Peter Hazell- afternoon seminar session (1540-1640)
Peter Hazell has devoted most of his career to research and advisory work on policy issues
related to agricultural development, with his present focus on bioenergy issues related to agriculture, the links between agriculture and the environment, and the role of agriculture in the development of Africa and South Asia.
As a trained agriculturalist he has had a long and distinctive career in research and policy analysis involving various positions at the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 1972 and 2005. This includes serving as director of both the environment and production technology division and the development strategy and governance division at IFPRI. Having worked throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Central America during his career in research and policy analysis, he is now based in the UK as a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Peter’s extensive and widely cited publications include works on mathematical programming; risk management; insurance; the impact of technological change on growth and poverty; the rural nonfarm economy; sustainable development strategies for marginal lands; the role of agriculture in economic development: and the future of small farms. In his IID seminar, Peter will be talking about the role that the global food system has in development, this loosely based
around the title of a book he is currently working on; ‘Feeding the World: Myths and Realities’.
related to agricultural development, with his present focus on bioenergy issues related to agriculture, the links between agriculture and the environment, and the role of agriculture in the development of Africa and South Asia.
As a trained agriculturalist he has had a long and distinctive career in research and policy analysis involving various positions at the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 1972 and 2005. This includes serving as director of both the environment and production technology division and the development strategy and governance division at IFPRI. Having worked throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Central America during his career in research and policy analysis, he is now based in the UK as a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Peter’s extensive and widely cited publications include works on mathematical programming; risk management; insurance; the impact of technological change on growth and poverty; the rural nonfarm economy; sustainable development strategies for marginal lands; the role of agriculture in economic development: and the future of small farms. In his IID seminar, Peter will be talking about the role that the global food system has in development, this loosely based
around the title of a book he is currently working on; ‘Feeding the World: Myths and Realities’.
