Leading role in global food security recognized at Macdonald
Campus ceremony
McGill University’s spring convocation ceremonies got underway
today at its Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. McGill
conferred degrees upon more than 180 students graduating from the
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and bestowed an
honorary doctorate upon Kanayo F. Nwanze, in
recognition of his leadership in fostering global food security and
reducing poverty.
Kanayo F. Nwanze, Doctor of Science,
honoris causa
Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze is President of the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), an international financing
institution and specialized agency of the United Nations working
with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food
and increase their incomes. Dr. Nwanze’s work with New Rice for
Africa (NERICA), a food security organization in regions of the
world where one-third of the population is undernourished and half
struggle to survive on US$1 a day, has helped over 300 million
people.
McGill’s Convocation ceremonies can be followed live at:
http://bcooltv.mcgill.ca/ConvocationLive/
For more information about Convocation: http://www.mcgill.ca/students/graduation/
More news from McGill University: http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/
