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A public audience test the world's leading scientists over their work.

A public audience test the world's leading scientists over the meaning of their work.

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Exchanges at the Frontier: Exchanges At The Frontier 2011: Episode 4 - Gebisa Ejeta 

Episode 4 - Gebisa Ejeta 

Exchanges At The Frontier 2011

Episode 4 - Gebisa Ejeta

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AC Grayling in conversation with Gebisa Ejeta, can he help abolish famine world wide?

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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AC Grayling and a public audience test the world's leading scientists over their work.

The philosopher AC Grayling and a public audience test the world's leading scientists over the meaning of their work.

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