Gisèle Yasmeen

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Dr Gisèle Yasmeen is a JW McConnell Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University. Her expertise is on food-systems and she is also a former public sector and not-for-profit executive in knowledge organizations.

Gisèle Yasmeen

Feb 27 2025

Feeding the world: the problems we need to fix

Illuminem Voices

Food · Effects

Transforming food systems is not about boosting global production: it demands equitable distribution, sustainable practices and also depends on what we eat

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‘Too many people, not enough food’ isn’t the cause of hunger and food insecurity

Gisèle Yasmeen

Apr 22 2022

‘Too many people, not enough food’ isn’t the cause of hunger and food insecurity

Environmental Sustainability

Nearly one in three people in the world did not have access to enough food in 2020. That’s an increase of almost 320 million people in one year and it’s expected to get worse with rising food prices and the war trapping wheat, barley and corn in Ukraine and Russia.

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Gisèle Yasmeen

Apr 22 2022