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UC Berkeley special events, interviews, and lectures featuring distinguished faculty and guests. To view these events as webcasts visit webcast.berkeley.edu. Full course lectures available, too.

Blum Center: The Global Food Crisis: A World Development Report Perspective

"The Global Food Crisis: A World Development Report Perspective"

The world food crisis has increased attention to the role of agriculture for development. But will this make a difference? Or will agriculture continue to be neglected by governments and international development agencies, falling back into business as usual with extensive rural poverty and recurrent food crises? This presentation discusses what could be done to induce business as UNUSUAL.

Professor Alain de Janvry

Co-Author of the World Development Report

Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Tata-Berkeley Student Symposium

he Blum Center for Developing Economies and Center for South Asia Studies at UC Berkeley have entered into a unique three-year partnership with Tata, the largest privately held conglomerate in India, to provide students the opportunity to intern directly with community initiatives in India.

The first crop of interns is now back on campus, having spent eight weeks in various parts of rural India working on projects that included the development of sustainable and fair Water Codes, the exploration of Sustainable Livelihoods for a community that can no longer survive on farming alone, and the development of HIV/AIDS curriculum for high school students to be offered in the schools.

To highlight the amazing opportunities of this Tata Partnership, Berkeley will host a student symposium on Friday, September 19th, from 1-4 pm at the International House that is open to the campus community and public. The symposium will feature short presentations by Berkeley's Tata interns, highlighting their work this summer. Another student panel will feature Berkeley undergrads who participated in…