On Sept. 27, Dr. Carolyn Woo, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, took part in a panel discussion sponsored by the United Nations General Assembly and hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Malawi’s President Joyce Banda. The discussion, “Feed the Future, Partnering with Civil Society,” was moderated by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and focused on how governments, civil society and the private sector have advanced sustainable food security and nutrition in developing countries during the last three years. Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Dr. Laurent Sedogo, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources of Burkina Faso; Mr. Willington Wamayeye, Founder and Director of the Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative in Uganda and Land O’Lakes President and CEO Chris Policinski also participated in the event.

Read more about the event here or watch a video of the panel discussion (scroll down to “Feed the Future: Partnering with Civil Society”).