Photo by Chris Meyer Brian Winchester (left), director of the Center for the Study of Global Change, interviews Judith Lewis, director of the U.S. Relations Office, World Food Programme.

The need for global food aid is on the rise just as food assistance has charted a dramatic decline.

But hunger is still "a battle that can be won," says Judith Lewis of the U.N. World Food Programme. Lewis was a recent visitor to the IUB campus as part of the International Agricultural Education Summer Institute July 10-16 in Bloomington, in conjunction with the International Studies Summer Institute, which brought participants from around the world, some participating in synchronous instruction through the Internet.

Join Lewis in conversation with IU political scientist Brian Winchester, director of the IU Center for the Study for Global Change, which hosted the institutes, and learn how to lend a helping hand to the plight of world hunger.

Listen to the entire conversation or listen by topic:

• Opening remarks

• More people are chronically hungry today; contributing factors; poor governance as a factor

• Declining food aid—World Food Programme's success stories and achievements

Conversations online is produced by Byron K. Smith.

Individual Americans can help
Contact information:
Phone WFP at 202-653-0010
E-mail judith.lewis@wfp.org

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