Welcome to our seminar: Food Security and Conflict in Colombia. Oslo, May 2023

Picture from an urban street in Colombia, where graffiti says "Colombia en paz"

Are you interested in food security, conflict, and development in Colombia and Latin-America? We are happy to invite you to a presentation of the Norwegian-Colombian research project “SEGURA”, funded by the Research Council of Norway. The event will take place at OsloMet May 10 2023. 

There is no peace without food security, and there is no food security without peace”.

These were the words of former president of Colombia, Daniel Santos, during a seminar at the Noble Prize Peace center in 2021. His words have become even more critical the last year: Conflict is a major obstacle to food security and that peace is a precondition for economic and social progress.

How has conflict affected food security in Colombia after the 2016 peace agreement? The new Colombian government has flagged food security as an important path for economic growth. The aim of our seminar is to present new research on the interconnection between conflict and food security in Colombia from collaboration between OsloMet and academic institutions in Colombia (the SEGURA-project). Food security has become a prioritized policy issue for new Colombian government. How can food security be developed as a policy issue between Norway and Colombia?

Seminar on food security and conflict in Colombia

This is an open event which is suitable for anyone who are interested in the subjects of food security, conflict, and/or development in Latin-America, such as researchers and other professionals, food security experts, governmental representatives, policy makers, NGOs, students, and others.

You can find a Facebook event for the seminar here, please feel free to share it with your network. 

This will be the second day of a two-day event. Day 1 of the seminar (Tuesday May 09) will be an academic event suitable for researchers and other professionals, and students from relevant disciplines. You can find more information about day 1 here.

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