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Episode 4 - Gebisa Ejeta

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AC Grayling in conversation with Gebisa Ejeta, a World Food Prize Laureate and an advisor to President Barrack Obama.

Gebisa Ejeta is an Ethiopian born award-winning plant scientist working on drought-resistant crops in Africa.

He has experienced hunger first hand during his childhood in Ethiopia and is now an advisor to President Barrack Obama as well as a being World Food Prize Laureate and Distinguished Professor at Purdue University, USA.

Join him in conversation about addressing the food crisis in Horn of Africa and abolishing famine world wide.

(Image: A malnourished child in Somalia. Credit: Reuters)

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Sun 18 Dec 201113:05GMT
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  • Sat 17 Dec 201122:05GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sun 18 Dec 201113:05GMT
    BBC World Service Online