The celebration of the Year of International Human Rights 2009-10: The Right to Food & Water Continues

Human Rights: Using New Tools to Grow Food and Protect Resources Panel Discussion Featuring Regional Experts

Webster University will host a panel discussion titled “Human Rights: Using New Tools to Grow Food and Protect Resources,” Tuesday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in the University Center Sunnen Lounge, 175 Edgar Road, Webster Groves, Missouri. The panel features regional experts who will discuss their work, research, and experience in areas that address the use of technology for food and water issues. The event is free and open to the public.

Participants and their topics include:

Dr. Peter Raven, President, Missouri Botanical Garden and a member of the College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Board, who will speak on “Biodiversity: How India and Underdeveloped Countries Need Technology to Protect Natural Resources.” Raven also will be the panel’s moderator.

Maureen Mazurek, Monsanto Human Rights Lead, “Monsanto’s Human Rights Program”

Dr. Mark Manary, Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, “Importance of Childhood Nutrition.” Manary’s research interests focus on different aspects of nutrition in populations of developing countries, especially Malawi, Africa.

Dr. Paul Anderson, Executive Director of International Programs, Danforth Plant Science Center, “Biofortified Cassava for Africa.” Dr. Anderson served for four years as principal investigator of a program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop biofortified sorghum for arid and semi-arid areas of Africa.

For more information on Webster University's Year of International Human Rights, go to: http://www.webster.edu/depts/artsci/ihr/YOFW.htm.

###