Presented by: Dr. John Seaman, Evidence for Development
Date and time: 12:30 – 14:00 – Thursday 24 January, 2008

Climate change, increasing world population, and rising oil prices and agricultural production costs have created new fears of future global food insecurity. This seminar examines the extent to which it is possible to make practical and useful predictions about the future of food supply and distribution.

Evidence for Development (EvD) was established to develop and extend the use of economic models and analytic tools that provide new insights into intricate and fragile local economies. These tools can be used to detail, with precision, the risks behind development policies and programmes, and to evaluate development efforts. The methods have been designed to predict the impact of changes such as crop failure, HIV/AIDS, price fluctuations and development interventions.

Dr. Seaman (co-founder of Evidence for Development) is a leading global practitioner, conducting operational research in disasters and emergencies as well as in the economics of poverty. He has a qualification in medicine from the London Hospital (1967) and began his career with extensive field work. He worked as Head of Policy for Save the Children UK.