‘Feast or Famine’ Podcast Series – Episode 5, Interview with Dr Jayati Ghosh

This short series of video interviews with experts in food and agriculture explores key ideas and concepts at the heart of fostering more sustainable food systems — ones that deliver food security and nutrition while respecting human rights and planetary boundaries. This series is part of a graduate course on “Global Food Politics” at Sciences Po University, Paris, taught by Adjunct Professor Mr. Chris Hegadorn.

Episode 5: Global Economics and Food Systems,” Interview with Dr Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and member of the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs

This interview features Dr Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and member of the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, and was conducted by Sciences Po graduate student Ms Hannah Orme. Dr Ghosh addresses a number of pressing issues related to food security and food sovereignty, such as food on the global development agenda, the growing financialization of food systems, food-price stabilization, and policy solutions that focus on systemic change.