security.
This was the main message of the Dick de Zeeuw lecture ‘Paradigm shift to secure food’. The speech was given on September 4, 2014, by Gerda Verburg (fomer Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and now Chair of the UN Committee on World Food Security) at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. To read the shortened version of the lecture, please visit the website of The Broker.
