Essay Competition:

How Can We End Hunger in the World?

"We want the next generation of leaders to begin thinking and learning about what they can do to end hunger, malnutrition, and poverty, because it will soon be their turn to guide the world toward a better future," says Rajul Pandya-Lorch, head of the 2020 Vision initiative.

The grand prize is US$500 and a trip to Bonn, Germany, where the winner will be publicly announced at IFPRI's 2020 Vision conference "Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020," to be held September 4-6, 2001 (see page 3 for information on the conference). Runners-up will receive US$250.

Entrants should consider the food situation and the future outlook. They should look at ways to improve the prospects for eliminating hunger and select one or more key issues in their understanding of how things stand and how they can be changed for the better.

Submissions may be prepared by individuals or by groups. Students wishing to compete should submit a text no longer than 2,500 words to the selection group in Denmark by June 1, 2001. Their address is:

The Danish Association for International Co-operation
Borgergade 14
1300 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Telephone: +45 7731 0000
Fax: +45 7731 0101
Email: ms@ms-dan.dk

The selection procedure will take place over June and July, and winners will be informed no later than August 1, 2001.

Please help spread the word about this competition. For further details about the competition, please visit www.ifpri.org/2020conference.

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