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International Food Policy Research Institute

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarAgricultural Trade at a Crossroads with Latin American, Caribbean, and African Perspectives for Post-MC14Organized by IFPRI, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the CGIAR Science Program on Policy InnovationsJune 30, 2026Agricultural trade is facing an increasingly complex environment shaped by geopolitical tensions, climate pressures, and growing trade disruptions. These developments are reshaping trade flows, affecting food security, and challenging the ability of existing institutions and policy frameworks to respond effectively. These pressures are also creating new opportunities for developing regions to strengthen their competitiveness, resilience, and participation in global markets. Understanding these changes is essential for identifying practical pathways toward a more inclusive, sustainable, and predictable agricultural trading system.Join us for the launch of Agricultural Trade at a Crossroads—with Latin American, Caribbean, and African Perspectives for Post-MC14 (https://hdl.handle.net/10568/183392). This seminar will bring together the book’s authors, policymakers, representatives from international organizations, development partners, and other stakeholders to discuss the future of agricultural trade and trade governance, including key findings of the book and priorities for a constructive agenda following the 14th Ministerial Conference of the WTO. Four thematic panels will cover global developments, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and opportunities for cooperation. Discussions will highlight implications for food security, sustainability, competitiveness, regional integration, and the future of the WTO, as well as opportunities for strengthening dialogue and collaboration between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa.Opening Remarks Ruth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIH.E. Girma Amente, African Union High Representative to the World Trade Organization More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/agricultural-trade-at-a-crossroads-with-latin-american-caribbean-and-african-perspectives-for-post-mc14/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Sciences, American UniversityMarkus Goldstein, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Center for Global DevelopmentJemimah Njuki, Director, Gender, Women and Civil Society, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)Closing RemarksPurnima Menon, Director of Strategy and Partnerships, IFPRIModeratorHazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/inequality-within-and-outside-the-household-reflections-from-agnes-quisumbings-career/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

FSeth Meyer, Director and Associate Professor, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of MissouriMads Frank Markussen, Head of Freight Research, CM NavigatorConcluding RemarksJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIModeratorMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/weather-money-and-shifting-bets-whats-driving-food-commodity-markets/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarEngines of Growth in Fragile Contexts: Launching the IFPRI–UNU-WIDER research partnershipOrganized by IFPRI and United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)June 10, 2026Fragile and conflict-affected settings account for a growing share of global poverty. Roughly 2 billion people live in these areas, accounting for 25% of the world’s population but 72% of the world’s extreme poor. At the national level, many fragile economies struggle to sustain growth, create jobs, and recover from repeated shocks.Yet even amid conflict, climate stress, and political instability, some communities continue to adapt, work, trade, and invest. For these “islands of resilience,” local livelihoods, skills, trust, and collective action support local economic activity that connects to broader growth trajectories. Understanding these dynamics can help identify how strategic support can strengthen resilience, recovery, and livelihoods in at-risk economies.Join us for this event marking the launch of the IFPRI–UNU-WIDER research partnership, which will work with local partners to generate evidence on the engines of growth that sustain economic activity amid fragility. This seminar will bring together researchers, donors, policy stakeholders, and implementation partners to discuss why some local economies remain resilient under stress, what evidence is needed to guide investment and programming, and how policy can support locally grounded pathways to economic recovery.This event was supported by the CGIAR Food Frontiers and Security Program. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by CGIAR funders through the CGIAR Trust Fund. For more information visit: https://www.cgiar.org/cgiar-research-porfolio-2025-2030/food-frontiers-and-security/.Welcome RemarksDaniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), IFPRIPatricia Justino, Director, UNU-WIDERPresentations from IFPRI and UNU-WIDERKatrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPatricia Justino, Director, UNU-WIDERPanel Discussion: Unlocking Local Economies for Resilient RecoveryMaya Ragab, Head of Programmes, Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding (CCCPA)Elizabeth Radin, Senior Director of Research, International Rescue Committee (IRC)Luis Felipe López-Calva, Global Director, Prosperity Vertical, World Bank GroupClosing RemarksDaniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), IFPRIModeratorKibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/engines-of-growth-in-fragile-contexts-launching-an-ifpri-unu-wider-research-partnership/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Success Pathways for Scaling Biofortified Crops by International Food Policy Research Institute

Development Office (FCDO)Closing RemarksClemens Breisinger, Director, CGIAR Science Program on Policy InnovationsModeratorMelissa Hidrobo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/financing-social-protection-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

How does Trade Risk Influence Agricultural Policy? by International Food Policy Research Institute

IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series | IFPRI Policy SeminarA Narrow Strait, Global Consequences: Hormuz Strait and Fertilizer MarketsCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)April 23, 2026Fertilizer markets have entered a phase of heightened uncertainty, where geopolitical risks intersect with highly concentrated production, energy dependence, and fragile logistics. These risks are no longer hypothetical. The Strait of Hormuz represents a critical chokepoint for fertilizer trade, with around 35 percent of global urea flows, over one quarter of ammonia trade, just above 20 percent of phosphates, and roughly 45 percent of global sulfur exports transiting the Strait. Ongoing restrictions on maritime traffic through Hormuz underscore its role as a key pressure point in global fertilizer supply chains. Even partial or temporary disruptions can reverberate through markets, while a prolonged or intensified disruption would pose serious challenges for securing adequate nutrient supplies ahead of future cropping seasons. Moreover, even in the event of an easing or reopening, restarting production, logistical normalization, and contract re‑alignment would take time, delaying a full recovery in supply flows.This IFPRI-AMIS seminar looks ahead to assess how fertilizer markets may evolve under these conditions. Drawing on the latest market intelligence and trade analysis, speakers will examine transmission channels from constrained shipping and elevated insurance risks to energy‑driven production costs, price volatility, and regional supply vulnerabilities. The discussion will focus on implications for major importing regions, risks to fertilizer affordability and application decisions, and potential knock‑on effects for agricultural production and food security, as well as policy and market responses to strengthen preparedness in an increasingly uncertain global environment.Opening RemarksMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryLandscape of Fertilizer MarketsDelphine Leconte-Demarsy, Fertilizer consultant, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)Changes in Fertilizer Trade FlowsShawn Arita, Associate Director and Associate Research Professor, Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Panel DiscussionAfrica: Maria Wanzala, Director of Policy, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)Brazil: Joana Colussi, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue UniversityIndia: Shalender Singh, Chief Manager, Marketing, Krishak Bharati Cooperative LimitedUnited States: Veronica Nigh, Chief Economist, The Fertilizer InstituteConcluding RemarksJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/a-narrow-strait-global-consequences-hormuz-strait-and-fertilizer-markets/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarData in Action: Getting Ahead of Crises: Launch of the Next Generation HungerMapLIVECo-organized by IFPRI and the World Food Programme (WFP) | Convening alongside the World Bank and IMF Spring MeetingsApril 17, 2026As global food security challenges intensify, using timely and reliable data to forecast food insecurity and malnutrition crises can prevent emerging shocks from escalating into humanitarian crises.This high‑level event brings together the World Food Programme, IFPRI and key partners for the launch of World Food Programme’s next‑generation HungerMapLIVE platform. Designed to strengthen global early warning systems, this latest generation incorporates richer indicators, enhanced forecasting, subnational modeling, advanced analytical capabilities and AI-enabled insights that help policymakers, researchers, and practitioners better anticipate and respond to food security and nutrition risks.Please join us for this debut and live demonstration of the latest HungerMapLIVE platform and a discussion on how timely data enables rapidly improving approaches to forecasting and early warning. The HungerMapLIVE platform will be inaugurated by The Honorable Cindy McCain, WFP’s Executive Director. A distinguished panel of experts will subsequently examine:New innovations to support more accurate early warning, including the responsible use of AI as an analytical enablerApproaches to filling existing data gapsThe urgent need for sustained investments in strong data ecosystems to ensure sound food security and nutrition analyticsOpportunities for deeper collaboration to support smarter and earlier decision-makingThe event will also feature remarks from policymakers and representatives of multilateral and regional development banks who rely on early warning systems to inform their operations, policies and investments.Welcome RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRIOpening Remarks on the Global Hunger Crisis and the Case for Faster, Data-Driven ActionThe Honorable Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)Launch of HungerMapLIVEIntroducing HungerMapLIVE and live demonstration: Jean-Martin Bauer, Director, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis, World Food Programme (WFP)Innovation Spotlights – AI x Food Security ForecastingYanyan Liu, Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIPhilipp Zimmer, Researcher, World Bank GroupHigh-Level Panel Discussion: From Early Warning to Early ActionModerated by Kyriacos Koupparis, Head, Early Warning and Forecasting Unit, World Food Programme (WFP)Shobha Shetty, Global Director, Agriculture and Food, World BankLaura Rojas Sánchez, Chief of the Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)Dan Gilligan, Director of the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion, IFPRIJean-Martin Bauer, Director, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis, World Food Programme (WFP)Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/data-in-action-getting-ahead-of-crises-launch-of-the-next-generation-hungermaplive/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Agricultural Insurance: Innovations, Policies, and Pathways to Scale by International Food Policy Research Institute

Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture | IFPRI Policy SeminarSustaining Momentum for Nutrition Financing in the Global Development Agenda35th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial LectureApril 15, 2026Recognizing France’s tremendous leadership of the 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G), IFPRI and the Forman lecture selection Committee are delighted to announce that Her Excellency Éléonore Caroit, France’s Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Responsible for Francophonie, International Partnerships, and French Nationals Abroad has been invited to deliver the 35th Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture.France’s leadership of the N4G Summit held in France helped to cement nutrition as a core development priority, reaffirmed a global commitment to fight all forms of malnutrition and emphasized the importance of policy coherence, continuity and long-term commitment. Importantly, the summit also delivered one of the strongest mobilizations since N4G began in 2013, generating 517 new commitments from 160 actors across 75 countries, spanning policy reforms, financing pledges, and programmatic actions. France’s stewardship helped ensure that the summit not only renewed global political attention to nutrition but also produced concrete, trackable commitments and a platform for continued accountability. The French government continues to emphasize the importance of following through on the N4G summit and of keeping nutrition front and center of the global policy agenda, also through its leadership of the G7.The annual lecture commemorates Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years and made a significant impact on international nutrition. The lecturer is invited to present personal views about major issues related to malnutrition.Welcome Remarks from IFPRIJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRIWelcome Remarks from the Forman FamilyKenan Forman, Son of Martin J. FormanMartin J. Forman Memorial LectureÉléonore Caroit, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, FranceDiscussant RemarksMatthew Freeman, Executive Director, Stronger Foundations for NutritionAbigail Perry, Global Program Lead for Nutrition, World BankModeratorPurnima Menon, Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/sustaining-momentum-for-nutrition-financing-in-the-global-development-agenda/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

While the global food system has largely adjusted to the disruptions in agricultural commodities and fertilizers following the invasion of Ukraine, the new conflict in the Middle East introduces a new set of challenges at a time when markets and supply chains remain vulnerable to geopolitical shocks. Disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a significant share of the world’s oil and natural gas, as well as fertilizers, transit. Concerns about potential impacts on production sites in the region have added to the uncertainty. These developments have implications for countries heavily reliant on Gulf producers for oil, gas, and fertilizers, as well as for food-import dependent economies in the Gulf, should agricultural shipments to the region face prolonged delays. While the immediate effects on trade flows and prices are still unfolding, higher energy and fertilizer costs can influence agricultural production decisions and, over time, shape food security outcomes. Understanding these dynamics early is important for anticipating where pressures may emerge and how they may interact with existing vulnerabilities. As global food systems become increasingly exposed to conflict-related and geopolitical risks, timely analysis is essential for informing both rapid response and longer-term resilience efforts. Clear insights into potential stress points and market adjustments can help governments, value chain actors, development partners, and humanitarian organizations prepare and respond effectively. The event will feature:Presentations from IFPRI experts, who will provide an up‑to‑date assessment of these developments and discuss their implications for vulnerable low‑ and middle‑income countries.A second panel of senior representatives from governments, international organizations, and the private sector, who will reflect on how they are addressing the immediate effects of the crisis and share perspectives on priorities for strengthening resilience and improving risk management strategies going forward.An opportunity for questions, comments, and discussion.Moderated by: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIOpening RemarksIsmahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRIRamifications for Asian EconomiesAlbert Park, Chief Economist, Asian Development BankFood Security Considerations and MDB toolkitsRenaud Seligmann, Director for Strategy and Operations, World Bank Planet Vice PresidencyEarly AnalysesMarket Responses to the Conflict in the Middle East: Joseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIUnderstanding Vulnerabilities at the Country Level: James Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling, IFPRIComments on Rapid Analysis: Mark Diamond, Economist-IBRD Lead, World Bank Group Team, International Financial Institutions Dept., Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)External Panel on Rapid Response and Risk ManagementModerated by: Anna Gawel, Managing Editor, DevexHumanitarian Needs: Rania Dagash-Kamara, Assistant Executive Director, Partnerships and Innovation, World Food Programme (WFP)Considerations for Food Import Dependent Gulf Countries: Josef Schmidhuber, Chief Sustainability Officer, Pure Harvest Smart Farms, UAEConsiderations for India: Rakesh Kapur, Joint Managing Director, Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative (IFFCO)Food Security Investments in Times of Conflict: Jonah Gold, Managing Director of Insurance, US International Development Finance CorporationMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/conflict-in-the-middle-east-reverberations-for-food-systems/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Rooted in Biodiversity: Transforming Landscapes through Nature-Positive Agriculture by International Food Policy Research Institute

Risk Transfer (Report)Veith Huesmann, Chief Analyst, International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI)Panel DiscussionThe panel will discuss the most critical issues in shipping logistics and insurance, including geopolitical tensions driving war-risk exposures; rising premiums and cost pressures; climate-related losses; and aging fleets, technical failures, cybersecurity threats, and digital vulnerabilities. Panelists will identify the resulting implications for agricultural trade and import-dependent regions in 2026 and beyond.Dmytro Furda, Commercial Director, Tiryaki Agro (Turkiye)Bridget Diakun, Senior Risk and Compliance Analyst, Lloyd’s List IntelligenceJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIClosing RemarksJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/navigating-risk-challenges-in-agricultural-commodity-shipping-and-insurance-markets/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

CIATMuhyideen Oyekunle, Maize Breeder/Lecturer, Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR)Jada Mohammed, Oxfam NovibClosing RemarksArun Baral, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), HarvestPlus-IFPRIModeratorKate Ambler, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/promoting-resilience-through-improved-varieties-quality-seed-and-better-seed-systems-lessons-from-nigeria/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarAdvancing Poverty Graduation in Fragile Contexts: A New Agenda for Research and PolicyCo-organized by IFPRI and Mercy CorpsJanuary 21, 2026Multifaceted livelihoods interventions that target households in extreme poverty are extremely effective in reducing extreme poverty, with consistent gains in income, consumption, savings, and psychosocial well-being. These interventions, often called graduation models, have been widely evaluated, but most evidence comes from stable rural settings.In fragile and conflict-affected environments where poverty is increasingly concentrated, household-level interventions may not be sufficient to drive sustained poverty reduction. In today’s climate of constrained funding and compounding crises, there is a pressing need to understand how to adapt, scale, and sustain graduation models to deliver more cost-effective, resilient, and inclusive outcomes in contexts marked by fragility, displacement, and recurrent climate- and conflict-related shocks.Convened by Mercy Corps and IFPRI, this seminar will present new research, emerging program insights, and opportunities for continued learning to make graduation model interventions more impactful, inclusive, and resilient in fragile settings. The discussion will build on Mercy Corps’ recent report, Closing the Gap: Adapting Poverty Graduation for Fragile Contexts, which highlights evidence-based opportunities to adapt graduation design and delivery.The seminar will convene leading researchers, donors, policymakers, and implementing partners to showcase emerging evidence from IFPRI, Mercy Corps, and other partners. Together, participants will distill lessons from diverse experiences, explore frontiers for innovation and learning, and chart a forward-looking agenda to strengthen the impact, scalability, and resilience of poverty graduation in fragile contexts—laying the groundwork for deeper collaboration across the research and implementation community.Introduction and Opening RemarksJeeyon Kim, Director of Research, Food Security, Mercy CorpsHighlights from Recent Findings- The Impact of a Nutrition-Sensitive Graduation Model Program on Child Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia: Kalle Hirvonen, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI- Displacement and Development: Evidence from a Graduation Program for Somalia’s Ultra-Poor: Jessica Leight, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI- The impact of connecting poverty graduation and market systems development in refugee contexts: evidence from DREAMS Uganda: Daniel Hudner, Senior Researcher, Resilience and Market Systems, Mercy CorpsPanel DiscussionChaired by: Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIRadu Ban, Senior Program Officer, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Gates FoundationWendy Chamberlin, Senior Technical Advisor, Resilience, Trickle UpJulie Kedroske, Director, Social Protection Program, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)Kibrom Tafere, Economist, Development Research Group, World BankClosing RemarksDaniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/advancing-poverty-graduation-in-fragile-contexts-a-new-agenda-for-research-and-policy/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Nutrition, Cornell UniversityVivian Hoffmann, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRICarolyne Maina, Program Director, TechnoserveAssan Ng’ombe, Resilience Officer, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)Closing RemarksRuth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIDownload and read the book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-97411-3?More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/reducing-food-loss-and-waste-a-food-systems-perspective/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

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A session will follow the panel.Presentations of Global Change Results on Food Trade and SecurityKenneth Strzepek, Climate, Water, and Food Specialist MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy J-WAFSTimothy Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIFaaiqa Hartley, Scientist, IFPRISherwin Gabriel, Scientist, IFPRIPanel DiscussionPaola De Almieda, Food, Agriculture and Water Portfolio Head – Operating Advisor, Pegasus Capital AdvisorsRuth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIMark Rosegrant, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIModeratorGreg Sixt, Director, Food and Climate Systems Transformation (FACT) Alliance, Research Manager for Climate and Food Systems, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems LabMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/the-impact-of-global-change-on-food-security-in-2050-assessing-the-risks-through-the-lens-of-food-trade/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarTrading the Crosswinds: Macroeconomic Outlook, Trade Policy Uncertainty, and Agricultural Commodity MarketsCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)November 18, 2025Prospects for global grain and oilseed production remain broadly favorable, but the agricultural trade environment continues to face significant uncertainties. Trade policy developments—including the potential for retaliatory measures—are reshaping traditional trade flows and creating challenges for market participants. These shifts are occurring alongside broader macroeconomic factors such as currency movements, rising energy prices, and demand fluctuations, all of which add complexity to global supply chains.Join us for this seminar featuring the World Bank’s latest Commodity Market Outlook, which will offer insights into the macroeconomic drivers influencing agricultural trade and price dynamics. It will include an update on short-term market fundamentals for wheat, maize, and soybeans, highlighting key developments and potential risks. Industry representatives and traders from various regions will also share how they are responding to uncertainty through risk management strategies, adjustments, and other adaptations to the evolving trade landscape.Opening RemarksMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryMacroeconomic Outlook Shaping Agricultural Trade and PricesJohn Baffes, Senior Agriculture Economist, Development Economics Prospects Group, World BankSummary of Short-term Developments on Wheat, Maize, and Soybean MarketsAlexander Karavaytsev, Senior Economist, International Grains CouncilPanel DiscussionModerated by Monika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Secretary and Valeria Piñeiro, Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), IFPRIScott Gerlt, Chief Economist, American Soybean Association (ASA)Dmytro Furda, Commercial Director, Tiryaki Agro (Turkiye)Raphael Blanc Vieira, Commercial Director, AgribrasilOle Houe, Chair, Grain Trade AustraliaClosing RemarksValeria Piñeiro, Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/trading-the-crosswinds-macroeconomic-outlook-trade-policy-uncertainty-and-agricultural-commodity-markets/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarEmpowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food SystemsCo-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar SeriesNovember 12, 2025Crises—whether driven by conflict, climate shocks, or economic instability—rarely affect everyone equally. Women and girls often bear the heaviest burdens, facing heightened food insecurity, disrupted livelihoods, and increased risks to their health and safety. Yet, women are not only victims of crisis—they are powerful drivers of resilience and recovery. “Empowerment in Crisis: Gender-Responsive Solutions for Fragile Food Systems” brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how gender inequalities are deepened by crises, and how response strategies can be designed to reverse these patterns. The discussion will highlight practical approaches that place women at the center of crisis response and recovery—strengthening their voices, protecting their rights, and harnessing their leadership to build more resilient and equitable food systems.Introduction and Opening RemarksAnna Okello, Director, Food Frontiers and Security Science Program, CGIARThe State of Gender Equality in Fragile SettingsJosephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Director of Communications, AfrobarometerPromoting Women’s Empowerment Amid Fragility: Key Findings from Nigeria and MalawiVivian Effem-Bassey, Project Manager, ActionAid NigeriaJordan Kyle, Research Fellow, IFPRIAgnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPanel DiscussionAletheia Amalia Donald, Senior Economist, World Bank Africa Gender Innovation LabSuzan Gopuk, Senior Technical Advisor – Food Security and Livelihood, GIZ NigeriaNkechi Ilochi-Kanny, Director Business Development and Innovation, ActionAid NigeriaModerator and Closing RemarksKatrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/empowerment-in-crisis-gender-responsive-solutions-for-fragile-food-systems/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarInforming Crisis Response in SudanCo-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar SeriesOctober 22, 2025The recent resurgence of armed conflicts in Africa is increasing the need and urgency for investments in shock-responsive humanitarian and social assistance programs. Armed conflicts both increase the need for aid and greatly complicate delivery of humanitarian services to vulnerable populations. In addition, humanitarian organizations are facing an increasing funding gap because of dwindling donor aid.These challenges are forcing humanitarian organizations to revisit the effectiveness and cost-efficacy of their programs and services for conflict-affected populations. The choice and relative efficacy of alternative modalities and delivery of humanitarian or social assistance programs in these communities remains an active area of debate.The armed conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023, has created the world’s largest displacement crisis, and has left over 30 million of the 47.5 million Sudanese population needing multifaceted humanitarian assistance. To help inform the crisis response, this policy seminar will bring together researchers, practitioners, and humanitarian organizations working in Sudan to share and discuss recent evidence on preferences and impact of alternative modalities to deliver humanitarian aid amid armed conflict.Introduction and Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRILaurent Bukera, Country Director and Representative, UN World Food Programme (WFP), SudanHighlights From Recent FindingsKhalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow and Leader of the Sudan Program, IFPRIKibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIGabrielle Fox, Chief of Party, Cash Consortium of Sudan (CCS)Panel DiscussionAlex De Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, Tufts UniversitySamantha Chattaraj, ‏Emergency Coordinator, UN World Food Programme (WFP), SudanLena Mahgoub, Convener of the Sudan Social Protection Alliance (SSPA), Former Federal Minister of Labor and Social Development and Co-Founder of Impact Hub KhartoumClosing RemarksKatrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIModeratorHala Abushama, Research Analyst, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/informing-crisis-response-in-sudan/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series | IFPRI Policy SeminarNavigating the Food Security Nexus: Commodity Prices, Inflation, and Exchange RatesCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)October 21, 2025Join us for a seminar exploring the complex interplay between global food commodity prices and domestic food price inflation, and the implications for food security. Drawing on recent analytical work and market monitoring, the session will examine how international price movements transmit through domestic markets, often exacerbated by exchange rate fluctuations and macroeconomic volatility. Fluctuations in exchange rates pose an additional and compounding challenge in how global food commodity prices affect domestic markets. Even when international commodity prices level off, a depreciating currency can still lead to higher local food prices, especially in countries that rely heavily on imports. We will examine why food inflation has disproportionately affected low-income countries—where currency depreciation has amplified the impact of rising global prices, pushing nutritious diets further out of reach for vulnerable populations. The discussion will also highlight how broader macroeconomic conditions, including labor costs and profit margins, have intensified price pressures beyond what commodity shocks alone can explain. Insights from recent studies will shed light on the speed and asymmetry of price transmission, the role of trade integration, and the implications for food security and nutrition. We will also discuss policy responses and market transparency mechanisms—such as AMIS—that can help mitigate volatility and improve resilience. Moderator Opening RemarksMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryPresentation: Addressing high food price inflation for food security and nutritionDavid Laborde, Director, Agrifood Economics and Policy Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Panel DiscussionModerated by Monika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Secretary and Joseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIHelia Costa, Economist, Structural Policy and Research Division of the Economics Department, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Fabio Santeramo, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Food, Resource Economics and Engineering, University of FoggiaMichael Adjemian, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of GeorgiaKarl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIClosing RemarksJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/navigating-the-food-security-nexus-commodity-prices-inflation-and-exchange-rates/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

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Outlook, and Key Considerations Arising from EUDR Implementation: Beria Leimona, Theme Leader, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development, The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)International Cooperation Framework: Simon Gmeiner, Policy Officer, European Commission Session 2Engaging on the EUDR: H.E. Andri Hadi, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the European UnionMalaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification: Mohd Hasbollah Suparyono, Chief Operating Officer, Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO)Considerations for Mercosur Countries: Valeria Piñeiro, Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), IFPRIChina’s Efforts to Source Zero Deforestation Soybeans from Brazil: Kevin Chen, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRISession 3Inclusive Pathways for Smallholders in Deforestation-Free Supply Chains: Izzana Salleh, Secretary General, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC)EUDR implications for coffee and cocoa smallholders in Africa: Vanessa Adams, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Level4InternationalIdentification of Production Origin and Public Verification for Deforestation – Free Agricultural Supply Chains in Colombia: Sandra Durango, Postdoctoral Fellow, Alliance Bioversity and CIATMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/the-eu-deforestation-regulation-policy-implications-and-research-frontiers/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarMobility in a Fragile World: Evidence to Inform PolicyCo-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security, and the Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), IRES | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar SeriesSeptember 18, 2025Migration today reflects a complex interplay of demographic pressures, conflict, poverty, climate change, and economic shocks. Worldwide, one in every seven people is a migrant—that is, someone who changes his or her country of usual residence, irrespective of the reason for migration—or a refugee forced to leave his or her home, often without warning, for reasons including war, violence, or persecution. Over the past two decades, international migration and forced displacement have surged, with more than 100 million additional people on the move—a large share of whom originate from rural areas, driven by a lack of economic opportunities, environmental degradation, and insecurity.The number of refugees has doubled since the early 2000s, with most hosted by low- and middle-income countries. Ongoing conflicts and intensifying climate crises have compounded vulnerabilities, leaving 80% of displaced people facing acute food insecurity. Climate change-related displacement disproportionately affects women, who are also at heightened risk of violence and exploitation during migration journeys and in host communities.This policy seminar will explore these complex dynamics and assess how economic analysis, machine learning, and policy innovation can contribute to more inclusive, equitable, and effective responses to migration and forced displacement.Moderator Welcome RemarksKatrina Kosec, Interim Deputy Director, CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security; Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Opening RemarksRuth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRISetting the Stage: The Migration ChallengeAnna Maria Mayda, Professor of Economics, School of Foreign Service and Department of Economics, and Incoming Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), Georgetown University (GU)Research in Action: This three-part session will showcase how current research is shaping better migration policiesSilvia Peracchi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Economics and Social Research (IRES), Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), UCLouvainFrancisco Ceballos, Research Fellow, IFPRIThomas Ginn, Research Fellow, Center for Global DevelopmentBuilding the Evidence Base for Smarter Policy in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts: What Are the Gaps and NeedsPanelistsAndrew Harper, Special Advisor on Climate Action, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)Damien Jusselme, Head, Data Science and Analytics (Foresight), International Organization for Migration (IOM)Jean-Francois Maystadt, Professor, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) / Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (IRES), Université catholique de Louvain, and Lancaster University Management SchoolClosing RemarksKate Ambler, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/mobility-in-a-fragile-world-evidence-to-inform-policy/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series | IFPRI Policy SeminarFertilizers in a Shifting Global Landscape – Trends, Trade, and SustainabilityCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)September 16, 2025Fertilizers—both mineral and organic—are indispensable inputs in modern agriculture. Yet, recent years have seen unprecedented volatility in fertilizer prices, trade flows, and policy responses, reshaping the landscape for producers, traders, and farmers alike. This event will explore the evolving dynamics of the global fertilizer market and its critical role in food security and agricultural sustainability.Drawing on the latest research and market intelligence from AMIS, FAO’s Food Outlook and IFPRI, this session will unpack the key drivers behind recent market disruptions and recovery patterns, including the environmental footprint of fertilizer use, and a variety of policy developments affecting market access and affordability.Opening RemarksMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIPresentationsCurrent Situation on the Fertilizer Markets: Delphine Leconte-Demarsy, Fertilizer consultant, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)US Tariffs and Fertilizer Trade: Shawn Arita, Associate Director and Associate Research Professor, Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University (NDSU)Policy Reforms and Fertilizer Use: Fertilizer Subsidies and Alternatives: Ruth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIDiscussionModerated by Monika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Secretary and Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMaria Antip, Fertilizer consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Veronica Nigh, Senior Economist, The Fertilizer InstituteLinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/fertilizers-in-a-shifting-global-landscape-trends-trade-and-sustainability/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Book Launch | IFPRI Policy SeminarWhat Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIARThis event is also part of the Policy Innovations Global Webinar Series of the CGIAR Science Program on Policy InnovationsJuly 23, 2025Food systems have achieved remarkable progress in recent decades, but moving forward, they will face significant challenges in delivering the many outputs and services—such as poverty alleviation, nutrition and health, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability—we expect and need. By combining sophisticated analysis and close engagement with stakeholders, we can identify and explore the likely impacts of different future scenarios based on alternative development pathways and external factors. These results can help inform the decisions we make about food systems today.This event marks the launch of What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?, a collection of short chapters that synthesize current knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems. Written by more than 100 scientists from around the world with expertise in a wide range of related disciplines and regions, these chapters provide accessible overviews of the latest foresight research on each topic, guide readers toward more detailed information, and offer insights into how our knowledge of future trends can be improved.The launch will present an overview of the book and highlight key findings from select chapters, followed by a panel discussion featuring speakers from country partners, regional organizations, and donor agencies.Moderator WelcomeElisabetta Gotor, Principal Scientist, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Opening RemarksSandra Cristina Kothe Milach, Chief Scientist, CGIAROverviewKeith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Selected Chapter HighlightsImpact area: Poverty – Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Driver: Innovation – Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Senior Research Associate, Department of Global Development, Cornell University Region: West and Central Africa – Dolapo Enahoro, Senior Agricultural Economist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Commodity: Aquatic Foods – Chin Yee Chan, Scientist, WorldFishPanel DiscussionVanessa da Fonseca Pereira, Advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) and analyst at Embrapa Kindie Tesfaye Fantaye, Head, Climate Adaptation and Resilience, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Ruben Echeverria, Senior Advisor Agriculture Development, Gates Foundation Closing RemarksClemens Breisinger, Program Leader for the Kenya Strategy Support Program; Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIElisabetta Gotor, Principal Scientist, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATLinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/what-do-we-know-about-the-future-of-food-systems/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Policy SeminarThe Future of Youth Jobs in Agrifood Systems in AfricaHosted by IFPRI, the CGIAR Policy Innovations Program, the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator, and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)July 15, 2025Africa’s population is the youngest of any region, affording the continent an adequate workforce to drive economic and social transformation. However, African economies are finding it difficult to create employment opportunities for this “youth bulge”—opportunities that are needed to advance on SDG target 8.6 to substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET). As of 2020, more than 20 percent of young men and women in Africa fell into this category. African youth wield growing political and social power as they vent their frustrations about the lack of opportunities. Although youth-led protests and their underlying causes are not new in Africa, the recent movements represent an important moment for the region’s youth.The agrifood system in Africa remains the backbone of national economies and provides more than half of jobs in most African countries. Thus, it still holds substantial potential to absorb or catalyze youth engagement in productive activities in Africa. But this change will not happen by itself. It will require sustained efforts in policy research and development. While much of the literature and debate on the employment crisis have focused on the role of agriculture in absorbing Africa’s youth, the scope of debate and research should be expanded to include the role of youth across the entire food system.Introduction and Opening RemarksSandra Cristina Kothe Milach, Chief Scientist, CGIARAlice Ruhweza, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)Steven Were Omamo, Director for Africa, and Director for Development Strategies and Governance, IFPRIJobs in Agrifood System in AfricaLuc Christiaensen, Lead Agricultural Economist, Eastern and Southern Africa, World BankLandscape of youth engagement in agrifood system in selected African countriesKibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIYouth aspirations and constraints in Nigeria/RwandaJessica Heckert, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIInitiatives to support young women: learnings from AGRACatherine Rusagara, Head, Youth Entrepreneurship for the Future of Food and Agriculture, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)Panel Discussion: How can Africa create more jobs for the youth: Cases and success stories from youth-led initiatives and experiences?Moderated by Nana Amoah, Director – Gender, Youth and Inclusiveness, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)Innocent Ogirinye Adoga, Youth Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture (YISA), NigeriaMashoko Chakanyuka, Head of Youth Employment in Agriculture, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)Kisanet Haile Molla, Spatial Engineer, Civil Engineer, Youth Representative for Infrastructure, World BankElizabeth Mwende, Agricultural Engineer, and Youth Representative, the UN Food Systems Coordination HubEsther Kimani, CEO and founder, Farmer Lifeline TechnologiesJanette C. Toroitich, Agripreneur, KenyaClosing RemarksClemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Interim Director, Policy Innovations, CGIARNicoline de Haan, Interim Director, CGIAR Gender Equality & Inclusion (GEI) AcceleratorBoaz Blackie Keizire, Director for Policy and State Capability, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)ModeratorChristine Mwangi, Research Officer, IFPRILinksMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/the-future-of-youth-jobs-in-agrifood-systems-in-africa/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Seminar | IFPRI Policy SeminarWorsening food insecurity, waning response capacity: Options for a better way forwardCo-organized by IFPRI, the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) and the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security | Part of the Fragility to Stability Seminar SeriesJuly 2, 2025Food crises arise from the complex interplay of conflict, poverty, climate variability, and economic shocks, resulting in acute food insecurity among vulnerable populations. According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (2025), the number of people facing severe levels of acute food insecurity has tripled over the past decade, rising from around 100 million in 2016 to nearly 300 million people in 2024. The report warns that intensifying conflict in areas prone to food crises could worsen these conditions, policy uncertainty in major economies could slow income growth around the world, and budget cuts could erode humanitarian assistance, as well as capacities to monitor and anticipate drivers of acute food insecurity. This seminar will assess these prospects and discuss ways to counteract them. Speakers will discuss: • Trends in acute food insecurity and major drivers • Challenges posed by budget cuts by major aid donors and impacts on food crisis response capacities • Obstacles faced by early warning, early action systems in collecting adequate data to monitor and anticipate food crises and address drivers • Insights from AI-driven predictive modeling approaches to overcome select data challenges and better inform anticipatory and preventive action Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRIGlobal food crises, fragility, and prospects: Trends and drivers Presentation of the key findings of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises Sara McHattie, Global Coordinator, Food Security Information Network (FSIN) What are the consequences for food insecurity risks of waning international humanitarian and development assistance? EC perspectives and responsesSimona Bortolotti, Policy Officer, Sustainable Agrifood Systems and Fisheries Unit, Directorate General for International Partnerships, European UnionImplications of foreign aid cuts for climate resilience and food insecurity Kalle Hirvonen, Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIChallenges to humanitarian assistance and anticipatory action amid Sudan’s worsening food crisis Nigist Abebe, Regional Representative, Chemonics International; Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping National Officer, World Food Programme (WFP) SudanA new approach to assess food insecurity trends and drivers to better inform early action systems Luca Russo, Independent consultant and co-lead of study on trends and drivers of acute food insecurity commissioned by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC)Using AI-informed modeling to overcome challenges to data collection and predict food crises Yanyan Liu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Concluding Remarks Rob Vos, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIModerator Katrina Kosec, Interim Deputy Director, CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security; Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Links:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/worsening-food-insecurity-waning-response-capacity-options-for-a-better-way-forward/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Policy SeminarFertilizer, soil health, and economic shocks: Policy lessons learned from recent eventsOrganized by IFPRI, Food Policy, and the CGIAR Science Program on Policy InnovationsJune 11, 2025Join us for a discussion of key findings from a recent special issue of Food Policy exploring the complex interactions between fertilizer use, soil health management, and economic shocks in various agricultural systems. Governments around the world have long implemented policies to enhance agricultural productivity through inorganic fertilizer application and soil management, yet recent global disruptions, from the 2020–2022 food, fuel, and fertilizer price crisis to ongoing climatic uncertainties, have challenged the effectiveness of these interventions.Authors and editors of the special issue will present evidence on the medium-term effects of rising fertilizer prices and their implications for global demand, highlighting the disproportionate effects on smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries. The discussion will also cover issues related to the role of targeted subsidy programs, integrated soil fertility management, and site-specific nutrient approaches.A panel of fertilizer experts will discuss how these insights can support policymakers seeking to mitigate price volatility, strengthen soil health, and ensure resilience in agricultural production, particularly during adverse weather events and economic shocks. This seminar offers critical perspectives for researchers, policymakers, and agribusiness leaders working to build more sustainable and equitable food systems in an increasingly uncertain world.Introduction and Opening RemarksRuth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIChristopher Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYA synthesis of recent evidence on the policy dimensions of fertilizer, soil health, and economic shocksKibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRICountry and cross-country policy experience: A conversation with the authorsModerated by David J. Spielman, Director, Innovation Policy and Scaling, IFPRIAkuffo Amankwah, Senior Economist, World BankCatherine Ragasa, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIJaweriah Hazrana, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Arizona State UniversityPauline Chivenge, Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)Panel Discussion: How do we build resilience to future shocks in international and domestic fertilizer markets?Moderated by Charlotte Hebebrand, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIPeter Odhiambo Owoko, Head, Policy Coordination, Directorate of Agricultural Policy Research and Regulations, State Department for Crop Development & Agricultural Research, KenyaLatha Nagarajan, Director, Sustainable Opportunities for Improving Livelihoods with Soils (SOILS) Consortium, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)Shamie Zingore, Director of Research and Development, African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI)Avinash Kishore, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIClosing RemarksRuth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/fertilizer-soil-health-and-economic-shocks-policy-lessons-learned-from-recent-events/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Global Food Policy ReportIFPRI Policy Seminar2025 Global Food Policy Report | Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing WorldMay 28, 2025Over the last 50 years, the world’s food systems have evolved tremendously amid major economic, environmental, and social changes. Throughout this period, policy research has played a critical role in providing evidence and analysis to inform decision-making that supports agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security, nutrition, and well-being for all.IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report—a special edition marking the Institute’s 50th anniversary. This year’s flagship report examines the evolution and impact of food policy research and assesses how it can better equip policymakers to meet future challenges and opportunities.Despite meaningful progress over the last half-century, conflict, climate change, rising inequality, and geopolitical tensions remain major challenges to reducing poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. As we approach 2050, policy research and analysis will be essential to help build sustainable healthy food systems in this changing world.Thematic presentations from IFPRI’s leading researchers will explore the role of evidence in shaping policies over the past 50 years, as well as the potential for research to address emerging challenges and opportunities.A keynote lecture by Michael Kremer, Chair of the Innovation Commission and joint winner of the 2019 Economics Nobel Prize, will address innovations for the future. Following these remarks, a distinguished panel of experts will discuss priorities for policy research in the decades to come.Welcome RemarksIsmahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIARUnveiling of IFPRI’s flagship Global Food Policy ReportJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRIChristopher B. Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University Thematic GFPR presentationsJames Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM) Unit, IFPRIRuth Hill, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI) Unit, IFPRISteven Were Omamo, Director, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit and Director for Africa, IFPRIShalini Roy, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI) Unit, IFPRI and Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI) Unit, IFPRIStuart Gillespie, Nonresident Senior Fellow, IFPRI and Deanna Olney, Director, Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH), IFPRIDavid Spielman, Director, Innovation Policy and Scaling (IPS) Unit, IFPRIKeynote Address and Strategy Discussion: A Focus on Innovations for the FutureMichael Kremer, Professor in Economics; Director of Development Innovation Lab; and Faculty Director, Development Economics Center, University of Chicago; and 2019 Nobel Laureate in Economic SciencesForward Looking Panel Discussion on Food Policy Research PrioritiesModerator: Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy; Acting Senior Director, Transformation Strategy, IFPRIAlice Ruhweza, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)Ramesh Chand, Member, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)Joan Matji, Global Director, Child Nutrition and Development, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Ruben Echeverria, Senior Advisor, Agriculture Development, Gates FoundationSantiago Alba-Corral, Vice-President, Programs and Partnerships, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), CanadaMarianne Grosclaude, Practice Manager, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World BankModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/2025-global-food-policy-report-food-policy-research-for-a-brighter-future-looking-towards-2050/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series | IFPRI Policy Seminar2025 Outlook for Wheat, Maize, and Soybean CropsCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)May 13, 2025Global grain and oilseed markets are facing great uncertainty as producers in the northern hemisphere complete their spring plantings. While some dryness has affected winter crop regions in both North America and Europe, sowing conditions remain favorable. Market participants are closely observing rapid policy developments related to tariffs and possible retaliatory measures. The changing trade landscape will also affect the overall macroeconomic environment, with impacts expected on energy prices, exchange rates, and growth prospects, and further implications for agricultural production and trade.Opening RemarksJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIPresentationsOverview of macroeconomic prospects: John Baffes, Senior Agriculture Economist, Development Economics, World BankOverview of crop conditions: Brian Barker, Principal Faculty Specialist, University of Maryland; GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for AMIS lead, and Global Crop Monitor leadOverview of wheat, maize and soybeans: Seth Meyer, Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)DiscussionModerated by Monika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryDi Yang, Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Erin Collier, Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Nathan Kemp, Senior Economist, International Grains Council (IGC)ModeratorMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryLinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/2025-outlook-for-wheat-maize-and-soybean-crops/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Policy SeminarEnding Hunger and Malnutrition: Keeping Our Eyes on the RoadOrganized by IFPRI in collaboration with the World BankIFPRI Seminar during World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring MeetingsApril 22, 2025While global agricultural commodity prices have come down from the high levels seen in recent years, the world remains far off track in meeting the SDG2 of ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Last year, close to 300 million people faced food crisis while the number of people on the cusp of famine doubled. Efforts to address hunger and malnutrition are facing considerable hurdles, including protracted as well as new conflicts, cuts in official development assistance, inefficiencies in the global financing architecture, an increasingly fragmented political landscape and multipolarizing international order. How can the world mobilize more public and private resources to tackle the current food crisis, create more robust value chain and trade channels, and set countries on a path towards peace, stability and economic growth?Timed to align with the WB-IMF Spring Meetings, this event will convene policymakers, representatives of international organizations, private sector and food system experts for a stocktaking of where we find ourselves and to chart solutions towards more aligned domestic and international, public and private financing flows aimed at ending hunger and malnutrition. Picking up on the Spring Meetings’ core theme of jobs as a path to prosperity, the important role of jobs in food value chains and improved livelihoods for furthering food security and nutrition will also be explored.This policy seminar will:Take stock of recent data, trends and outlooks for food and nutrition security, with a focus on the most vulnerable countries.Discuss challenges and opportunities in resourcing, regional and global cooperation, and innovation to bend the curve of hunger and malnutrition.Examine research findings and share policy recommendations to prevent and prepare for food crises, while broadening the focus to strengthening value chains and markets in developing countries.Opening SessionModerator: Ruth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRISpeakersShobha Shetty, Global Director, Agriculture and Food, World BankJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRIMaximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)High-level Panel on Challenges and OpportunitiesModerator: Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy; Acting Senior Director, Transformation Strategy, IFPRISpeakersJohn Steenhuisen, Minister of the Department of Agriculture, South AfricaArnel de Mesa, Assistant Secretary for Special Concerns and for Official Development Assistance (ODA) and the DA Spokesperson, Department of AgricultureAlvaro Lario, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)Gilles Morellato, Head of Official Development Assistance team at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign AffairsRania Dagash-Kamara, Assistant Executive Director Partnerships and Innovation, World Food Programme (WFP)Deep Dive: The Role of Value Chains in Boosting Food and Nutritional SecurityModerator: Loraine Ronchi, Global Lead for Science, Knowledge and Innovation in Agriculture and Food, World BankSpeakersAlice Ruhweza, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)Ayodeji Balogun, Group CEO, the Africa Exchange (AFEX)Matthias Berninger, EVP, Head of Public Affairs, Sustainability and Safety, Bayer GlobalJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIClosing RemarksMartien van Nieuwkoop, Director, Agricultural Development, Gates FoundationLinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/ending-hunger-and-malnutrition-keeping-our-eyes-on-the-road/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI WebinarHow Can We Improve Food Security Monitoring in Conflict-Affected Regions? Machine Learning for Spatially Granular Food Security MappingCo-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Initiative on ForesightMarch 25, 2025Machine learning is transforming agricultural and food security research, enabling more accurate and timely insights. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is advancing data-driven approaches in various domains, including crop-type mapping, maize yield estimation, and boat detection. These innovations demonstrate the potential of machine learning in addressing complex challenges and informing policy decisions.A key challenge in this space is food security monitoring in fragile and conflict-affected settings, where timely, granular data is often lacking but essential for policymakers, humanitarians, and researchers. Traditional methods, such as in-person household surveys, are often expensive, infrequent, and spatially coarse, limiting their ability to provide timely insights at local scales.To address these challenges, IFPRI has developed a machine learning-based approach to estimate Food Consumption Scores—which is the most commonly used food security indicator by WFP and partners— at a granular village-tract level in Myanmar. This model leverages multiple data sources—including phone survey data, earth observation, crowd-sourced data, and GIS (Geographic Information System) datasets—to generate spatially explicit and near real-time food security assessments. During this seminar, we will discuss the development and application of this approach, the key data and modeling techniques used, and how this method can be scaled for other conflict-affected regions. We will highlight challenges such as data representativeness, feature selection, and model validation, and share insights into improving food security predictions. Finally, we will outline the broader implications of integrating machine learning with earth observation and survey data to support humanitarian efforts and policy decisions.Moderator and Opening RemarksJawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, Natural Resource and Resilience Unit, IFPRIPresentationsJoanna van Asselt, Associate Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit, IFPRIZhe Guo, Senior GIS Coordinator, Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/how-can-we-improve-food-security-monitoring-in-conflict-affected-regions-machine-learning-for-spatially-granular-food-security-mapping/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Significant levels of food loss and waste continue to have negative impacts on food security and the environment, and Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve food loss and waste worldwide by 2030, remains out of reach. Join us on “12.3 Day” 2025 to take stock of efforts and opportunities to make progress toward this important goal. Organized by the Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the World Resources Institute (WRI), this event will examine commitments and best practices implemented around the world; and most importantly, explore how to go from big promises to real, tangible actions to reduce food loss and waste. We will discuss:National Commitments in Global Forums. 2025 is a significant year for multilateral global efforts to tackle climate change and bolster food systems. Countries are submitting new Nationally Determined Contributions prior to COP30 and Food Systems Transformation Action Plans prior to the UN Food Systems Summit +4, presenting a unique opportunity to embed food loss and waste in national plans while also laying the groundwork for implementation. Corporate Commitments. 13 large food retailers and their suppliers have committed to the 10x20x30 Food Loss and Waste Initiative, which aims to slash food waste across supply chains. Many are demonstrating real results, giving a look at how businesses can effectively team up to scale action. Evidence-Based Solutions One Third, established in 2015 by the Danish government as the first think tank solely dedicated to reducing food loss and waste, has gathered evidence on effective solutions and how to scale them.This virtual event is free and open to the public to attend. Please share this event with interested colleagues and networks.Welcome RemarksBrian Lipinski, Associate II, Food Program, World Resources Institute (WRI)Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Member, Champions 12.3 Leadership GroupAlan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPresentationsJacob Jensen, The Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark (Video Remarks)Anne Bordier, Director of Food Initiatives, World Resources Institute (WRI)PanelistsLea Stoustrup Brandt, Special Advisor / Head of Secretariat, One\ThirdCarolyne Maina, Program Director, Technoserve Inc, NutriSave ProgramModeratorBrian Lipinski, Associate II, Food Program, World Resources Institute (WRI)Links:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/no-time-to-waste-moving-from-commitments-to-action-on-food-loss-and-waste/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series | IFPRI Policy SeminarBiofuels and the Global Vegetable Oil MarketCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)March 4, 2025Production of biodiesel fuel in Brazil, the European Union, Indonesia, and the United States has grown by nearly 40 percent over the past five years, driven largely by subsidies and government mandates. Government regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions have also boosted demand for vegetable oils and created new markets for used cooking oils (UCO), altering commodity trading patterns and price dynamics. The seminar will present overviews of the global vegetable oil market and the market for used cooking oil for fuel, followed by a moderated expert panel discussion representing views from across the globe. A question and answer session will follow.Overview of the Global Vegetable Oil MarketDi Yang, Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Overview of the Global Market of Used Cooking OilPierre Charlebois, Private Consultant, former Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)DiscussionModerated by Monika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Secretary and Joseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI-Brazil Soybean Market: Eduardo Vanin, Proprietário, Agrinvest Commodities-Indonesia Biodiesel Mandates: Jasmine Osinski, Agricultural Attaché, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)—Jakarta-US Biodiesel Market: Scott Gerlt, Chief Economist, American Soybean Association (ASA)-EU Biodiesel Market: Mohamed El-Fatih Abu-Samra, Market Officer, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission (EU)Moderator-Donald Boucher, Director General, Sector Development and Analysis Directorate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) ChairLinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/biofuels-and-the-global-vegetable-oil-market/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Co-organized by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) & IFPRIUndernutrition during childhood and early adolescence has long-term consequences for development and health, and for girls it can affect the survival and wellbeing of their children. Diet-related risk School meal programs are an effective way to boost children’s nutrition and wellbeing, including physiological development and academic performance. These programs can also play an important role in food systems transformation by ensuring access to healthy diets, supporting equitable livelihoods, and contributing to environmental sustainability. However, data on large-scale school meal programs have historically been fragmented and inconsistent, despite the global prevalence of these programs and evidence of their positive impact. The Global Survey of School Meal Programs © https://gcnf.org/global-survey/ seeks to address this gap, collecting the most comprehensive data to date on national and large-scale school feeding programs, with information on 167 countries. It provides comprehensive global data on school meal coverage, financing, food baskets, laws and policies, home-grown school feeding, and more, thus serving as a foundation for monitoring global progress over time.The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) https://gcnf.org/ and IFPRI invite you to the official launch of the third Global Survey report, School Meal Programs Around the World, 2024 edition, with results from the 2022 school year. The survey is implemented by GCNF, with funding from USDA and The Rockefeller Foundation and expert input from IFPRI and other lead researchers and organizations. The resulting data provide governments and other stakeholders with an up-to-date global database of standardized information on school meal programs to make informed decisions. GCNF and IFPRI will present results from the latest survey, which concluded in August 2024, and a distinguished panel of experts will discuss implications of the survey for policy, research, advocacy, implementation, and business. Highlights of the 2024 survey results are already available in English and six other languages on GCNF’s website here https://gcnf.org/global-reports/ . The full report, School Meal Programs Around the World, 2024 edition, and additional resources will be released on the day of the event.Introductory RemarksPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy; Acting Senior Director, Transformation Strategy, IFPRIMary Muinde, Chief of Staff to the First Lady of KenyaFabio Veras Soares, Researcher, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Development, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPCid/IPEA), Government of Brazil Neo Sediti, Director, National School Nutrition Programme, Government of the Republic of South AfricaDana Thomas, Managing Director, Food is Medicine, The Rockefeller FoundationOverview of Survey ResultsArlene Mitchell, Executive Director, Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF)Liliane Bigayimpunzi, Survey Coordinator for Africa, GCNFAyala Wineman, Research and Survey Specialist, GCNFPanel: Putting the Survey Results into Use- Policy, Research, Advocacy, Implementation and the Business Perspective Marie Tamagnan, Senior Operations Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)Mduduzi Mbuya, Director, Knowledge Leadership, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)Beatrice Wamey, President, Nascent Solutions Mia Blakstad, Social Protection Specialist, The World BankCarmen Burbano, Director of School Meals and Social Protection, UN World Food Program (WFP) and Director of the School Meals Coalition SecretariatClosing RemarksCatherine Bertini, former Executive Director, UN World Food Program (WFP)ModeratorAulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRILinksMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/official-launch-of-the-third-global-survey-of-school-meal-programs/

This event is co-organized by IFPRI and The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Research Consortium for School Health and NutritionUndernutrition during childhood and early adolescence has long-term consequences for development and health, and for girls it can affect the survival and wellbeing of their children. Diet-related risk factors are estimated to cause 20% of global mortality, and changes in food systems have led to rapid shifts to unhealthy diets and reductions in physical activity, contributing to the increase in rates of overweight and obesity. Moreover, current dietary and population trends will exacerbate risks to humans and the planet.School feeding programs, or school meals, are a widely implemented safety net with documented impacts across social protection, education, health and nutrition dimensions, and substantial projected economic returns to investment. Globally, programs reach over 400 million children for a total investment of over $50 billion a year. By being most effective for the most disadvantaged children, school meal programs can “level the playing field” in education, health, and nutrition. Experiences in high- and middle-income countries have also linked school meals to food systems transformation, where food procurement for school meals is used as an outlet for commercial farmers. National governments in LIMCs have shown interest in explicitly linking food systems transformation with the school feeding market through “home-grown” school feeding (HGSF). In HGSF, the “structured demand” for school food and related services is channeled to smallholders and other supply chain actors with the intent of stimulating agricultural productivity, increasing incomes, improving diets, and reducing food insecurity.More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/school-meals-in-the-21st-century-emerging-evidence-and-future-directions/Welcome and IntroductionPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy; Acting Senior Director, Transformation Strategy, IFPRIDonald Bundy, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)School Meals are Evolving: Has the Evidence Kept up?Harold Alderman, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRINew Evidence from Impact EvaluationsImpact evaluation of the home-grown school meal model in Jordan: Simone Lombardini, Evaluation Officer, World Food Programme (WFP)Impact evaluation of the home-grown school meal model in The Gambia: Benedetta Lerva, Economist, Development Impact (DIME), Development Economics, The World BankImpact evaluation of an added milk intervention to a micronutrient fortified school feeding program in crisis settings: Lilia Bliznashka, Research Fellow, IFPRIPanel Discussion: Moving from evidence to actionMangani Katundu, Secretary for Education, Government of MalawiDonald Bundy, Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)Lynnette Neufeld, Director, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Kagwiria Koome, Manager, Food, The Rockefeller FoundationMia Blakstad, Window Manager, Food and Nutrition, The World BankArlene Mitchell, Executive Director, Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF)Moderator and Closing RemarksAulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRILinks:Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series | IFPRI Policy SeminarTrade disruptions and their impacts on agricultural markets: Looking back and aheadCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)January 13, 2025Global agricultural markets have been in a constant state of uproar over the past 5 years. Trade wars between major trading nations such as China, US and Australia, supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, crisis in the Middle East and export restrictions have diverted supplies, altered trading patterns, increased price volatility which often makes markets less efficient and more costly. Despite these disruptions, the global grain and oilseed trade showed much resilience–importers found alternative suppliers, buyers adjusted by changing the timing of purchases, and inventory management practices went from “just-in-time” stocks to “just-in-case” levels, even if storage of food commodities can be costly. Perhaps remarkably, prices spikes and periods of high price volatility during the period have been relatively short-lived. But storm clouds are again on the horizon. Amid trade tensions between China and both Canada and the EU over electric vehicle imports, the possibility of new tariffs being imposed by the US president-elect on Canada, Mexico, China and other trading partners there is the possibility of counter measures impacting agrifood trade. The continued war in the Black Sea and conflict and instability in the Middle East mean that the threat of future trade disruptions on agri-food commodities will continue to roil global markets. This seminar examines the impacts of recent trade disruptions in agri-food commodities and explores how markets can build resilience to possible future disruptions. IntroductionMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryPanel PresentationsModerated by Monika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryImpact of the US-China trade war on China grain and oilseed purchases: Nancy DeVore, CEO – Managing Director, DHF Team LLCImpacts of the China-Australia trade war on global barley trade: Pat O’Shannassy, CEO, DHF Team LLC (GTA)Impacts of the Russia invasion of Ukraine on Egyptian wheat purchases: Hisham Al Attal, President, Fortuna Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) GroupImpacts of India export restrictions on Senegalese rice purchases: Abdou Karim Fofana, former Senegalese Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs, and Small and Medium EnterprisesDiscussionJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIModeratorsJoseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIMonika Tothova, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) SecretaryLinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/trade-disruptions-and-their-impacts-on-agricultural-markets-looking-back-and-ahead/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Throughout her career, Ruth Meinzen-Dick has made pathbreaking contributions to natural resource management and gender equity, drawing from her deep engagement with communities to improve understanding and measurement in these areas. Dr. Meinzen-Dick’s research encompasses land and water policy, property rights, collective action, and games for experiential learning, with a longstanding focus on improving equity.This Policy Seminar highlights her research contributions and examines how the impact of research on natural resources and women’s empowerment can be strengthened through interventions in knowledge, motivation, and agency.Moderator and Welcome RemarksClaudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRIFrom WEAI to WEMNS: ‘Engendering’ Food Policy ResearchHow measurements changed minds: Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIGendered land rights for rural poverty reduction: Cheryl Doss, Professor, Economics, Tufts UniversityFrom Collective Action to Property Rights: Why Institutions Matter for Water and other ResourcesWhy property rights are the cornerstone of water management: Mark Rosegrant, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRINatural resource institutions for resilient livelihoods: Jagdeesh Rao, CEO, Living Landscapes and Convenor, Common GroundFrom Mentorship to Capacity SharingWater Alternatives: The other journal on water: Francois Molle, Director of Research, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and Peter Mollinga, Senior Fellow, Center for Development Research (ZEF)The International Association for the Study of the Commons: Marco Janssen, Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University (ASU)Increasing the Impact of Research on Natural Resources and Women’s AgencyRuth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPolicy PanelModerated by: Steven Lawry, Senior Associate, The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)Victoria Stanley, Senior Land Administration Specialist, The World BankVicki Wilde, Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development and Women’s Economic Empowerment, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Aslihan Kes, Senior Gender Advisor, Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Links:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/building-more-inclusive-and-natural-resource-secure-food-futures/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Global Food Policy ReportSeries/Special EventFood Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition: Africa Regional Launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy ReportIn collaboration with University of Nairobi and part of the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) Seminar SeriesNovember 14, 2024Despite significant progress in addressing hunger and undernutrition in the early 2000s, malnutrition, in all its forms, remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets remain the primary drivers of many forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Today, the number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet is as high as 3.1 billion people. The imperative for meaningful solutions to help achieve better nutrition for people and a better future for the planet have never been stronger; meaningful impact will require that we deploy high-impact, evidence-based solutions in context-specific and adaptable, dynamic, and equitable ways.IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets, presents evidence-based policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition. Reflecting on a long history of research on diets, agriculture and food systems by IFPRI and the CGIAR, in partnership with many around the world, the report emphasizes the critical need to focus our attention on diets that promote health and well-being for both people and the planet. It examines how demand- and supply-side approaches can support healthy dietary choices, how critical it is to invest in efforts to improve affordability, and to strengthen food environments in ways that can improve diets. The report also highlights ways to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, explores the role of animal-sourced foods, and discusses the role of effective governance in achieving change. Last, but not least, the report highlights critical challenges for several regions around the world – where contextually-relevant actions must come together to deliver impact.Following opening remarks and presentations of the report’s key findings and recommendations by IFPRI’s researchers, a distinguished panel of partners and experts will discuss the report. Expert remarks will focus on challenges and opportunities to transform food systems so that everyone everywhere can reap the benefits of sustainable healthy diets. This will be followed by a question-and-answer session and closing reflection/vote of thanks.More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-systems-for-healthy-diets-and-nutrition-africa-regional-launch-of-ifpris-2024-global-food-policy-report/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Series/Special EventImproving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take? A Dialogue on IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy ReportCo-organized by IFPRI, the Netherlands Food Partnership, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and NatureSupported by the Director General for International Partnerships – Sustainable Agri-Food systems and fisheries from the European Commission and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, represented by the Special Envoy for nutrition and Secretary General of Nutrition for Growth Paris.November 6, 2024IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy flagship publication arrives at a pivotal moment, as the importance of addressing food systems for better nutrition continues to gain global recognition. With United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 29th Conference of the Parties taking place in November, the SUN Global Gathering on the horizon and the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2025, this report offers valuable evidence and insights that can help guide policy and investment decisions for improving nutrition at the national, regional and global levels.In addition to a presentation of the report’s key findings and recommendations by IFPRI’s leading researchers in diets and nutrition, a distinguished panel of European and country partner policy makers, and representatives of multilateral institutions will discuss the report. Expert remarks will focus on key challenges and opportunities for EU stakeholders to support the transformation of food systems to advance nutrition and healthy diets in low and middle-income countries.This event and strategic discussion is co-organized by IFPRI, the Netherlands Food Partnership, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Nature. The organizers were supported by the Director General for International Partnerships – Sustainable Agri-Food systems and fisheries from the European Commission and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, represented by the Special Envoy for nutrition and Secretary General of Nutrition for Growth Paris.To view the full program, please click https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024_GFPR-Europe-draft-agenda_10-30-24.pdf Links:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/improving-diets-and-nutrition-through-food-systemswhat-will-it-take-a-dialogue-on-ifpris-2024-global-food-policy-report/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

EventIFPRI Policy SeminarLearning Support for a Multi-Country Climate Resilience Programme for Food SecurityOrganized by CGIAR with support from World Food Programme (WFP) and The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)November 5, 2024The Learning Support for a Sub-Saharan Africa Multi-Country Climate Resilience Program for Food Security, launched in 2023, aims to enhance food security and climate resilience across 14 African countries. This collaboration among CGIAR, the World Food Programme, and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has three pillars: scaling disaster risk financing, transforming food systems with sustainable school meals and clean cooking, and supporting smallholder farmers. This work leverages CGIAR’s extensive experience in strategic program support, impact evaluations, and knowledge product development, and integrates the CGIAR’s Fragility, Conflict, and Migration (FCM) and Seed Equal initiatives. Ongoing efforts include strategic reviews, resilience assessments, and evaluations of WFP’s nutritional and crisis resilience interventions.The event aims to disseminate research findings and showcase the partnership’s significant contributions to food security and climate resilience. Speakers from CGIAR, WFP, and Norad will present an overview of the program and highlights of research projects and findings, followed by a panel discussion by experts from several African countries.Introduction and Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIARArif Husain, Chief Economist and Director of Analysis, Planning and Performance, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)Daniel van Gilst, Senior Agriculture Adviser, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)An Overview of the CGIAR-WFP Activities Funded by NorwayDaniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), IFPRIHighlights of Selected Research Projects and FindingsJessica Leight, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIAlan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Peter Läderach, Program Leader, Co-lead CGIAR Climate Security / Principal Climate Scientist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (ABC)Wolde Mekuria, Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)Panel DiscussionModerated by: Sandra Ruckstuhl, Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)David Kamau, Programme Officer, World Food Programme (WFP), KenyaLynett Ochuma, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, KenyaChristian Grassini, World Food Programme (WFP), MozambiqueSerene Philip, Social Protection Specialist, World Food Programme (WFP), SomaliaAdeyinka Jacob Timothy, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer, World Food Programme (WFP), NigeriaClosing Remarks Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIModeratorMulugeta Bayeh, Web Communications Manager, IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/learning-support-for-a-multi-country-climate-resilience-programme-for-food-security/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Martin J. Forman Memorial LectureIFPRI Policy SeminarSupporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact34th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial LectureOctober 30, 2024This year’s Forman Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. She served as the Director of IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division from 2004 to 2023, after serving as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow in that division beginning in 1996.Dr. Ruel will reflect on the role of research in supporting and shaping the evolution of the global nutrition agenda over the last three decades. Drawing on examples from her journey in research leadership, she will present the case for how investments in rigorous research and partnerships with development actors around the world have supported this evolution. Her case studies will highlight the importance of evidence in shaping agendas for maternal and child nutrition and nutrition-sensitive programming, and in positioning nutrition and healthy diets within agriculture and food systems. Dr. Ruel’s lecture will focus on the role of researchers in sustaining and guiding major global development trends. Her lecture will conclude by discussing implications for investments in research and their critical importance in supporting effective action to solve the malnutrition crisis that the world continues to face today.The annual lecture commemorates Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years and made a significant impact on international nutrition. The lecturer is invited to present personal views about major issues related to malnutrition.Welcome RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIARRemarksKenan Forman, Son of Martin J. FormanDan Sinclair, Director, Center for Nutrition in the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Martin J. Forman Memorial LectureMarie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow, Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, IFPRIReflections and Tributes from PanelistsShawn K. Baker, MPH, Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller InternationalNamukolo Covic, Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Omar Dary, Senior Nutrition Science Specialist, Bureau of Global Health, MCHN, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Patrick Webb, Chief Nutritionist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Closing Remarks and ModeratorPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/supporting-and-shaping-the-global-nutrition-agenda-with-evidence-a-three-decade-journey-of-research-and-partnerships-for-impact/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Debt Distress and the Right to Food in AfricaCo-organized by IFPRI and Welthungerhilfe (WHH)October 2, 2024More than half of low-income countries are at risk of debt distress or have already defaulted. The debt crisis, while exacerbated by recent crises, has been looming for several years. According to the United Nations, 3.3 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest repayments than on education or health, and in sub-Saharan Africa, governments are spending 53 percent of revenue on debt servicing.What do these debt trends mean for efforts to address food insecurity and uphold citizens’ right to food? Twenty years after the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Food (RtF) by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, many countries that adopted RtF in their constitutions still face high levels of food and nutrition insecurity. Although the Guidelines incorporate clear guidance on pursuing debt relief to allow for the progressive realization of the RtF, debt repayments and austerity measures, combined with insufficient local revenue mobilization, force governments to re-prioritize scarce resources and undermine investments in food system transformation.In the run-up to the International Development Association (IDA) Replenishment Forum in October 2024 and the release of the African Union’s post-Malabo agenda in early 2025, this policy seminar brings together speakers from international and African organizations to examine the impacts of the debt crisis on realizing the RtF in Africa and consider solutions to protect and progressively realize those rights.Opening RemarksDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)Panel DiscussionMichael Windfuhr, Deputy Director, German Institute for Human Rights; Member of Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Presentation)Diana Gichengo, Executive Director, The Institute for Social Accountability, Kenya; Member of African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)Geeta Sethi, Global Lead for Food Systems, The World Bank GroupJennifer Clapp, University Professor & Canada Research Chair, IPES-Food and University of Waterloo, Canada (Presentation)Nick Jacobs, Consulting Director, IPES-Food (Presentation)Closing RemarksMichael Gabriel, Director of Strategic Partnerships, US and Canada, Welthungerhilfe (WHH)ModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/debt-distress-and-the-right-to-food-in-africa/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Agronomy and Policy Solutions for Effective Implementation of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action PlanCo-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI)September 10, 2024CGIAR is pleased to support our regional and national partners in their implementation of the action plan emerging from the May 2024 African Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit. As the seventh policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this event will examine the outcomes of the AFSH Summit and consider how to achieve the goals of the 10-year AFSH Action Plan. Bringing together diverse set of speakers, it will provide a platform for expertise exchange, collaboration, and actionable progress in advancing soil health and agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.Featured speakers from the research, policy, nongovernmental, and private sectors will highlight agronomy solutions and policy frameworks that can bolster stakeholder resilience. These experts will draw on the work of two CGIAR research initiatives, Excellence in Agronomy and National Policies and Strategies, to explore the potential of agronomy at scale solutions and present strategies for developing effective policy frameworks in support of soil health, balanced plant nutrition, and increased agricultural productivity and livelihoods. Opening RemarksCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIAntony Chapoto, Executive Director, Secretariat, Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI)Outcome of the AFSH and Next StepsWole Fatunbi, Ag. Director of Research and Innovation, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)Oumou Camara, Vice President of Programs, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)Bernard Vanlauwe, Deputy Director General, Research for Development, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)Felicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, Division “Agriculture, rural development”, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Habiba Mouttaki, Chief Commercial Officer, Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) AfricaSupporting Agronomic Solutions at Scale and Enabling Policy Frameworks for Sustainable Fertilizer Management and Soil Health Job Kihara, Agronomist, Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT; Excellence in Agronomy (EiA), CGIARJohn Olwande, Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development; National Policies and Strategies, CGIARClaudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRIKibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIMadhur Gautam, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIDiscussion Richard Mkandawire, Africa Director, Alliance for African Partnership, Michigan State University (MSU); National Planning Commissioner, MalawiMaria Wanzala, Vice President, Policy Services, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)ModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/agronomy-and-policy-solutions-for-effective-implementation-of-the-african-fertilizer-and-soil-health-action-plan/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Policy Dialogue/Series/Special EventAgainst the grain: Could farmers feed the world and heal the planet?Co-organized by IFPRI and The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive SolutionsVirtual EventAugust 27, 2024Humanity relies on agriculture to provide nourishment, yet there is an urgent need to reduce the agricultural sector’s environmental footprint. Meeting these two goals is crucial for both people and the planet to thrive. Please join us for a conversation featuring Roger Thurow, award-winning author and journalist, whose recently released book argues it is possible for farmers to meet these two critical objectives. This seminar will discuss the importance of heeding the wisdom and experiences of the world’s smallholder, Indigenous, and family farmers, who are facing the effects of climate change and environmental degradation firsthand as they endeavor to earn a living and feed their families and communities. Perspectives from farmers will highlight how the practices of agroforestry, agroecology, and regenerative agriculture can provide food to nourish humanity while also protecting the environment. The seminar will also discuss how science and research, including the work of CGIAR, and investment and financing has contributed to enhancing the work of these farmers and transforming food systems for people and the planet.Welcome RemarksCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRISpeakersRoger Thurow, Award-winning author and journalist; Former Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global AffairsJackson Kinyanjui Koimbori, Senior Circular Economy and Climate Change Coordinator, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, IFPRI; Co-lead of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+)Evalyne Okoth, Farmer, The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions, Nyando, KenyaJonathan Mockshell, Senior Agricultural Economist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIATClosing RemarksCarlo Fadda, Director, Agrobiodiversity, Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT; Lead, Nature-Positive Solutions Research InitiativeModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks:Purchase the book:https://www.amazon.com/Against-Grain-Farmers-Transforming-Agriculture/dp/1572843403More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/against-the-grain-could-farmers-feed-the-world-and-heal-the-planet/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Policy SeminarThe Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youthCo-organized by IFPRI, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)June 18, 20249:30 – 11:00 am (America/New York)3:30 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)7:00 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)More intense and frequent climate events are increasingly disrupting agriculture-based livelihoods, with disproportionate effects on marginalized groups, including women farmers. Yet there is a lack of empirical research on the adverse effects of these extreme weather events, making it even more challenging to build smallholders’ resilience and address rising gender inequalities.In a recent report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations quantified the negative impacts of certain extreme climate events on poor rural households. The report, which included contributions from the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (https://www.ifpri.org/project/g-can-gender-responsive-and-climate-resilient-agriculturefor-nutrition), found that both floods and heat stress have already widened the income gap between poor and non-poor households by US$20 billion a year. Among other findings, it also showed that each day with extremely high temperatures reduces the total value of crops produced by women farmers by 3 percent relative to men.Please join us to discuss key results from the report and hear from policymakers, practitioners, and partners on how they are working to generate relevant evidence and make a difference on the ground. Opening RemarksMaximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Key Findings from the ReportNicholas Sitko, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Resilience to Climate Change and GenderClaudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRIImportance of DataCarlo Azzarri, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPriorities for Inclusive Climate Action in AsiaMansi Shah, Program Manager for the Future of Work Activities, Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA)Priorities for Inclusive Climate Action in AfricaFaith Gikunda, Communications Director, Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa (ICCASA)Donor Perspectives on Addressing Social and Economic Inequalities Through Climate ActionAslihan Kes, Senior Gender Advisor, Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Closing RemarksAditi Mukherji, Director, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform of the CGIARModeratorElizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRILinks:The Unjust Climate: http://the%20unjust%20climate/More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/unjust-climate-measuring-impacts-climate-change-rural-poor-women-and-youth/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESFamines and Fragility: Making humanitarian, developmental, and peacebuilding responses workCo-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)14:30 TO 16:15 CETJUN 11, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:15AM EDTGlobally, the number of people facing crisis-level or worse acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2017. The 2024 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), which informs the Global Network Against Food Crises on where humanitarian and developmental assistance is most needed, reported 282 million people in 59 food crisis countries faced crisis-levels of acute food insecurity and more than 700,000 people suffered famine in 2023. These numbers have increased with the crises in Gaza, Sudan, and Haiti.Conflict and fragility are major drivers of food crises, often compounded by weather extremes and economic shocks. Sound understanding of these drivers and of the structural factors underlying fragility is needed for timely and appropriate crisis responses and for preventative action. However, no one size fits all. Food crisis conditions and drivers vary greatly across countries, and crisis responders continue to face challenges to effective action along the humanitarian-development-peacebuilding (HDP) nexus.As the sixth policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this seminar will take stock of what we know about key drivers of protracted food crises and persistent fragility and about the obstacles to successful HDP action. Speakers will discuss: recent trends in acute food insecurity and their causes; the severity and dynamics of acute malnutrition in rapidly developing food crises, with a focus on new methods of collecting evidence; building resilience to economic shocks in fragile, conflict-affected food crisis countries; and ways to adapt humanitarian assistance, social protection, and livelihood rebuilding programs for fragile contexts with vast numbers of displaced people.Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIARHendrik Denker, Deputy Head of Division 123, Food and Nutrition Security, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Panel I - Protracted Food Crises: How to break the vicious circle of conflict, climate shocks and economic crises?Global Food Crises and Fragility: Trends and driversSara McHattie, Global Coordinator, Food Security Information Network (FSIN)Anticipating and Dealing with Food Crisis Risks: The role of preventative lending windowsSarah Simons, Program Manager, Partnerships & Quality Team, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World BankAddressing Food Crises Through the Humanitarian-Development-Peacebuilding (HDP) Nexus: Challenges and opportunitiesMia Beers, Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Panel II – Lessons for Research and Policy from Four Hotspots of Hunger, Famine, and Fragility Famine in Gaza: Questions for food crisis risk monitoring and preventive action in fragile and conflict-ridden contextsRob Vos, Director Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIMethodological Innovations for Understanding Myanmar’s Current Food Crisis and Post-Conflict ReconstructionDerek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRISudan’s Imminent Famine: What do we know and what can be done to prevent a major humanitarian disaster?Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow, and Sudan Country Strategy Support Program Leader, IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/famines-and-fragility-making-humanitarian-developmental-and-peacebuilding-responses-workSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

HYBRID POLICY SEMINARTackling the Hidden Costs of our Food SystemsCo-organized by IFPRI, The Food System Economics Commission (FSEC), and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)JUN 6, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDTFood systems provide important benefits to the global population, not only providing food but also supporting livelihoods for more than one billion people around the globe. However, food systems also encompass hidden environmental, health, and social costs, estimated to be at least $10 trillion per year, as mapped out in two separate seminal reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC).Please join us for a discussion on these hidden costs of food systems and the remedies to reduce this economic burden, while moving toward more sustainable, health-promoting, and socially inclusive food systems.Speakers include experts involved in FAO’s report, The State of Food and Agriculture 2023, and FSEC’s Global Policy Report, The Economics of the Food System Transformation. Additional food system experts will delineate the hidden costs of food systems and examine transformative approaches for reducing them.Open and Welcome Remarks | Setting the SceneJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIARMaximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)FAO SOFA reportAndrea Cattaneo, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) FSEC Global Policy Report FindingsCaterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Director, Food System Economics Commission (FSEC)The Role of Diets in Reducing Food System's Hidden CostsJessica Fanzo, Professor of Climate and Food at Columbia UniversityAddressing Obstacles to Food Systems TransformationDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: hhttps://www.ifpri.org/event/tackling-hidden-costs-our-food-systemsSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

SPECIAL EVENTUnderstanding the New Dynamics of Agrifood Trade, Perspectives by Pascal LamyCo-hosted jointly by IFPRI and Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)MAY 30, 2024 - 2:30 TO 4:00PM EDTGeopolitical tensions, as well as conflicts at the regional, national, and local levels, climate change and sustainability challenges, and the troubling rise in the number of malnourished people worldwide form part of the complex web of factors shaping agrifood dynamics, and in turn, trade policies and negotiations.Please join us for a lecture by IFPRI Board Chair Pascal Lamy, a foremost expert in international trade matters, who served as the European Union’s Trade Commissioner and as the World Trade Organization’s Director General. In examining past, present, and possible future dynamics of agrifood trade, Lamy will focus on evolving implications for developing countries and set forth potential approaches to aligning trade policies with the imperatives of sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, and poverty reduction.The lecture will be followed by comments from a panel of international trade experts and a Q&A session.Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIARMarcus Noland, Director General, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Keynote SpeakerPascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (2005–2013); President emeritus, Jacques Delors InstituteInternational Trade Expert PanelMary Lovely, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Mari Elka Pangestu, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIAnabel González, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Sherman Robinson, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/understanding-new-dynamics-agri-food-trade-perspectives-pascal-lamySubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Despite significant progress in addressing hunger, malnutrition remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Worldwide, as many as 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. The imperative to transform our food systems to ensure sustainable healthy diets for all has never been stronger; meaningful change will require that we deploy high-impact, evidence-based solutions in context-specific ways that are adaptable, dynamic, and equitable.IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition presents policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition. Drawing on a substantial body of research on diets, agriculture, and food systems from IFPRI and CGIAR, in partnership with colleagues around the world, the report emphasizes the critical need to focus on diets that benefit both people and the planet. It explores how demand-side approaches can support healthy dietary choices, the need to invest in improving affordability, and ways to strengthen food environments to support healthy diets. The report also highlights supply-side ways to improve diets, including increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables and assessing the role of animal-source foods, and discusses how effective governance can help achieve change. For each of the world’s major regions, the report identifies critical challenges and opportunities for contextually relevant actions to deliver healthy diets and nutrition for all.Following a presentation of the report’s key findings and recommendations by IFPRI’s leading researchers in diets and nutrition, a distinguished panel of partners and experts will discuss the report. Remarks will focus on challenges and opportunities to transform food systems so that everyone everywhere can reap the benefits of sustainable healthy diets. Opening and Report LaunchJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIARDeanna Olney, Director, Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH), IFPRISelected findings from the 2024 GFPROpportunities and Challenges of Using a Food Systems FrameworkMarie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIDemand-side Determinants and SolutionsSunny Kim, Research Fellow, IFPRIFood Environments for Better NutritionGabriela Fretes, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRIEnabling EnvironmentsDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPanel ReflectionsModerated by Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRISoumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), IndiaNamukolo Covic, Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), EthiopiaChristopher Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and Co-Editor-in-Chief, Food Policy, Cornell UniversityLynnette Neufeld, Director, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), ItalyShelly Sundberg, Interim Director, Agricultural Development, Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Closing ReflectionsPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/improving-diets-and-nutrition-through-food-systems-what-will-it-takeSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

HYBRID POLICY SEMINARGlobalization of the Bioeconomy: Recent Trends and Drivers of Bioeconomy Programs and PoliciesCo-organized by IFPRI, International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) and CGIARMAY 7, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDTThe bioeconomy approach to sustainable development holds great promise in reducing dependence on fossil fuels, addressing climate change, and promoting resource-use efficiency, thereby stimulating economic growth, enabling innovation, and improving food security. The bioeconomy is the production, utilization, conservation, and regeneration of biological resources, including related knowledge, science, technology, and innovation, to provide sustainable solutions (information, products, processes, and services) within and across all economic sectors and enable a transformation to a sustainable economy.Multilateral organizations have intensified their engagement in, and for, the bioeconomy. Under India’s lead in 2023, the G20 drew attention to the bioeconomy and, in 2024, Brazil put the bioeconomy prominently on the G20 agenda. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) included bioeconomy in its most recent science strategy. At the same time, national bioeconomy strategies are emerging to shape multisectoral approaches to climate neutrality, food and nutrition security, improved health, economic growth, and other objectives aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.In April 2024, the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) released a new policy review in preparation for the Global Bioeconomy Summit in October 2024. The new report analyzes bioeconomy policy trends and their determinants, and highlights the growing importance of the bioeconomy as a key enabler and solution provider to global sustainability challenges across various sectors and dimensions of society. Importantly, the report identifies international and multilateral cooperation as a key building block.The report—and the growing body of research on the bioeconomy—emphasizes the opportunities to advance innovation and facilitate the rise of a bio-based industry and manufacturing, sustainable and regenerative agriculture, human health, and circular bio-based economies. This seminar will spotlight key findings from the IACBG report and explore the role of the bioeconomy in addressing food security, nutrition and diets, and poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries. Please join us on May 7, 2024, at the International Food Policy Research Institute (in-person or online) for an exciting seminar on the globalization of the bioeconomy.Welcome RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIKeynote SpeakerJoachim von Braun, Distinguished Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn UniversityPanel DiscussionJulius Ecuru, Principal Scientist and Manager, Research Innovation Coordination Units, BioInnovate Africa Programme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyIsmahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR (Video Remarks)Mary E. Maxon, Executive Director, BioFuturesHugo Alexander Chavarría Miranda, Program Manager for Innovation and Bioeconomy, and Executive Secretary Latin American Bioeconomy Network, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) (Video Remarks)ModeratorDavid Spielman, Director, Innovation Policy, and Scaling (IPS), IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/globalization-bioeconomy-recent-trends-and-drivers-bioeconomy-programs-and-policiesSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

HYBRID POLICY SEMINARSudan at a Crossroads: Food Systems, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid During Civil ConflictMAY 2, 2024 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM EDTIn April 2023, Sudan descended into a violent civil war that has displaced more than 8 million people, destroyed critical infrastructure, and left half the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. More than one year later, the unresolved conflict threatens agricultural production, agroprocessing, and trade, exacerbating Sudan’s status as a failed state. Sudan’s trajectory is therefore relevant for the broader community of scholars and practitioners working to enhance food systems and food security in fragile states facing complex humanitarian emergencies.This IFPRI policy seminar will reflect on urgent data, analytical, and policy needs to mitigate food insecurity and revitalize food systems in Sudan. Several interrelated issues will be addressed, including options for policy engagement in the absence of a legitimate government, the viability of balancing immediate humanitarian needs with longer-term investments in agricultural development, and possible post-conflict scenarios that might affect priority-setting for the food system. The event will bring together researchers from IFPRI’s Sudan country program, conflict analysts, humanitarian donors, and country experts in a hybrid format.Welcome RemarksDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRIOverview Remarks from USAIDTyler Beckelman, Deputy Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Africa BureauSudan’s Conflict and Complex EmergenciesAlex de Waal, Professor and Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts UniversityFood Security Before and During the War: Evidence from National Rural Household SurveyKhalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit and Sudan Country Strategy Support Program Leader, IFPRIShocks, Coping, and Livelihood Strategies due to the WarOliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit, Sudan Country Strategy Support Program, IFPRIEconomic Costs of the War and Recovery OptionsKarl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, Foresight, Policy, and Modeling (FPM) Unit, IFPRILocal and External Competencies for Peacebuilding in SudanIbrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum and former Sudan Minister of FinanceClosing RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIModeratorDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/sudan-crossroads-food-systems-hunger-and-humanitarian-aid-during-civil-conflictSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARDairy and Nutrition in the Global South: Potential, Progress, and Obstacles AheadAPR 24, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDTMalnutrition in early childhood is a major risk factor for premature death and disease, and is associated with 45% of all deaths of children under the age of 5. But malnutrition has important economic consequences too, by delaying learning and slowing down economic growth. Solving malnutrition requires multi-sectoral efforts, including more nutrition-oriented food policies. But how exactly can food policies improve nutrition?This policy seminar examines the potential of dairy development to improve nutrition outcomes, focusing on dairy’s sizable potential for reducing child stunting and other forms of malnutrition, and how dairy systems are being developed to help meet this potential. Speakers will present success stories that highlight diverse paths to progress, as well as major economic and environmental challenges to scaling up dairy production and consumption in the global South.The seminar will draw on a recent special issue published in the journal Food Policy on “Dairy Development and Nutrition in the Developing World”, which summarizes the most recent evidence on dairy’s importance for improving child nutrition, as well as the economic challenges of accelerating dairy development in the global South.Case studies of dairy sector development success stories from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia will be presented by dairy experts to examine how concerted efforts to improve the production, trade, and marketing of milk, were tackled through unique policy, programmatic and institutional approaches. IntroductionNamukolo Covic, Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Dairy Development and Nutrition: A synthesis of recent evidenceDerek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIDairy Development in Eastern AfricaMark Tsoxo, Tanzania Country Director, Heifer InternationalUganda’s Emerging Dairy Success StoryJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIDairy Development Programs at the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationDonald Nkrumah, Senior Program Officer, Livestock, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Dairy Development and Nutrition in IndiaShri Meenesh Shah, Chairman & Managing Director, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), IndiaModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/dairy-and-nutrition-global-south-potential-progress-and-obstacles-aheadSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARDeepening Social Protection Systems: Enhancing livelihoods and health in EthiopiaAPR 17, 2024 - 10:30AM TO 12:00PM EDTTwenty years after the establishment of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), a major social protection system, the country’s government, donors, and other stakeholders are implementing multidimensional graduation model programs that are designed to complement the PSNP’s monthly food and cash transfers. Graduation models include multiple interventions such as large asset or lump-sum transfers, training, savings promotion, and other forms of nutrition, health, or psychosocial support. These models aim to move beyond cash or food transfers to ensure minimum consumption levels and address the multiple challenges that can trap poor households in poverty. This event will present findings from a randomized controlled trial of Strengthening PSNP Institutions and Resilience (SPIR), a graduation model program embedded within the PSNP that is led by World Vision, in collaboration with CARE and ORDA, and with support from the Ethiopian government and USAID. Speakers will present evidence about the impact of this intervention across multiple domains, including health, nutrition, livelihoods, and women’s empowerment, and examine its implications for the design of graduation model interventions across low- and middle-income countries. This policy seminar builds on the SPIR II Learning Event (https://www.ifpri.org/event/spir-ii-learning-event) conducted in Addis Ababa in 2023.Welcoming RemarksAlemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia, IFPRISPIR: Overview of the Randomized Trial DesignDaniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRICan a Light-Touch Graduation Model Enhance Livelihood Outcomes and Resilience?Jessica Leight, Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIIncluding Scalable Nutrition Interventions in a Graduation Model ProgramHarold Alderman, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIEffectiveness of a Men’s Engagement Intervention to Change Attitudes and BehaviorsMelissa Hidrobo, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRITreating Depression Among the Extreme PoorMichael Mulford, Chief of Party, SPIR II, World VisionExpert PanelDean Karlan, Professor of Economics and Finance, Frederic Esser Nemmers Chair; Co-Director, Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University; Chief Economist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Margaux Vinez, Senior Economist; Africa, Social Protection and Jobs, World BankModeratorsAlemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia, IFPRIDaniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/deepening-social-protection-systems-enhancing-livelihoods-and-health-ethiopiaSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESPost COP28 Priorities for Advancing Food Systems TransformationCo-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)MAR 27, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT / 14:30 TO 16:00 CETHeld in 2023, the planet’s hottest year on record, COP28 has been heralded for its strong focus on food systems, which are simultaneously threatened by and contribute to climate change. The COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, albeit non-binding, but endorsed by almost 160 countries, emphasizes the transformative potential of agriculture and food systems in responding to climate change and ensuring global food security.Insufficient climate finance represents a significant barrier to achieving climate-resilient and low-emission food systems. Given that smallholders produce the majority of the global food supply, special attention to their finance needs is critical.As the fifth policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this virtual event will take stock of food systems–related outcomes from COP28 and outline priorities for advancing them at both the international and country level in a concrete and meaningful manner.Please join a distinguished set of speakers from CGIAR, international organizations, and the policy community for this discussion on advancing both adaptation and mitigation of food systems, which will place a particular focus on climate finance and policy priorities.Taking Stock of COP28 OutcomesFelicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Aditi Mukerji, Director, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform of the CGIARKristofer Hamel, Head, Food Systems, COP28 Presidency; UAE Climate Change Special EnvoyAdvancing on Climate Change FinanceGeeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World BankJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRICountry level Policy Priorities and NeedsAgnes Kalibata, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - Represented by Boaz Keizire, Head of Policy & Advocacy, AGRAQingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Asian Development BankPreparing for COP29 and COP30Nigar Arpadarai, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan; Member of Parliament of the Republic of AzerbaijanEduardo Brito Bastos, Agronomic Engineer (ESALQ/USP)Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director of Partnerships & Advocacy, CGIAR; Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATModeratorRoula Majdalani, Climate Change Advisor, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/post-cop28-priorities-advancing-food-systems-transformationSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

LAUNCH EVENTGlobal Food 50/50 Launch EventCo-organized by Global Health 50/50, IFPRI, and UN WomenMAR 7, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EST / 1:00 TO 2:30pm BSTThe Global Food 50/50 initiative monitors progress and holds food system organizations accountable for advancing gender-just and equitable food systems. This event marks the launch of the third annual Global Food 50/50 Report, which reviews the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 51 global food system organizations to assess two interlinked dimensions of inequality: inequality of opportunity in careers within organizations and inequality in who benefits from the global food system.For the first time, the 2023/2024 Report expands its focus to address a policy area that plays a decisive role in promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace: the extent to which workplace policies recognize and support employees’ care responsibilities. The data reveal policy attention to parental leave, but other policies related to family needs, such as child care and elder care, remain scarce.This launch event seminar will present key findings from the report and explore how this new accountability mechanism can empower a broader movement to demand more equitable and inclusive organizations across the global food system.Introductory RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Keynote AddressJamille Bigio, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Results of 2022 Global Food 50/50 ReportJemimah Njuki, Chief, Economic Empowerment, UN WomenSonja Tanaka, Deputy Director, Global Health 50/50PanelistsAnanda Uvl, Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, East-West SeedJuan Echanove, Associate Vice President, Food and Water Systems, CARESusan Kaaria, Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)Santiago Alba-Corral, Director, Climate-Resilient Food Systems, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)Closing RemarksSarah Hawkes, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50ModeratorHazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-food-5050-launch-event-0Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESReforming Agricultural Policies and Farm Support to Advance Sustainable Food System TransformationCo-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)15:00 TO 16:45 CETFEB 29, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:45AM ESTIn the recent COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, world leaders affirmed that “agriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform in order to respond to the imperatives of climate change.” This declaration strengthens the growing global consensus that current food systems need urgent transformative change to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition and to make food production and delivery systems resilient and sustainable.Evidence-based policies are critical to steer such a transformation, which requires urgent action from governments around the world—both in the global North and the global South—to better align, reform, or repurpose current policies and public support to deliver better value for people, planet, and prosperity. Public investments and other expenditures help to create incentives for producers and other food system actors as they choose what, how, and where to produce food, as well as for consumers in their choices of what foods to eat.The seminar will highlight key IFPRI findings on the potential to repurpose existing agriculture policies and public support to accelerate the transformation of food systems to become more inclusive, resilient, sustainable, and healthy. Developing appropriate incentives to encourage producers to adopt technological innovations and sustainable practices, and consumers to make healthy and sustainable food choices, will help deliver desired food system outcomes, but doing so will require bold action through both international coordination and national-level policy reform.The seminar will present available evidence on promising technological innovations from CGIAR and elsewhere, identify associated tradeoffs, and examine how policies can shape greater uptake of such innovations. It will highlight global initiatives seeking to advance agricultural policy reform and assess the evidence base behind these initiatives, as well as examining country-level attempts at reform and the obstacles these reforms can face in both the global North and global South.Welcome and Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIJan Brix, Senior Policy Officer, Division of Agriculture and Rural Development, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Science for Sustainable and Resilient Food SystemsLoraine Ronchi, CGIAR Senior Advisor for Policy Impact, IFPRIWill Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPanel 1: Global Initiatives for Agricultural Policy ReformRepresentative of the Presidency (Brazil) (Invited)Debbie Palmer, Director for Energy, Climate and Environment, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)Sergiy Zorya, Lead Agriculture Economist and Global Lead for Policies and Public Expenditures, Agricultural and Food Global Practice, The World BankPanel 2: Regional and National Policy Reform ExperiencesAlan Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics, Trinity College, DublinShenggen Fan, Chair Professor, College of Economics and Management at China Agricultural University, CGIAR System Board memberPatrick Ofori, Deputy Director, Head of M&E Division at Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Policy Planning Monitoring & Evaluation Directorate (PPMED) ModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/reforming-agricultural-policies-and-farm-support-advance-sustainable-food-systemSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARIntroducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)FEB 22, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM ESTThe new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) https://weai.ifpri.info/wemns/ is a streamlined tool for measuring women’s empowerment, intended for use in large-scale, multitopic surveys conducted by national statistical systems. WEMNS is designed to measure empowerment in households with all types of livelihoods, in both urban and rural areas, complementing the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) https://weai.ifpri.info/, which focuses on agricultural households. WEMNS was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Emory University, Oxford University, and the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study Unit in collaboration with country partners and the 50x2030 Initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development.This event will present the WEMNS metric, review the development of the tool, and discuss its use to advance women’s empowerment. A panel of stakeholders from government and national statistical offices and from multilateral organizations will discuss the potential of WEMNS for promoting and monitoring women’s empowerment as part of national statistical surveys.Welcome RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIWEMNS: The Next Stage of Developing Empowerment MetricsAgnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIRuth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, IFPRIIntro to WEMNSJessica Heckert, Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIGreg Seymour, Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, IFPRIMaximizing the Potential of WEMNS: Panel DiscussionShelton Kanyanda, Director of Agriculture and Economic Statistics, National Statistical Office, MalawiRegina Valiente, Sectorialista recursos naturales, tierra y vivienda, Secretaría Presidencial de la Mujer (SEPREM)Heather Moylan, Senior Economist, Development Data Group, Development Economics, World BankChiara Brunelli, Statistician, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Closing RemarksChiara Kovarik, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Farzana Ramzan, Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (invited)ModeratorHazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/introducing-new-womens-empowerment-metric-national-statistical-systems-wemnsSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

SPECIAL EVENTFrom Commitments to Impact: Analyzing the Global Commitments Toward Promoting Food Security and Healthy DietsCo-organized by IFPRI and The Rockefeller FoundationFEB 6, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM ESTSince the mid-2010s, progress in reducing food insecurity and improving diet quality has stalled. Multiple shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, have exacerbated the situation and put Sustainable Development Goal 2 on Zero Hunger further out of reach.There have been many calls for action to address the food and diets crisis facing vulnerable people around the world. The private sector has been called on to invest in transforming food systems—at an annual rate of $320 billion—while the development banks have been asked to align financial incentives with food system-related goals. While some of these actors have stepped up, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) opening of a food shock window to channel funds to countries beset by crisis, ultimately, progress depends on governments. National governments are responsible, and can be held accountable, for ensuring food security; healthy, diverse diets; and stable, dignified livelihoods, for their populations.Since the SDGs were announced in 2015, governments in both high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries have made commitments to actions to address food insecurity and poor diets by 2030, including at the UN General Assembly, the World Health Assembly, the G-20, and the UN Food Systems Summit. What remains uncertain at this midway point is which commitments and actions are most salient, whether and how much global and linked national commitments are both fit-for-purpose and fit for the future, and to what extent these commitments have the potential to address known challenges to achieving SDG goals on food security and healthy diets.This seminar will shed light on commitments already made, share research results on the potential of current commitments to achieve a focused set of food and nutrition security goals, and foster continued dialogue with global advocacy partners. A brunch reception will follow the presentations.Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRICatherine Bertini, Managing Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller FoundationReport FindingsPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRIGlobal Scenarios for Food Security: An imperative for actionRob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRIFrom Commitments to ImpactChristina Zorbas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition in the Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University Shoba Suri, Senior Fellow, Health Initiative, Observer Research FoundationElyse Iruhiriye, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRIImplications of FindingsPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRIPanelistsMwandwe Chileshe, Director, Food Security Nutrition and Agriculture, Global CitizenOliver Camp, Environment and Food Systems Advocacy Advisor, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)Alexandre Brecher, Communications and Advocacy Advisor, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) MovementPedro Vormittag, Deputy Director for External Relations, Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI)ModeratorsPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRIAsma Lateef, Policy and Advocacy Lead, SDG2 Advocacy HubLinks:The Rockefeller Foundation: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/From Promises To Action: Analyzing Global Commitments On Food Security And Diets Since 2015: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/c700ac9e-1b22-4319-b285-7e14e395b566The SDGs And Food System Challenges: Global Trends And Scenarios Toward 2030: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/2961e6f2-5da4-41b4-80fe-8c61a02072a6

BOOK LAUNCHFood Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the FutureCo-organized by IFPRI, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), and CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS)JAN 8, 2024 - 4:30 TO 5:45PM EATFood systems transformation offers a promising avenue to achieve the goals Kenya has set out in the Bottom-Up Economic Agenda (BETA). The new book Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future, edited by Clemens Breisinger, Michael Keenan, Jemimah Njuki, and Juneweenex Mbuthia, takes a critical look at Kenya’s whole food system, including food supply chains, the food environment, consumer behavior, external drivers, and development outcomes and considers the system’s history and experiences from other countries. With chapters authored by Kenyan and international experts, this collaborative work presents both a bird’s-eye view of the Kenyan food system and in-depth analyses of its components. Rigorous economic research provides unique insights into both broad policy themes and specific actions that can position Kenya as a global leader in tackling the challenges of food-system-led transformation. Join us for this hybrid book launch at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi campus and online. Speakers from academia, Kenyan research institutes, policy institutions, and CGIAR will discuss the recommendations. A light reception will follow the presentations. For in person attendance, please contact Ann Mureithi (a.mureithi@cgiar.org).Welcoming RemarksIsmahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIARJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIHon. Jonathan Mueke, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD)Gideon Obare, Executive Director, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development Overview of the BookJuneweenex Mbuthia, Research Officer, IFPRI and co-editorClemens Breisinger, Program Leader, IFPRI/CGIAR and co-editorReflections on the Book and Panel DiscussionJane Ambuko, Professor, University of NairobiMichael Keenan, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRIRose Ngugi, Executive Director/Board Secretary, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) Nancy Laibuni, Associate Member, President’s Council of Economic Advisors Anne Chele, Agriculture and Rural Development Partner Group (ARDPG) Representative; National Policy Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO-Kenya)Closing Remarks Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); Senior Director, Livestock Based-Systems, CGIAR and MD Resilient AgriFood Systems, CGIARModeratorsEsther Waruingi, Research Officer, IFPRIJoseph Karugia, Principal Scientist, Agricultural Economist and Policy Expert, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)LinksFood systems transformation in Kenya: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/food-systems-transformation-kenya-lessons-past-and-policy-options-futureMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-system-transformation-kenya-lessons-past-and-policy-options-futureSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIESEmerging Trends in the Global Soybean ComplexCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)DEC 14, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM ESTGlobal changes in soybean production and consumption are reshaping global markets. Global oilseed prices have fallen considerably since last year’s record highs. World soybean production is likely to hit a record high in 2023/24, with global ending stocks projected to rebuild for the second consecutive year. Global soybean trade continues to be driven by China, which accounts for about 60% of total soybean imports. China’s domestic consumption has grown at about 4% per year over the past 10 years. In the United States, increased biodiesel production has diverted more soybean production to be crushed domestically for soybean oil, reducing soybean exports. As a result, Brazil and other suppliers have seen their market shares grow. In 2023/24, Brazil is projected to account for almost 58% of total soybean exports.This seminar will explore the market outlook for soybeans and vegetable oils, and examine the implications of the US biodiesel industry and recent developments in South American soybean production.IntroductionJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and interim Secretary of AMISMarket Situation and Outlook for SoybeansDi Yang, Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Growth of the US biodiesel Industry and its implication for the Global Soybean MarketJoanna Hitchner, Chair, Interagency Commodity Estimates Committee (ICEC) for Oilseeds, World Agricultural Outlook Board, USDAVegetable Oils: Some Observations on World Markets and TradeDarren Cooper, Senior Grains & Oilseeds Economist/Commodities Analyst, International Grains Council Recent Developments in the South American Soybean ComplexRamiro Costa, Chief Economist, Buenos Aires Grain ExchangeModeratorSeth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist and AMIS chair LinksAgricultural Market Information System (AMIS): https://www.amis-outlook.org/More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/emerging-trends-global-soybean-complexSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARFrom Farm to Table: Agrifood Systems and Trade Challenges in the Southern ConeCo-organized by IFPRI and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)DEC 12, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM ESTDe la granja a la mesa: Sistemas agroalimentarios y retos comerciales en el Cono SurEsta presentación será en español. Habrá traducción simultánea al inglés.Los sistemas alimentarios de todo el mundo se enfrentan a retos sociales, nutricionales y medioambientales graves, y deben evolucionar para cumplir nuevos y diversos objetivos interrelacionados. A medida las políticas públicas que se remodelan para apoyar esta transformación, hay que tener en cuenta dos factores fundamentales: (1) Se necesitan innovaciones tecnológicas que permitan satisfacer la demanda de una mayor productividad de forma respetuosa con el medioambiente.(2) Es esencial allanar el camino de los flujos comerciales internacionales, y esto requiere una mejora en las normas comerciales que permita facilitar los flujos desde los países con el mayor potencial de crecimiento de la oferta —sobre la base de sistemas de producción respetuosos con el medioambiente— hacia aquellos que presentan las mayores limitaciones para alcanzar la autosuficiencia alimentaria.Ir tras estos objetivos puede suponer un reto importante para los países en desarrollo, que tendrán que ajustar y transformar sus prácticas de producción y distribución, en particular aquellos que participan activamente en el comercio de alimentos. En el Cono Sur de Sudamérica, que se ha convertido en la mayor región exportadora neta de alimentos del mundo, la atención a estas cuestiones debe ser primordial.Para responder a ello, el Programa para América Latina y el Caribe del IFPRI lanza la publicación De la granja a la mesa: Sistemas agroalimentarios y retos comerciales en el Cono Sur. Este trabajo analítico pretende informar a los procesos políticos para la transformación del sistema alimentario regional del Cono Sur.Los oradores presentarán un análisis de los principales retos a los que se enfrentan los sistemas agroalimentarios nacionales del Cono Sur, especialmente en lo relacionado con normativas y barreras nuevas que pueden afectar al comercio internacional y las condiciones para la exportación. También debatirán cómo el sistema alimentario regional podría contribuir mejor al sistema alimentario mundial a través del comercio, la inversión, el desarrollo de cadenas de valor y la transferencia de tecnología.More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/farm-table-agrifood-systems-and-trade-challenges-southern-coneSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

VIRTUAL RESEARCH SEMINARThe E-FooD Dataset and Food Security Simulators for Kenya and Nigeria: Innovative Tools to Support National Policies and StrategiesCo-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS)DEC 7, 2023 - 8:00 TO 9:00AM ESTRecent global food price spikes and household income losses pose significant challenges to people’s food security and diets, raising important questions for governments and international organizations about how best to support households. The new Income and Price Elasticities of Food Demand (E-FooD) dataset [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OXZ0H6] and Food Security Simulators (FSS) provide rigorous, yet easy-to-use tools for forward-looking evaluations of direct, household-level outcomes of economic crisis and policy responses. This webinar, organized by the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), introduces the E-FooD dataset and FSS for Kenya [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NS1A7V] and Nigeria [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WWMN6H], showcases their applications, and discusses the role that such tools can play in policymaking.Welcome Remarks Clemens Breisinger, Lead, CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) and Country Program Leader, Kenya, IFPRIThe E-FooD DatasetOlivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIFood Security Simulators for Kenya and NigeriaAndrew Comstock, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRIPanel Discussion Alan Rennison, Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Utz Pape, Lead Economist, The World Bank, AbujaDorah Momanyi, Young Professional (YP) and Winner of FSS Blog Competition; KIPPRA KenyaTemitayo Adeyemo, Agricultural Economist, Food systems research, Policy research, AWARD-GRASP fellow, University of Ibadan, NigeriaClosing Remarks Yumna Kassim, Program Manager, IFPRIModeratorYumna Kassim, Program Manager, IFPRILinksIncome And Price Elasticities Of Food Demand (E-FooD) Dataset: Documentation Of Estimation Methodology: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/income-and-price-elasticities-food-demand-e-food-dataset-documentation-estimationFood Security Simulator Kenya: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/NS1A7VFood Security Simulator Nigeria: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/WWMN6HMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/e-food-dataset-and-food-security-simulators-kenya-and-nigeria-innovative-tools-supportSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARImplications of El Niño 2023/24 for Africa South of the SaharaCo-organized by IFPRI, USAID Famine Early Warning Network (FEWS NET), and NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNOV 29, 2023 - 7:30 TO 9:00AM ESTClimate scientists are anticipating an El Niño event in the upcoming boreal winter season (November 2023–February 2024), ending the recent three-year La Niña. In collaboration with USAID FEWS NET and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, IFPRI is hosting a presentation on the potential impact of the upcoming El Niño on the global agrifood system, with special emphasis on low-income countries in Africa South of the Sahara. The event will be organized around four short talks. Part 1 will examine the latest scientific outlook for the 2023 El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole climate patterns. Part 2 will focus on El Niño’s impact on global markets, particularly rice markets. Part 3 will provide a sub-national assessment for Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia of potentially affected crops and rural populations. Part 4 will present an economywide socioeconomic impact analysis of El Niño at the national level in selected focus countries, including Malawi, using IFPRI’s RIAPA model. The presentation will conclude with a summary of potential hotspots and proposals for policy options, as well as a review of knowledge gaps, points of uncertainty, and priorities for future research and collaboration.Overview and Global ImplicationsWeston Anderson, Assistant Research Scientist at University of Maryland (UMD) and NASA, Earth Sciences DivisionKaryn Tabor, Agroclimatology Advisor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Markets with a Focus on RiceJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Abdullah Mamun, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRIVivian Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRISub-National Implications with a Focus on Ethiopia, Malawi, and ZambiaLiangzhi You, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRILiz Ogutu, Policy Analyst, IFPRISocioeconomic Analysis for MalawiJames Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM), IFPRIJoachim De Weerdt, Senior Research Fellow / Malawi Country Program Leader, IFPRIAndrew Jamali, Research Manager, National Planning Commission, MalawiModeratorChanning Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRILinksFood And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO): https://www.fao.org/home/enLatin America And The Caribbean: Food Security And Agrifood Trade Website: https://lac.ifpri.info/La Seguridad Alimentaria Y El Comercio Agroalimentario En América Latina Y El Caribe: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/es/c/cc8592esMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/implications-el-ni%C3%B1o-202324-africa-south-saharaSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARFood Security and Agrifood Trade in Latin America and the CaribbeanCo-organized by IFPRI and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)NOV 28, 2023 - 10:00 TO 11:00AM ESTThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) cordially invite you to the launch of the report: Food Security and Agrifood Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, La Seguridad Alimentaria y el Comercio Agroalimentario en América Latina y el Caribe.This publication aims to inform government representatives and other decision-makers who formulate and implement agrifood policies and programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. It should also be useful for private sector actors, including producers, agroindustry, and trade associations, and for researchers interested in agricultural policy and trade analysis.-------------------------------------------------------------------La seguridad alimentaria y el comercio agroalimentario en América Latina y el CaribeEsta presentación será en español. Habrá traducción simultánea al inglés.El comercio intrarregional de alimentos en la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) presenta oportunidades de expansión sin explotar. En la actualidad, el 60 por ciento de las importaciones de alimentos de ALC proceden de proveedores extrarregionales, a pesar del alto grado de complementariedad que existe en la producción de productos alimentarios entre los países de ALC. La expansión del comercio intrarregional de ALC podría mejorar el acceso a los alimentos, su disponibilidad y diversidad, además de garantizar un suministro de alimentos más estable ante el creciente riesgo de fenómenos que pueden impactar la región, como crisis económicas, eventos meteorológicos extremos, conflictos y epidemias.La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y el Instituto Internacional de Investigación sobre Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI) lo invitan cordialmente a la presentación del informe: La seguridad alimentaria y el comercio agroalimentario en América Latina y el Caribe.Esta publicación pretende poner en conocimiento a representantes gubernamentales y otros responsables de tomar decisiones que formulan e implementan políticas y programas agroalimentarios en América Latina y el Caribe. También debería ser útil para actores del sector privado, incluidos los productores, la agroindustria y las asociaciones comerciales, así como para investigadores interesados analizar la política agrícola y el comercio.Welcome RemarksMaría Daniela Godoy Gabler, Senior Policy Officer for Food Security and Nutrition, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Report Presentations Agustín Tejeda Rodriguez, Content Director at the Southern Producing Country Group (GPS) and consultant on agricultural policies, trade and international negotiationsNelson Illescas, Director of the International Agricultural Negotiations Institute Foundation (INAI)DiscussionMônica Rodrigues, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UN-ECLACMoisés Mérida, Director of Partnerships for Development of the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT)Concluding RemarksValeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Program and Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRIModeratorValeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Program and Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRILinksFood And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO): https://www.fao.org/home/enLa Seguridad Alimentaria Y El Comercio Agroalimentario En América Latina Y El Caribe: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/es/c/cc8592esMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-security-and-agrifood-trade-latin-american-and-caribbean-la-seguridad-alimentaria-y-elSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTURETackling Obesity and Noncommunicable Diseases in Mexico: A Policy Approach33rd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial LectureHybrid EventNOV 21, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM ESTGlobally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has nearly tripled since 1975—among adults over the age of 18, more than 1.25 billion are overweight and 650 million are obese. Overweight and obesity affects more than 340 million children and adolescents ages 5 to 19 and nearly 39 million children under 5. These rates have risen significantly in low- and middle-income countries, as rising poverty and inequity, urbanization, and climate and humanitarian crises limit access to healthy diets, especially for the poorest and most marginalized.The 33rd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture will feature Dr. Simón Barquera, the Director of Nutrition and Health Research Center at the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP) who will address the growing obesity epidemic and alarming rate of diet-related noncommunicable diseases in Mexico. Outlining the INSP’s initiatives and policy recommendations, Dr. Barquera will speak about the Mexican government’s efforts to improve food environments in Mexico, as well as the response of the food industry to these efforts. While focused on Mexico, the lecture will provide recommendations for other countries struggling with rising obesity and non-communicable diseases.The annual lecture commemorates Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years and made a significant impact on international nutrition. The lecturer is invited to present personal views about major issues related to malnutrition.WelcomeJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRIRemarksKenan Forman, Son of Martin J. FormanKellie Stewart, Chief, Nutrition and Environmental Health Division, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Forman Memorial LectureDr. Simón Barquera, Director, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health, National Institute of Public Health, México. President Elect, World Obesity FederationModeratorPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/33rd-annual-martin-j-forman-memorial-lectureSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

BOOK LAUNCHThe Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized WorldHybrid EventNOV 14, 2023 - 3:00 TO 4:30PM ESTAmid rising geopolitical conflict, populism and nationalism, and clashes between empirical evidence and disinformation campaigns, many countries are trying to transform their food systems to achieve healthier, more sustainable outcomes. To accomplish this challenging goal, pathways to transform food systems must be grounded in a sound understanding of interest group dynamics, incentive systems, the role of ideology and coalitions, and accountability structures.The Political Economy of Food System Transformation, a new IFPRI and Oxford University publication edited by Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen, tackles this complex subject by integrating insights from a global set of interdisciplinary scholars. Their work encompasses food system policy issues relevant to diets and environmental sustainability at the local, national, and international levels. The authors address a wide range of issues, including the need to repurpose costly agricultural subsidies, reduce red meat and ultra-processed food consumption, increase uptake of appropriate biotechnologies, adopt sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, implement the European Union’s Farm to Fork Strategy, adapt urban food system councils to local contexts, and track accountability for global food system commitments.Join us for this hybrid book launch at IFPRI headquarters and online—speakers will discuss the political economy of these issues and reflect on opportunities to pursue food system policy reforms in an increasingly polarized world. A light reception will follow the presentations.SpeakersChristopher Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell UniversityKoen Deconinck, Economist, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentEduardo Gómez, Professor and Director of the Institute of Health Policy and Politics, Lehigh UniversityDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit, IFPRI and Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings InstitutionJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRIDiscussantLoraine Ronchi, CGIAR Senior Advisor for Policy Impact, IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Download a free copy of the book: The Political Economy Of Food System Transformation: Pathways To Progress In A Polarized World - https://www.ifpri.org/publication/political-economy-food-system-transformation-pathways-progress-polarized-worldMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/political-economy-food-system-transformation-pathways-progress-polarized-worldSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARFood System Repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine War2023 Borlaug Dialogue Breakout sessionCo-organized by IFPRI and CGIAROCT 26, 2023 - 1:10 TO 2:10PM EDTThis session will examine the impacts of the conflict in Ukraine on food systems around the world. Russia’s February 2022 invasion triggered trade disruptions and dramatic price increases for energy, agricultural commodities, and fertilizers, which were already high following the COVID-19 lockdowns and value chain disruptions. While international prices have come down from the peaks seen in 2022, domestic inflation levels remain high in many low- and middle-income countries, and food and fertilizer affordability remains a challenge. The war has also led to a sizable drop in agricultural production in Ukraine, which has been an important exporter of grains and cooking oil. Given that 30 percent of Ukraine’s agricultural land may be riddled with land mines, production in this major breadbasket may not recover swiftly when hostilities cease. In line with the 2023 Borlaug Dialogue theme of “Harnessing Change,” the event will also focus on efforts already underway or required to improve systemic resilience, recover from shocks, and sustainably nourish all people in light of the significant shock the conflict has had on food systems around the world.Opening RemarksLindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chair, CGIAR System BoardMitigating the Global Impacts of Food System Shocks: Key Takeaways for Resilience Building EffortsDina Esposito, Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) at USAID, Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development, and Global Food Crisis Coordinator, and the Agency’s Global Food Crisis CoordinatorOutlook for Ukraine's Agricultural SectorAntonina Broyaka, Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics (Presentation) Impact of the War on Global MarketsJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, Market, Trade and Institutions, IFPRI (Presentation) How Domestic Policy Measures Exacerbate the Impact of the WarDavid Laborde, Division Director, Agrifood Economics Division (ESA), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Prevalence and Impact of Landmines on Ukrainian Agricultural ProductionCaitlin Welsh, Director, Global Food and Water Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-system-repercussions-russia-ukraine-warSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESCan Sustainable Livestock Systems and Alternative Proteins Address the Climate Crisis?Co-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)NOV 7, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM ESTClimate change is severely impacting our food systems, making it increasingly challenging to provide food security and healthy diets for all people. At the same time, food systems contribute 25–30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. The livestock sector alone contributes about half of these GHGs, and has a large land and water footprint.The livestock sector is also the fastest growing agricultural sector in Africa and other parts of the Global South, where access to healthy, affordable milk, meat, and egg remains low. Clearly food system adaptation, including in the livestock sector, must deliver both mitigation and healthy diets.The CGIAR’s 2023 Achieving Agriculture Breakthrough report identifies seven key technological areas and approaches for driving real change in the agriculture sector. Three of these are related to livestock: reducing methane emissions from livestock, livestock breeding for climate resilience, and alternative proteins to replace traditional animal-source proteins.The third seminar of the CGIAR Policy Seminar Series on Strengthening Food Systems will delve into findings and recommendations around sustainable livestock technologies, healthy diets, methane emissions, and alternative proteins, including promising initiatives and technologies that can be pursued to address climate change and healthy diets.Welcome RemarksJan Brix, Senior Policy Officer, Division of Agriculture and Rural Development, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems (ILRI)Overview of the Breakthrough ReportLoraine Ronchi, CGIAR Senior Advisor for Policy Impact, IFPRIPriority Sustainable Livestock Technologies Fiona Flintan, Senior Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Lead of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and ClimateThe Role of Alternative ProteinsClaudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRIAnimal-Source Foods and Sustainable Healthy DietsJef Leroy, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIDiscussantsDennis Rijnders, Commercial Director, EMEA-BovaerMary Mbole Kariuki, African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) Fabrice DeClerck, Science Director, EATStephanie von Stein, Director of International Engagement, The Good Food InstituteModeratorMichael Victor, Head, Communications and Knowledge Management, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/can-sustainable-livestock-systems-and-alternative-proteins-address-climate-crisisSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIESA Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price ControlsCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)OCT 18, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDTTo address rising domestic prices for rice, India banned exports of non-basmati rice on July 20, 2023—a move many feared would drive global prices even higher. Since then, these worries have been realized: Thailand’s benchmark price for rice has increased 14 percent, Viet Nam’s rice prices are up 22 percent, and India’s white rice prices are up 12 percent.To prevent exporters from undermining its ban, India instituted a surcharge of 20 percent on exports of parboiled rice and a minimum sales price for basmati rice in August. India’s actions have had repercussions around the world as domestic consumers struggle with higher prices and rice importers seek alternative suppliers. Some markets have experienced cases of panic buying (the United States and Canada), additional export restrictions (such as export licensing requirements in Myanmar), and price controls (retail price caps in the Philippines).At an August meeting of ASEAN countries, leaders committed to maintain an unimpeded flow of agricultural products and refrain from using “unjustified” trade barriers. Meanwhile, a strengthening El Niño in the Pacific has threatened to cut the rice production of key Asian suppliers and push prices sharply higher. This webinar will provide a brief update on the global rice situation.Opening RemarksJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Interim Secretary, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)An Overview of the Global Rice MarketShirley Mustafa, Economist, Markets and Trade, Social and Economic Development Stream, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)The Impact of El Niño on Rice MarketsChristina Justice, Senior Faculty Specialist, University of Maryland and Coordinator, GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early WarningThe Impact of Export Restrictions in the Rice MarketAbdullah Mamun, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRIThe Importance of Rice in SenegalFousseini Traoré, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIModeratorSeth Meyer, Chief Economist, USDA and AMIS ChairMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/look-global-rice-markets-export-restrictions-el-nino-and-price-controlsSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscriptionLINKSAgricultural Market Information System (AMIS): https://www.amis-outlook.org/

NPS book launchPolitical Economy and Policy Analysis (PEPA) SourcebookCo-organized by the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies, Alliance Bioversity and CIAT, IFPRI and IWMIOctober 10, 2023 - 09:00 TO 10:30AM EDTStakeholders working in food system policy research and development often ask, “What works where, why, and how?” These fundamental questions fuel other important debates—what are the “windows of opportunity” for reform and policy change? Are biotech crops part of the solution to solving climate, food, and nutrition security challenges in developing economies? What institutional innovations are “best fit” for managing shared natural resources to avoid conflict?This webinar will launch a new political economy and policy analysis (PEPA) sourcebook that offers a unique combination of frameworks, analytical tools, and case studies to answer key questions relevant to agrifood system transformation. This event showcases the PEPA Sourcebook by applying frameworks to case study examples and discussing the relevance of PEPA for national policies and strategies.A G E N D AOpening remarksClemens Breisinger, Lead, CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) and Country Program Leader, Kenya, IFPRI PEPA Sourcebook for food systems transformation: Framework, analytical tools, and case studiesJonathan Mockshell, Research Scientist – Senior Agricultural Economist, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Systems Transformation Research Group Perspective on PEPAMarcela Quintero, Senior Director, Food Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIAR and Associate Director General, Research Strategy, and Innovation, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATAlan Nicol, Co-lead, CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) and Principal Researcher, IWMI Panel Discussion: Evidence based insights from political economy and policy analysis for national policies and strategiesAntonia Simbine, Director General, Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)Jamie Morrison, Senior Advisor, Policy and External Relations, GAINMarco V. Sánchez Cantillo, Deputy Director, Agrifood Economics Division, FAOBiniam Iyob, Senior Policy Adviser, Office of Policy, Analysis and Engagement, Bureau of Resilience and Food Security, USAID ModeratorNaureen Karachiwalla, Research Fellow, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/facilitating-anticipatory-action-improved-early-warning-guidanceSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscriptionLINKSPolitical Economy and Policy Analysis Sourcebook: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132050-----------This work is part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) - https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/national-policies-and-strategies/. CGIAR launched NPS with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond to policy demands and crises, and integrate policy tools at national and subnational levels in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. CGIAR centers participating in NPS are The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Potato Center (CIP), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and WorldFish. We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund (https://www.cgiar.org/funders/).

IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIESFacilitating Anticipatory Action with Improved Early Warning GuidanceCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)SEP 26, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDTWorldwide, the number of people facing crisis-level or worse acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2017. The 2023 Mid-Year Update of the Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) signals 238 million people in 48 countries with recent, comparable data are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, an increase by 10 percent from 2022. The GRFC provides trends and projections of food crises and informs the Global Network Against Food Crisis on where humanitarian and developmental assistance is most needed. These new acute food insecurity numbers come at a time of ongoing uncertainty in global food markets amidst the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, fears for a strong El Niño phenomenon and other potential shocks.Most food crises grow out of compounding causes such as conflict, adverse weather shocks fueled by climate change, and economic shocks. A good understanding of these causes can facilitate the development of sound crisis response plans and anticipatory action to help mitigate a looming crisis and build food systems resilience. Calls have grown for preemptive or anticipatory action to mitigate impacts, reduce recovery costs, and strengthen social, economic, and environmental resilience to shocks, but resources for humanitarian responses still remain significantly larger than those for preventive development action.This seminar will take stock of existing early warning, early action systems (EWEAs) and examine whether they provide sufficient guidance to policymakers and decisionmakers keen to enhance anticipatory action and is featured under the IFPRI-AMIS policy seminar series on Making Sense of Food and Agricultural Markets.Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIGlobal Food Crisis: Where do we Stand and How is the GRFC Servicing Early Warning Systems?Sara McHattie, Global Coordinator of Food Security Information Network (FSIN)How to Identify Food Crisis Risks? Early Warning Systems for Global Market Shocks and for acute Food InsecurityRob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRIWhat Works and What Does not Work with Existing Early Warning Systems to Inform Preventative Action?Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Programme (WFP) Agricultural Market Early Warning Mechanisms for Identifying Global Risks to Food SecurityJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow IFPRI and Secretary of AMISHow can Improvements/Integration of EWEAs better Facilitate Anticipatory Action?Sandra Ruckstuhl, Senior Researcher at International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and co-lead CGIAR initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration (FCM)Global Network Against Food Crises and Early Warning, Early Action to Address Food CrisesLeonard Mizzi, Head, Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Fisheries, European Commission More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/facilitating-anticipatory-action-improved-early-warning-guidanceSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscriptionLINKSAgricultural Market Information System (AMIS): https://www.amis-outlook.org/Global Report On Food Crises 2023 Mid-Year Update (GFRC 2023 MYU): https://www.fsinplatform.org/global-report-food-crises-2023-mid-year-update

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESPayments for Ecosystem Services: Win-Win Solutions?Co-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Session at Tropentag 2023SEP 21, 2023 - 7:45 TO 9:15AM EDTGlobally, five out of six farms are operated by smallholder farmers who produce around one-third of the world’s food. These farms provide a wide range of additional ecosystem services, such as carbon storage, pollination, and cultural and supporting services. However, smallholder households face continued and often growing challenges to making a living from their farms. They also tend to be the poorest and most food-insecure populations in low-and middle-income countries.Evidence suggests that payments for ecosystem services can diversify smallholder earnings and incentivize more sustainable farming and land management practices. While a number of such smallholder-focused schemes have been implemented around the world, they have not gained enough traction to improve farm incomes or environmental outcomes.This second seminar of the CGIAR Policy Seminar Series on Strengthening Food Systems examines past and current ecosystem service payment schemes targeted at smallholders, evaluates their effectiveness, and impacts, and explores how such schemes could be taken forward in order to help build greater resilience within food systems.Welcome RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIPayments for Ecosystem Services: What, Where & How?Marcela Quintero, Associate Director General, Research Strategy, and Innovation for the Alliance of Bioversity and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Senior Director, Food Systems Transformation Science GroupBMZ Interest in Ecosystem Service PaymentsFelicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, Sustainable agricultural supply chains, international agricultural policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Understanding Socio-Ecological Context when Designing PES and Carbon Market InterventionsSteven Lawry, Senior Associate, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Experiences from Linking Farmers with Carbon Markets in AfricaAmos Wekesa, Carbon Specialist, Global EverGreening Alliance (GEA)The Promise of Commons as a Unique PES SchemePranab Choudhury, Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Founder, Centre for Land GovernanceModeratorClaudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/payments-ecosystem-services-win-win-solutionsSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscriptionLINKSCGIAR Policy Seminar Series: Strengthening Food Systems For Increased Resilience To Future Shocks: https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/cgiar-seminar-series-food-systems-resilience

IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIESMarket Concentration in the Grain Industry: Implications for Food Security?Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)SEP 7, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDTOn June 13, 2023, Bunge Limited, a US-based food trader and processor, announced its intention to buy rival grain trader Viterra, a company controlled by the commodity trading firm Glencore Plc and two Canadian pension funds. If the merger succeeds, the new company would be the second largest grain trading company in the world after Cargill and become a dominant player in wheat and soybean markets. Markets for agricultural inputs like fertilizer and seed are also highly concentrated.Please join us for the fourth seminar of the IFPRI-AMIS series on Making Sense of Food and Agriculture Markets, which will examine whether increased concentration necessarily leads to increased market power or simply reflects the underlying economic efficiencies controlling value chains. Is this a food security concern and if so, what should be the role of international institutions and organizations in regulating markets?Welcome RemarksJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Interim Secretary, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)Concentration in Grain TradeJavier Blas, Opinion Columnist, Bloomberg L.P. Benedicte Doumayrou, Senior Policy Officer chez, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Swithun Still, Founder, STILL GRAIN Sarl, Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA)Concentration in the Seed IndustryJames MacDonald, Research Professor, University of Maryland (UMD)Concentration in the Fertilizer IndustryDelphine Leconte-Demarsy, Consultant – Fertilizers, AMIS hosted by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)DiscussantSeth Meyer, Chief Economist, USDA and AMIS ChairModeratorJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Interim Secretary, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/market-concentration-grain-industry-implications-food-securitySubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESFood Security Trends and Resilience-Building PrioritiesCo-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)SEP 1, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDTThe new CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience kicks off with a seminar examining food security trends and the impacts of recent shocks to food systems. Speakers will highlight the need for renewed efforts to strengthen food systems resilience and identify priority investments and actions.Johan Swinnen, Director General IFPRI; CGIAR Managing Director Systems Transformation Science Group: Overview of Food Security Trends and Impacts of Past Crises Dirk Meyer, BMZ Director General, Global Health; Employment; Transformation of the Economy; Digital Technologies; Food and Nutrition Security: Crisis Response and Resilience-Building: Priority Actions of the German Government Simeon Ehui, Director General, IITA; CGIAR Regional Director Continental Africa: Supporting African-Led Resilience Building Katrina Kosec, IFPRI, Senior Research Fellow and co-lead of CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration: Key Findings and Recommendations of IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report “Rethinking Food Crisis Responses” Lynn Brown, Director, Policy, Strategy and the Africa Region, Harvest Plus: Gender Considerations for Just and Strong Food Systems Martien Van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank: Food Systems 2030: A Better Food System for Healthier People Planet and Economy: Funding Considerations Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/cgiar-seminar-series-stock-take-food-system-shocks-and-resilience-building-prioritiesSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscriptionLINKSCGIAR - https://www.cgiar.org/Germany’s Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation And Development (BMZ) - https://www.bmz.de/enCGIAR Policy Seminar Series: Strengthening Food Systems For Increased Resilience To Future Shocks - https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/cgiar-seminar-series-food-systems-resilience2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses - https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-launch-event-2023-global-food-policy-report-rethinking-food-crisis-responses

VIRTUAL RESEARCH SEMINAR Irrigation sensible à la nutrition au Mali : un guide pour progresser en matière de sécurité hydrique, alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Mali Co-organized by IFPRI, Feed the Future Initiative, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the World Vegetable Center AUG 2, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT

L'irrigation contribue à l'intensification de l'agriculture et à la rentabilité des exploitations, aide les ménages agricoles à prolonger la saison de croissance et est de plus en plus importante pour la résilience des agriculteurs aux chocs et aux facteurs de stress climatiques. Jusqu'à récemment, moins d'attention était accordée aux autres avantages de l'irrigation, notamment l'amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition des ménages, la santé et l'autonomisation des femmes.

Selon le dernier état de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition dans le monde, la prévalence de la sous-alimentation au Mali est de près de 13 % et près d'un quart de tous les enfants de moins de 5 ans souffrent d'un retard de croissance. De plus, 59 % des femmes souffrent d'anémie, un taux qui n'a guère évolué au cours des 10 dernières années. L'irrigation peut améliorer la diversité alimentaire et réduire le retard de croissance. Pour soutenir l'irrigation sensible à la nutrition, le Small-Scale Irrigation Innovation Lab sous la direction de la Texas A&M University et avec le soutien de l'USAID a élaboré un guide sur l'irrigation sensible à la nutrition, décrivant les voies qui soutiennent la nutrition grâce à un meilleur développement de l'irrigation. Veuillez nous rejoindre pour un webinaire pour discuter de ce sujet important le 2 août à 9h00 EDT et 13h00 heure de Bamako (GMT).

Nutrition-Sensitive Irrigation in Mali: Guidance for Progress on Water, Food, and Nutrition Security

Irrigation contributes to agricultural intensification and farm profitability, helps farm households extend the growing season, and is increasingly important for farmers' resilience to climate shocks and stressors. Until recently, less attention was paid to the other benefits of irrigation, including improvements in household food security and nutrition, health, and women's empowerment.

According to the most recent State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, the prevalence of undernourishment in Mali is almost 13 percent and nearly a quarter of all children below the age of five are stunted. Moreover, 59 percent of women suffer from anemia, a rate that has barely changed in the last 10 years. Irrigation can improve dietary diversity and reduce stunting. To support nutrition-sensitive irrigation, the Small-Scale Irrigation Innovation Lab, under the leadership of Texas A&M University and with the support of USAID, developed a guidance document on nutrition-sensitive irrigation that describes pathways to support nutrition through better irrigation development. Please join us for a webinar to discuss this important topic on August 2 at 9:00 EDT and 13:00 GMT (Bamako time).

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VIRTUAL RESEARCH SEMINAR Irregular Migration and Food Security: A View from West Africa Co-organized by IFPRI and World Food Programme (WFP) JUL 20, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

ow does food insecurity affect irregular migration, and what role can a needs-based humanitarian response play? A recent collaboration between IFPRI and the World Food Programme took a route-base approach to looking at irregular migration in West Africa—examining migrant origins, their transit experience, and the situation where their journey stalls or ends. The mixed method study includes case studies of the Ténéré desert crossing, across the south-central Sahara, for Malian and Libyan migrants. The resulting report and interactive website designed by MIT’s Civic Design Lab illustrate the migrant journey and associated risks as migrants make their way from West Africa to the Maghreb and, for some, on to Europe.

This virtual seminar will present study results and the website, with discussion by researchers from IFPRI, WFP, and MIT as well as other experts.

Speakers Sara Moussavi, Policy Advisor, World Food Programme (WFP) Italia Alan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Sarah Williams, Director of the Civic Data Design Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Discussant Ganesh Kumar Seshan, Senior Economist, the World Bank

Moderator Daniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), IFPRI

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POLICY SEMINAR Research Findings on Resilience & Social Cohesion in Burkina Faso and Niger Co-organized by IFPRI, World Food Programme (WFP), Institute for Peace and Development (IPD), and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration (FCM)

Security in the Sahel is deteriorating rapidly. The number of violent events jumped from 580 in 2018 to over 1,000 in the first half of 2022 alone. Associated fatalities are also up dramatically, from about 2,800 fatalities to almost 6,500. Insecurity is also becoming more widespread, especially in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. As a result, people are fleeing their homes – the region now hosts over 3 million internally displaced people and over 1 million refugees and asylum seekers. There are multiple drivers behind this deterioration, but conflict over land and resources has become a major source of violence across the region, triggered by population growth, land degradation, and climate change.

Deteriorating security has other serious impacts on people’s lives and food security. These include loss of access to agricultural and pastoral production areas, disruption of economic activities or complete loss of livelihoods, limited access to labour and agricultural inputs, and the closure or limited functioning of health services, schools, and markets.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have built a partnership to strengthen WFP food assistance interventions through operational research. As part of WFP’s flagship development program in the Sahel – the Integrated Resilience Programme (IRP) – the two organizations set out to strengthen the evidence needed for interventions. In June 2021, WFP commissioned a study to explore how integrated resilience interventions contribute to social cohesion in Niger and Burkina Faso. This research conducted by IFPRI in collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Development (IPD) sheds light on how WFP interventions contribute to reducing tensions and improving social cohesion in fragile contexts.

Following the report publication (here), WFP, IFPRI and IPD are jointly offering this webinar to disseminate the study’s findings and to create an opportunity for interested actors to discuss their feedback and the way forward.

Introduction & Overview Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Welcome Remarks Thomas Conan, Senior Humanitarian Adviser, WFP Regional Bureau Dakar

WFP’s Integrated Resilience Approach Ones Karuho, Senior Advisor & Head of Unit at WFP Regional Bureau Dakar

Social Cohesion, Land Tenure, and Women’s Empowerment Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Findings on Resilience & Social Cohesion in Burkina Faso and Niger Hippolyt Pul, Executive Leader, Institute for Peace and Development (IPD)

WFP’s Evidence Generation Strategy & Next Steps on Social Cohesion Measurement within Resilience Cheikh Samb, Research, Assessment & Monitoring Officer, WFP Regional Bureau Dakar Nancy McCarthy, President, Lead Analytics

Moderator Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

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RELATED PUBLICATIONS Sahel Social Cohesion Research In Burkina Faso And Niger: Working Paper: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/sahel-social-cohesion-research-burkina-faso-and-niger-working-paper

LINKS World Food Programme (WFP): https://www.wfp.org/ Institute For Peace And Development (IPD): https://www.ipdafrica.org/ CGIAR Research Initiative On Fragility, Conflict, And Migration (FCM): https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/fragility-conflict-and-migration/

GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT Informe de políticas alimentarias mundiales 2023: Repensar las respuestas a las crisis alimentarias Latin America & Caribbean Discussion of IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses JUN 21, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

Lo invitamos a unirse a nosotros en el evento de lanzamiento virtual para LAC, donde los oradores arrojarán luz sobre los hallazgos significativos del informe 2023 desde una perspectiva regional.

En 2022, el mundo se enfrentó a múltiples crisis. Continuaron las perturbaciones de los sistemas alimentarios debidas a la prolongada pandemia de COVID-19, las grandes catástrofes naturales, los disturbios civiles y la inestabilidad política, así como los crecientes efectos del cambio climático, mientras la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania y la inflación agravaban una crisis mundial de alimentos y fertilizantes. El creciente número de crisis, su impacto cada vez mayor y el aumento del número de personas hambrientas y desplazadas han galvanizado los llamamientos para replantear las respuestas a las crisis alimentarias, creando así una verdadera oportunidad para el cambio.

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We invite you to join us at the virtual launch event for LAC, where speakers will shed light on the significant findings of the 2023 report from a regional perspective.

In 2022, the world faced multiple crises. Disruptions to food systems from the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, major natural disasters, civil unrest and political instability, and the growing impacts of climate change continued, as the Russia-Ukraine war and inflation exacerbated a global food and fertilizer crisis. The growing number of crises, their increasing impact, and rising numbers of hungry and displaced people have galvanized calls to rethink responses to food crises, creating a real opportunity for change.

Welcome Remarks Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Speakers Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, IICA Visiting Fellow, IFPRI Manuel Hernandez, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRI

Panel Discussion Julio A. Berdegué, Research Professor, Agricultural Economics Department, Catholic University, Chile Gloria Abraham Peralta, Consultant, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Cecilia Lopez Montaño, President, CiSoe

Closing Remarks Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Moderator Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

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GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses – Considerations for Africa IFPRI Africa Regional Office JUN 22, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT

IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) examines how to improve crisis response and build resilience in the face of more frequent and persistent crises affecting global and local food systems, triggered by economic challenges, conflict, extreme weather events, natural disasters, and epidemics. Reducing the impact of these crises will require renewed and broader efforts to prevent, mitigate and recover from crisis, and to align humanitarian responses with longer-term development needs. IFPRI’s flagship publication, authored by researchers from across the institute, CGIAR, and external partners, reviews and distills a strong body of policy research to offer key findings and recommendations to improve crisis response now.

Food system shocks risk increasing food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition, and can disrupt livelihoods, increase poverty, and further diminish prospects for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Governments and the international community, including research organizations such as IFPRI, support efforts to better predict, monitor, and respond to crises as they arise, but these efforts often are not sustained when the crises end. Addressing the “new normal” of more frequent and often overlapping crises requires rethinking national and global responses to more effectively prevent, mitigate, and recover from crises in ways that build long-term resilience.

The virtual Africa discussion will feature a distinguished panel of experts to discuss the report's key findings and recommendations and implications for Africa and its regions. IFPRI senior staff and government partners will discuss how shocks can be addressed through policy actions that strengthen food systems at national and local levels as well as through efforts to support smallholder farmers who are particularly vulnerable to shocks. Panelists will also discuss policies that can improve food security in Africa and what can be done to mitigate the impact of future crises.

Introduction and Welcome Remarks Samuel Benin, Acting Director, IFPRI Africa Regional Office

Report Overview with Key Findings Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI (Presentation)

Overview of the Africa Findings John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Africa Regional Office (Presentation)

Reactions from Government and Regional Partners Julio Rakotonirina, Director of Health and Humanitarian Affairs Directorate, African Union Commission Hubert Ndjafa, Deputy Executive Secretary, Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel/ Comite Permanent Inter Etats de lutte contre la secheresse dans le Sahel CILSS, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Amos O. Nyakeyo, Deputy Director of the Drought Contingency Planning and Response Department, National Drought Management Authority, Nairobi Kenya

Closing Remarks Kwaw Andam, Country Program Leader / Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Nigeria

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Communications and Public Affairs Director, IFPRI

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POLICY SEMINARFarm Subsidies and International Trade RulesMAY 25, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDTThe 1994 Agreement on Agriculture, which emerged from the Uruguay Round, imposed the first real international trade disciplines on agriculture, including rules on market access, export subsidies, and domestic support. However, no further progress was made at the Doha Round. Today, many WTO members continue to seek tighter constraints on trade-distorting domestic support, while others seek more room for producer support related to developing countries’ food stocks. With the next WTO ministerial conference (MC13) scheduled for February 2024, it remains to be seen if progress will be made on these critical issues.This trade policy seminar will provide a review and future-oriented discussion on domestic support, featuring Lars Brink and David Orden, authors of the recently published book Agricultural Domestic Support under the WTO: Experience and Prospects. The authors will examine the domestic support disciplines in the Agreement on Agriculture, the support governments provide, and the accommodation of support that targets sustainability and climate change goals. Taking recent dispute settlement cases into account, they will evaluate one of the most difficult aspects of the Agreement — the measurement of market price support. Their presentation will be followed by comments from international trade experts and a Q&A session.The Domestic Support Issues and ProspectsThe Rules and Shifting Provision of Support: Lars Brink, Independent Policy AdvisorProblematic Measurement of Market Price Support: David Orden, Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia TechDiscussion PanelState of Negotiations at the WTO: Edwini Kessie, Director, WTO Agriculture and Commodities DivisionGreen Box Rules, Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation: Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRIAdjudicating Compliance with Domestic Support Disciplines: Christian Lau, International Trade LawyerModeratorJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/farm-subsidies-and-international-trade-rulesSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscriptionLINKSBook: Agricultural Domestic Support Under The WTO: Experience And Prospects: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/international-trade-law/agricultural-domestic-support-under-wto-experience-and-prospects?format=HB&isbn=9781316514054Blog: Farm Subsidies And International Trade Rules: https://www.cambridgeblog.org/2023/03/farm-subsidies-and-international-trade-rules/

IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIESProduction Prospects for the Northern HemisphereCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)APR 18, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDTWith no end in sight to the war in Ukraine and tight global stocks, uncertainty continues to hang over agricultural markets. Reduced plantings in Ukraine mean that other countries will need to produce additional grains and oilseeds to help rebuild global stocks and moderate price levels. This webinar will focus on crop prospects in the Northern hemisphere. Experts will address crop and weather conditions in key wheat, corn and oilseed producing regions including the US and Canada, the EU and Black Sea, North Africa and China.This is the third event in the IFPRI-AMIS seminar series on Making sense of food and Agriculture Markets.Welcome RemarksJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Interim Secretary, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)Global crop conditionsInbal Becker Reshef, Program Scientist, GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM)Weather prospects in Northern hemisphereBrad Rippey, Agricultural Meteorologist and U.S. Analyst & Drought Monitor Author, U.S. Department of AgricultureUS and Canada production prospectsAngie Setzer, Partner, Consus ROIEU and North Africa production prospectsAurélien Blary, Grains Analyst, Stratégie GrainsRussia production prospectsAndrey Sizov, Managing Director, SovEconClosing RemarksJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Interim Secretary, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)ModeratorsSeth Meyer, Chief Economist, USDA and AMIS ChairErin Collier, Economist - Markets and Trade - Social and Economic Development Stream, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/production-prospects-northern-hemisphereSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis ResponsesHybrid Global Launch EventAPR 13, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDTEconomic crises, epidemics, conflicts, and extreme weather events can wreak havoc on food systems, in particular when several of these shocks overlap. Food system shocks risk increasing food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition, and can disrupt livelihoods, increase poverty, and further diminish prospects for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Governments and the international community, including research organizations such as IFPRI, support efforts to better predict, monitor, and respond to crises as they arise, but these efforts often are not sustained when the crises end. Addressing the “new normal” of possibly more frequent and compounding crises requires rethinking food crisis responses to drive renewed and broader efforts to prevent, mitigate, and recover from crises in ways that build long-term resilience.Please join us for the launch of IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report, which explores evidence-based policy and governance solutions that can provide better early warning and rapid response, increase resilience of food systems, protect the livelihoods of women and marginal groups and ensure their inclusion in crisis response, and address the impacts of conflict and migration. Following a presentation of the report’s key findings and recommendations, a distinguished panel of experts will address how best to align crisis response with resilience building for greater impact.IntroductionJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRIHigh level overview of GFPR findings and recommendationsKatrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIRapid Fire PresentationsEarly Warning Systems: Arif Husain, Chief Economist / Friederike Greb, Economist, World Food Programme (WFP)Anticipatory Action: Sikandra Kurdi, Research Fellow, IFPRISocial Protection: Kalle Hirvonen, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIForced Migration: Manuel Hernandez, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPanel DiscussionUS Perspectives on Crisis Response: Dina Esposito, USAID Assistant to the Administrator for Resilience and Food Security, U.S. Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development, and Global Food Crisis Response CoordinatorExamining the Role of the G20 in Global Food Crisis Response Coordination: Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research, and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa: Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson and Acting Managing Director, AKADEMIYA2063ModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks: Science And Innovations For Food Systems Transformation Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-launch-event-2023-global-food-policy-report-rethinking-food-crisis-responsesSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARScience and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation – follow up to the 2021 UN Food Systems SummitIn cooperation with the former Scientific Group of the 2021 UN Food Systems SummitAPR 11, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDTThe UN Food Systems Summit held in September 2021 was first of its kind in several respects: it was the first UN summit to focus on food systems, the first food-related summit involving heads of state in the UN General Assembly, and the first such summit that was informed by an independent Scientific Group. Food systems require ongoing attention, as evidenced by the widespread repercussions of the Ukraine crisis and the focus on food systems at COP27. A UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, established in early 2022, coordinates follow-up to the summit, including facilitation of food systems transformation pathways at the country level, and will organize the first biannual stocktaking of the summit outcomes and follow-up actions in 2023. Please join us as we bring together members of the UNFSS Scientific Group, the Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, and the Managing Director of the CGIAR Science Group on Systems Transformation to explore scientific findings that inform food systems transformation and point to research gaps, and examine food systems governance and the role of global institutions in shepherding food systems transformation.Welcoming RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRISetting the Context / What Is at StakeJoachim von Braun, Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group 2021; Professor, Economic and Technological Change at Center for Development Research (ZEF)Reflections from the 2021 UNFSS Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems SummitAgnes Kalibata, President, AGRAA Preview of the 2023 UNFSS StocktakingStefanos Fotiou, Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub; Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (video recording)Bringing together scientific expertise to advance food systems transformationMohamed Hag Ali Hassan, Vice Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group; World Academy of SciencesFood systems transformation for advancing nutrition and healthKaosar Afsana, Vice Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group; James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC UniversityPrioritizing scientific evidence to inform food systems transformationIsmahane Elouafi, member of the UNFSS Scientific Group; Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)The role of the CGIAR in advancing food systems transformation / How to advance on food systems transformation in fragile settings/amid crises?Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks: Science And Innovations For Food Systems Transformation Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/science-and-innovations-food-systems-transformation-%E2%80%93-un-food-systems-summit-2021-and-whatSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARWater & SDGs - Downscaling WATer relevant SDGs (DWAT-SDGs)2023 UN Water Conference Side EventJointly organized with the International Water Resources Association (IWRA)MAR 20, 2023 - 10:00 TO 11:00AM EDTLocalizing and realizing SDGs will require deep transformations in every country and region, including contextualizing toward a locally relevant subset of goals. Localization is essential due to the diversity of local conditions and priorities across regions in both the developed and developing world, local disagreements over priorities, competing interests, trade-offs, and synergies among multiple sectors and stakeholders, and country- and region-specific risks posed by future uncertainties. However, current SDG localization efforts are hampered by lack of appropriate institutional support (especially the participation of local communities), future uncertainties and risk, limited interactions between science and practice communities, and limited communication among countries and regions.To support localizing SDGs, the International Water Resources Association is increasing support to SDG implementation through a task force committee (TFC) on Water & SDGs. The overall goal of the TFC is to downscale WATer-relevant SDGs (DWAT-SDGs) to the country/region, basin, and local scales to facilitate SDG realization and support sustainable management of water resources in a climate crisis.This session will allow member countries to exchange existing tools and case studies linked to SDG 6 implementation and will develop suggestions and partnerships for expanding SDG 6 localization, making an important contribution to the Water Action Agenda.Overview and introductionXiming Cai, Ben Chie Yen Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignA SDG localisation framework for guiding sustainable development leadership in the Australian water sectorPaul Satur, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Monash University Sustainable Development InstituteLocalizing SDG6 in India: Where to start?Riddhi Singh, Associate Professor, Indian Institute for Technology BombayHow to localize SDG 6 in Egypt and the MENA Region: The role of the private sectorDahlia Sabri, International development practitioner, KEO International Consultants, EgyptDoes SDG 6 matter in a water-abundant country like Brazil?Alcigeimes B. Celeste, Federal University of Sergipe, BrazilDiscussantRaya Stephan, Water law expert, International consultant; Deputy Editor in Chief, Water International, International Water Resources Association (IWRA)Timothy Foster, Senior Lecturer in Water-Food Security, University of ManchesterModeratorClaudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRIMore about this event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/water-sdgs-downscaling-water-relevant-sdgs-dwat-sdgsSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARGroundwater: Potential and Pitfalls for Africa2023 UN Water Conference Side EventMAR 20, 2023 - 8:00 TO 9:30AM EDTDevelopment of groundwater is key to accelerating agricultural and overall economic growth, fighting climate change, and generating employment in Africa. However, improvements in groundwater institutions are needed to increase equity and environmental sustainability in groundwater use. This session discusses the groundwater program of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), including case studies on the benefits of groundwater development and institutional advances in several African countries.The importance of groundwater development for water and food security in AfricaH.E. Dr. Seleshi Bekele, Ambassador of Ethiopia to the USAfrica’s groundwater development programMoshood Tijani, African Ministers' Council on WaterGroundwater development potential in AfricaRamon Brentführer, Policy Advice Groundwater bei BGR, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural ResourcesThe economy-wide benefits of accelerating groundwater development in Senegal and UgandaAngga Pradesha, Senior Scientist, IFPRIThe groundwater governance toolbox: Elements to increase sustainability of groundwater use in AfricaHagar ElDidi, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRIPanel DiscussionNiokhor Ndour, Director of Resource Management and Planning, Ministry of Water and Sanitation, SenegalJulius Aheebwa, Water Officer, Ministry of Water and Environment, UgandaMure Agbonlahor, Agricultural Production and Marketing Officer, African Union CommissionRuth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIModeratorClaudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRIMore about this event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/groundwater-potential-and-pitfalls-africaSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARHow USD 10 billion can transform food systems in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria: Report launchCo-organized by IFPRI, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and Shamba Centre for Food and ClimateMAR 16, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDTA new study finds that sustainable food system transformation can be achieved in the next decade in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria by increasing public investment by US$10 billion per year (on average from 2023 to 2030) and implementing a more effective portfolio of interventions that achieve multiple outcomes. In an ambitious effort, researchers from IFPRI and IISD, engaged closely with the government, donors, and stakeholders in each country, synthesized the evidence, and then applied sophisticated macro- and microeconomic modeling techniques to identify pathways to provide affordable and healthy diets to all people in an environmentally sustainable way. Join us to learn more about the findings. IntroductionSean Woolfrey, Senior Advisor & Research Coordinator, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)Presentation of the report: Evidence-based and costed deep dives for achieving sustainable food systemsAlan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRILivia Bizikova, Lead II, Monitoring and Governance, Tracking Progress program, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)Francine Picard, Co-Founder and Director of Partnerships, Shamba Centre for Food and ClimateCarin Smaller, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Shamba Centre for Food and ClimateReactions: From evidence to actionWillem Olthof, Deputy Head of Unit, DG INTPA, European CommissionKathrin Weny, Senior Policy Officer, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)ModeratorValeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/how-usd-10-billion-can-transform-food-systems-ethiopia-malawi-and-nigeria-report-launchSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARFood Loss and Waste in Fruit and Vegetable Supply ChainsCo-organized by IFPRI, Embassy of Denmark, and World Resources InstituteMAR 14, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDTAccording to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about one-third of all food produced around the globe is lost or wasted. This is particularly egregious in a world where one in nine persons is food insecure, and widespread food affordability concerns in low- and middle-income countries have resulted from COVID-related value chain disruptions and the global impact of the war in Ukraine. This annual event will take stock of efforts around the world to tackle food loss and waste through initiatives like Champions 12.3, a coalition of leaders from governments, businesses, international organizations, research institutions, farmer groups, and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3 by 2030.The seminar will also take a closer look at fruits and vegetables, which are among the healthiest but most wasted foods. Given their perishable nature, great care, attention, and cooperation along all parts of fruit and vegetable value chains are required to reduce food loss and waste.WelcomeRob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, and Lead, CGIAR Initiative on Rethinking Food MarketsJacob Jensen, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of DenmarkKeynote AddressMaximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Panel DiscussionRob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, and Lead, CGIAR Initiative on Rethinking Food MarketsMuhammad Yakubu Bubayaro, Founder/CEO, Bunkasa Agritech Shannon Sajdak, Senior Sustainability Manager, ApeelSigne Frese, Director, CSR and Quality, Coop DenmarkClosing RemarksLiz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute (WRI)ModeratorLuciana Delgado, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-loss-and-waste-fruit-and-vegetable-supply-chainsSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIESUkraine One Year Later: the impact of the war on agricultural markets and food securityCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)MAR 8, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM ESTOne year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war continues to affect global markets. World stock levels remain tight, and while prices have fallen back to pre-war levels, much uncertainty remains. This seminar will examine how the war has affected global markets, particularly wheat markets. Speakers will discuss the war’s impacts on Ukraine’s producers, wheat buyers and importers in the MENA region, and households in Egypt and Yemen. In addition, the discussion will address export restrictions and sanctions that have exacerbated price levels and volatility.This is the second event in the IFPRI-AMIS seminar series on Making sense of food and Agriculture Markets.Welcome RemarksSeth Meyer, Chief Economist, USDA and AMIS ChairPanelistsNicholay Gorbachev, President, Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA)Eren Günhan Ulusoy, Director, International Association of Operative Millers Eurasian Region (IAOM)Sikandra Kurdi, Research Fellow, IFPRIDavid Laborde, Division Director, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Closing RemarksJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Secretary, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)ModeratorsErin Collier, Economist - Markets and Trade - Social and Economic Development Stream, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Secretary, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/ukraine-one-year-later-impact-war-agricultural-markets-and-food-security Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARTaking Stock of Africa’s Agrifood Processing SectorKey findings of the 2022 ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report on Agrifood Processing Strategies for Successful Food Systems Transformation in AfricaCo-organized by IFPRI and Akademiya2063FEB 9, 2023 - 8:00 TO 9:30AM ESTA high-performing, resilient, and competitive agrifood processing sector can create remunerative employment opportunities, link producers to growing and lucrative urban markets, and help to ensure that consumers have access to sufficient and healthy food. Africa’s food processing sector is growing in response to growing demand for processed and high-value foods in the continent. However, processing firms, many of them small and informal enterprises, still face serious constraints. The 2022 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) examines Africa’s agrifood processing sector and its role in sustainable food systems on the continent. The report examines available evidence on the current status and performance of the sector, discusses key challenges, and identifies required policy actions to maximize its contribution to achieving sustainable food systems for all.Please join us for this seminar where key research findings and policy recommendations of the 2022 ATOR will be presented and discussed by a distinguished panel of representatives from academia, the private sector, and international and regional organizations engaged in strengthening Africa’s agri-food processing sector.Welcome RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director of Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRIGodfrey Bahiigwa, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, African Union CommissionSetting the SceneOusmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson and Acting Managing Director, AKADEMIYA2063Key Research Findings and RecommendationsGetaw Tadesse, Director of Operational Support, AKADEMIYA2063Panel DiscussionThomas Reardon, Nonresident Fellow, IFPRIJanet Edeme, Head of Rural Development Division, Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE)Dejene Tezera, Director of Department of Agribusiness Development, UNIDOAshish Pande, Country Head, Olam NigeriaModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks:2022 Annual Trends And Outlook Report: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/2022-annual-trends-and-outlook-report-agrifood-processing-strategies-successful-foodAkademiya2063: https://akademiya2063.org/More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/key-findings-2022-resakss-annual-trends-and-outlook-report-agrifood-processing-strategiesSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARThe future of food and agriculture – Drivers and triggers for transformationCo-organized by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), IFPRI, and the CGIAR Research Initiative on ForesightFEB 1, 2023 - 10:00 TO 11:15AM ESTA new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on “The Future of Food and Agriculture: Drivers and Triggers for Transformation” aims to inspire strategic thinking and actions to transform agrifood systems toward a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive future.The report analyses current and emerging drivers of agrifood systems and their possible future trends, including the issues at stake and the threats and problems facing future food production and consumption.This policy seminar, co-organized by FAO, IFPRI, and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight, offers an opportunity to hear from the report’s authors and engage with a group of panel discussants on challenges facing food and agriculture, foresight approaches to exploring alternative future pathways, and opportunities for food system transformation, with particular focus on the Americas.Introductory RemarksMaximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Presentation of the reportLorenzo Giovanni Bellù, Senior Economist and Lead of the Policy Intelligence Branch – Global Perspectives, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Panel DiscussionValeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRIJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIElisabetta Gotor, Principal Scientist and Program Leader, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact, Alliance of Bioversity and CIATKeith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Lead of the CGIAR Research Initiative on ForesightClosing RemarksJocelyn Brown Hall, Director, FAO Liaison Office for North AmericaCharlotte Hebebrand, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIModeratorEvgeniya Anisimova, Manager of Media and Digital Engagement, IFPRILinks:Food And Agriculture Organization (FAO): https://www.fao.org/home/enCGIAR Research Initiative On Foresight: https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/foresight/The Future Of Food And Agriculture – Drivers And Triggers For Transformation: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc0959en/More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/future-food-and-agriculture-%E2%80%93-drivers-and-triggers-transformationSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI-AMIS SEMINAR SERIESFood vs Fuel V2.0: Impacts of Biofuels on Agricultural Markets and Food SecurityCo-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)JAN 24, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM ESTWith tight global supplies and global food inflation at the highest levels in many years, there is renewed criticism of biofuel policies that divert food and feedstuffs to produce fuels. Biofuel proponents argue that biofuel policies enhance energy self-sufficiency and reduce GHG emissions. This session will review the growth in global biofuel production and examine its impact on demand and market prices for grain and oilseeds.Welcome RemarksJoseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and AMIS SecretaryMarket Developments and Medium-Term Projections for World Biofuel Markets (OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2022-2031)Lee Ann Jackson, Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Biodiesel TrendsSiegfried Falk, Co-editor, Oil WorldTrends in US Ethanol ProductionPatrick Westhoff, Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU) DiscussantsJustyna Wrobel, Team Leader, DG AGRI, European CommissionMarcelo Fernandes Guimarães, General Coordinator of Studies and Information, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, BrazilModeratorSeth Meyer, Chief Economist, USDA and AMIS ChairLinks:Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS): https://www.amis-outlook.org/More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-vs-fuel-v20-impacts-biofuels-agricultural-markets-and-food-securitySubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINARHarmful Environmental Impacts of Agricultural SubsidiesCo-organized by IFPRI and The University of AdelaideDEC 14, 2022 - 3:00 TO 4:30PM ESTAgricultural subsidies are high—and increasing—and are largely concentrated among relatively few commodities in a handful of countries. The negative impacts of these subsidies on production and trade are widely known, but their environmental impacts are less well understood.In a recent review of the literature on agricultural subsidies, the Institute for International Trade identified key areas where further analysis is needed to strengthen the evidence base for subsidy reform. The study confirmed that many subsidies rely on environmentally harmful policy instruments, with few constraints on these expenditures.The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has analyzed the impacts of removing agricultural support on various indicators measuring food security, nutrition, and climate outcomes, finding that removing support may have important adverse trade-offs. This seminar will discuss the harmful environmental impacts of agricultural subsidies and how repurposing them could lead to policies that work better for people and the planet.Welcoming RemarksRob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRIKeynote AddressKen Ash, Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Trade (IIT), The University of AdelaideDavid Laborde, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIDiscussantsLee Ann Jackson, Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Sophia Murphy, Executive Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRINelson Illescas, Director, INAI Foundation (Fundación INAI)Closing RemarksPeter Draper, Executive Director, Institute for International Trade, The University of AdelaideModeratorValeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/harmful-environmental-impacts-agricultural-subsidiesSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTUREMy Reflections on the Year of African Nutrition32nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial LectureDEC 12, 2022 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM ESTIFPRI is delighted to announce the 32nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture, which will be delivered by Her Excellency Minata Samaté Cessouma, the African Union Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development.By declaring 2022 to be the Year of African Nutrition, the African Union signaled the overarching need to tackle malnutrition and increase the affordability of healthy diets for the African continent. As 2022 comes to a close—unfortunately marked by deteriorating nutritional security due to shocks from the Russia-Ukraine war—Commissioner Cessouma will reflect on the key outcomes and recommendations emerging from the Year of Nutrition and the strategy for implementing these at the pan-African and national level.The annual lecture commemorates Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years and made a significant impact on international nutrition. The annual lecturer is invited to present his/her personal views about major issues related to malnutrition.WelcomeJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRIRemarksKenan Forman, Son of Martin J. FormanShawn Baker, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Forman Memorial LectureH.E. Minata Samaté Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development, African Union (AU)Closing RemarksSamuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRIModeratorMarie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/my-reflections-year-african-nutritionSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Enhancing Biodiversity and Resilience in Intensive Farming Systems: Results from an ETH Zürich-IFPRI Collaborative studyCo-organized by IFPRI, ETH Zürich, and BayerDEC 6, 2022 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM ESTThe growth of our global food production capacity over the past century is unprecedented, and has been facilitated by advances in crop breeding, mechanization, intensification, and the application of chemical inputs. This has come at a cost in terms of biodiversity loss and land degradation. This apparent trade-off between productivity and environment can be resolved through adoption of new farming practices that emphasize restoring and maintaining biodiversity on agricultural land to the benefit of soils and crops. The science underpinning such practices is still being developed and trialed, but we know enough to propose alternative management principles. Similarly, farmers have long been experimenting and adapting their farming systems, sometimes drawing on scientific outputs, but more often than not drawing on their own experiential learning and knowledge exchange across farmer networks.In recognition of the developing science coupled with the growing interest of farmers in exploring new approaches to enhance farm resilience, ETH Zurich and IFPRI are pleased to share their research findings undertaken as part of the Enhancing Biodiversity and Resilience in Crop Production project, supported by Bayer. Over the course 2021-2022, ETH Zurich and IFPRI, together with partners in Germany, France, Brazil, and the USA, conducted systematic reviews of the scientific literature, complemented with interviews with farmers in each country, to evaluate management options for enhancing biodiversity and resilience in crop production. A panel composed of farmers, researchers, government and private sector actors will then comment on these research findings through the lens of farm management realities, and offer their perspectives on how to advance this area of research and how to achieve greater coherence of multiple policies, programs, and efforts.Welcome RemarksWei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIProject OverviewJaboury Ghazoul, Chair of Ecosystem Management, ETH ZürichPresentations of key findingsPractices and TechnologiesMaryam Yousefi Bardaskan, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH ZürichFactors affecting farmers’ participation in agri-environmental schemesSergei Schaub, Postdoctoral researcher, Agroscope and ETH ZürichSpatial distribution of intensive soybean, maize, and wheat production systems in Brazil, France, Germany, the United StatesZhe Guo, Senior GIS Coordinator, IFPRICo-developing a framework and indicators for assessing the performance of biodiversity-enhancing practicesXin Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental SciencePanel DiscussionWei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIAdrian Ivory, Manager Strathisla Farms, Blairgowrie, ScotlandFernando Sampaio, Director, Produzir Conservar Incluir (PCI) Institute, BrazilSergei Schaub, Postdoctoral researcher, Agroscope and ETH ZürichCeline Termote, Regional lead for Africa of the food environment and consumer behaviour research group, Alliance Bioversity International and CIATBärbel Hundt, Biodiversity Strategy Director, Bayer Crop ScienceQ&AClosing RemarksXin Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceNote of ThanksWei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/enhancing-biodiversity-and-resilience-intensive-farming-systems-results-eth-ifpriSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINAR La agricultura de las Américas en el camino a la COP27: desafíos y oportunidades de la política pública Co-organized by IFPRI and Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) with support from USAID OCT 27, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

La Vigésimo séptima sesión de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP27) de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) se llevará a cabo en Sharm-El Sheik, Egipto entre el 6 y el 16 de noviembre del presente año. Ante esto y desde inicios desde este año, se ha venido trabajando con las autoridades Ministeriales y Secretarías de agricultura y ganadería de las Américas en torno a los desafíos climáticos y la necesidad de diseñar e implementar políticas públicas acorde a los requerimientos de la acción climática. Se ha acordado, y explicitado en reiteradas oportunidades, fortalecer el trabajo colectivo para aumentar la participación y el liderazgo de la agricultura de las Américas en el proceso climático. En esta dirección, el pasado 22 y 23 de setiembre en la Sede Central del IICA en Costa Rica se realizó un encuentro presencial con la participación de representaciones de 32 países de las Américas, más de 20 Ministras y Ministros de Agricultura, los CEOs de los principales fondos climáticos globales y autoridades de instituciones con gran incidencia en la política y el desarrollo regional y global. Es en continuidad a esto, y en preparación a la participación de la Agricultura de las Américas, que se organiza este evento conjunto IICA-IFPRI.

El evento, La agricultura de las Américas en el camino a la COP27: desafíos y oportunidades de la política pública, busca generar un espacio de diálogo y discusión Inter agencial sobre los cambios y continuidades en la política pública regional en torno a la contribución de la agricultura para enfrentar la crisis climática.

Opening Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI Federico Villarreal, Director Cooperación Técnica, IICA, el camino iniciado hacia la COP27 por la agricultura de las Américas

Panelists Brenna McKay, Private Enterprise Officer, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Walter Oyhantcabal, Consultor en Cambio Climático y Bioeconomía Sabine Papendieck, Socia Gerente de Estrateco Consultores - Coordinadora General del Programa Argentino de Carbono Neutro Maria Mercedes Proaño Villalba, Oficial de Finanzas Climáticas en la FAO Lucrecia Rodriguez, Secretaria ejecutiva del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC)

Closing Remarks Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Moderator Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Links IFPRI Latin America: https://www.ifpri.org/division/latin-america-and-caribbean-lac Instituto Interamericano De Cooperación Para La Agricultura (IICA): https://www.iica.int/en/about-us/main United States Agency For International Development (USAID): https://www.usaid.gov/

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POLICY SEMINAR Ensuring a Focus on Women and Girls in the Global Food Crisis Response Co-organized by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Feed the Future Initiative, IFPRI, and the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform OCT 26, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

As the world scrambles to address the global food crisis, proposed measures may fail to meet the specific needs of women and girls and might worsen existing gender inequalities. Crisis responses, such as the provision of fertilizer subsidies or vouchers, are more likely to reach male heads of household. Other measures may add to the already high labor burdens of women and girls. Governments may shift spending away from social programs that support vulnerable women and children. The current crisis is hitting many women and girls at a time when they are already experiencing considerable hardship, following the pandemic and amid intensifying climate change.

Yet this crisis presents an opportunity to design gender-responsive programs that buffer women and girls in the short term and tackle entrenched gender inequalities while building resilience to future shocks over the long term. The International Food Policy Research Institute’s Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN), with support from USAID, recently convened a roundtable of concerned donors, academics, and practitioners and the recommendations were published in a Nature Comment.

Please join us for a discussion on how to chart a course toward more resilient and equitable food systems that create more opportunities for women and girls, leading to greater gender equality and greater prosperity for all.

Opening Remarks Jennifer Horsfall, RFS Global Food Security manager and Feed the Future Crisis Team Lead, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Recommendations from the Roundtable on Addressing the Gendered Impacts of the Global Food Crisis Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI

Perspective from the Ground Hannah Wachira, Champion Farmer, GROOTS, Kenya

Panel: Responding to the Gendered Impacts Sahar Alnouri, Senior Director for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Mercy Corps Nicole Lefore, Director, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture in College Station, Texas A&M University Reema Nanavaty, Director, Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Reflections Nicoline de Haan, Platform Director, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

Moderator Vivian Atakos, Global Engagement and Policy Specialist, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, International Potato Center (CIP)

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SPECIAL EVENT Accelerated Action for Food Systems Resilience: Egypt’s plans for COP27 and the role of CGIAR CGIAR Borlaug Dialogue Side Event organized by IFPRI, ICARDA, and the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) This event is part of the Egypt NPS Seminar Series OCT 20, 2022 - 8:15 TO 9:45AM EDT

Unprecedented extreme weather events linked to climate change are contributing to the current global food and energy price crisis and severely impacting livelihoods and food and nutrition security. In this context, expectations are high for the 27th Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) taking place under the Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

As a major agricultural producer in a highly climate-stressed region, Egypt brings a unique perspective to food system resilience. This presentation will highlight the Egyptian Presidency’s strategic objectives on climate change and food systems for COP27 and the climate challenges facing Egypt’s food system. CGIAR’s team will showcase its new global research portfolio on climate change and outline its objectives for COP27.

A panel of distinguished speakers will comment on Egypt’s priorities for COP27, actions specific to Egypt’s agrifood sector, and CGIAR’s research portfolio and plans for COP27.

Opening Remarks Michael Baum, Deputy Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Egyptian Presidency COP27: Vision and Key Planned Outcomes from COP27 in the Agriculture and Food Systems space H.E. Ambassador Ayman Tharwat, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt

Climate Change Challenges Facing Egypt's Food System Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

CGIAR SLT Rep on CGIAR's COP27 objectives and Food Pavilion Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT

The CGIAR Climate Change Research Portfolio Andy Jarvis, Head of Research at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

Panel Discussion Aditi Mukherjee, Principal Researcher, IWMI-IPCC Reem Abdel Meguid, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees: The association for sustainable quality of living (Estidama) & Lead of the Africa Grows Green Initiative – COP27 Kathleen Kirsch, Climate Integration Lead, Office of Economic Growth, USAID/Egypt

Closing Remarks Michael Baum, Deputy Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Moderator Roula Majdalani, Climate Change Advisor, ICARDA

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LAUNCH EVENT Tracking and promoting progress on gender equality: Emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities from the 2022 Global Food 5050 Report 2022 Borlaug Dialogue Side Event Co-organized by Global Health 5050, IFPRI, and UN Women OCT 18, 2022 - 8:00 TO 9:30AM EDT

Established in the lead-up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, the Global Food 50/50 initiative is a response to stakeholder demands for a global food system that is accountable for progress toward gender equality. This event will mark the launch of the second annual Global Food 50/50 Report, which provides data and analysis on the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 51 global food system organizations.

The Report shines a light on the progress, and lack of progress, made by food organizations in promoting diversity and equality in their leadership and decision-making and in putting gender equality at the heart of their work. This year, in 2022, we complemented our annual leadership analysis with a study of the board members of governing bodies. The data reveals not only gender inequalities in board representation, but that board seats are also dominated by nationals from high-income countries. The Report asserts that this skewed distribution of power and privilege undermines global efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.

This launch event seminar will present the report’s findings and explore how this accountability mechanism can empower a movement for more equitable, inclusive organizations across the global food system.

Introductory Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI (video remarks) Sarah Hendriks, Director for Policy, Programs and Inter Governmental Division, UN Women

Results of 2021 Global Food 50/50 Report Jemimah Njuki, Chief, Economic Empowerment, UN Women Sonja Tanaka, Deputy Director, Global Health 50/50

Keynote Address Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero, Chair, Committee on World Food Security

Panelists Megha Desai, Senior Coordinator, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Martha Nyagaya, Country Director for Kenya, Nutrition International Benjamin Davis, Director, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, FAO Maura Barry, Senior Deputy Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID (TBC)

Closing Remarks Sarah Hawkes, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50

Moderator Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

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POLICY SEMINAR Globalization and food security: What could 20 years of IFPRI research teach us? OCT 12, 2022 - 11:00AM TO 12:30PM EDT

2022 has been marked by another global food price crisis, the third in 20 years. As food systems have become more interconnected, the debate around globalization and food security has reemerged. Are we too interconnected? Are multilateral institutions the only way to tackle global challenges that require collective action, or is that belief fading?

These questions are not new. This webinar will revisit them through the lens of Antoine Bouet’s work on global and regional trade issues and their intersections with food security outcomes. During Bouet’s 17-year tenure as a Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI, his work informed civil society and policymakers and provided evidence for heated debates, from the intricacies of the global trade talks at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in 2005 to the challenges of measuring informal trade flows in West Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event will review 20 years of policy questions and associated research in the field of trade and food security. It will reflect on progress and mistakes made during this period, highlighting lessons to guide the research agenda needed to address challenges both old and new.

Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI

Evolution of debate on global food security and globalization David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel Discussion Tom Hertel, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University Robert Koopman, Hurst Sr Prof Lecturer, School of International Service, American University Sophia Murphy, Executive Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Reflections Antoine Bouet, Former Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Closing Remarks Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

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POLICY SEMINAR Call for Action to Address the Global Food Security Crisis OCT 5, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

The world is facing a potential food crisis worse than any seen since World War II. With Russia’s devastating war on Ukraine, a historic drought and heat wave in China, and an irregular monsoon season in South Asia, food supplies from several of the world’s largest granaries are highly uncertain and concerning. Global hunger has been rising since 2015, and the number of people facing acute, crisis-level food insecurity has doubled to well over 200 million. Famine is threatening the lives of large populations in the Horn of Africa, Yemen, and South Sudan. Already, climate change is compounding the global risks to food security.

In response to this “code red for global food systems,” the world community is beginning to coalesce around several action areas set forth by the Declaration of Leaders’ Summit on Global Food Security, the Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS) convened by the G7 Development Ministers, and the French Initiative for an International Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM), among others. At the G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting, held in Bali on September 27th, serious concerns were expressed about the global food security situation, but members stopped short of announcing concrete, concerted efforts to address the crisis. This may still come at the joint G20 Agriculture and Finance Ministers’ meeting on October 11, 2022.

What can the G20 do to help, and should it play a role in enhancing, strengthening, and coordinating initiatives to help avoid a potential food catastrophe and prevent future threats by making food systems resilient and sustainable?

This seminar will address these questions and consider the proposals made by the Task Force on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture of the Think20 (T20).

What can the G20 do to address the global food security crisis? Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI

Panel Discussion Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, African Union Commission Damayanti Buchori, Lead Co-chair, Task Force Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture T20 Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, IICA Visiting Fellow, IFPRI Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Program (WFP)

Q&A Closing Remarks Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Moderator Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

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POLICY SEMINAR 2022 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM): Leveraging Data to Improve Intra-Africa Food Trade Co-Organized by IFPRI and AKADEMIYA2063 SEP 27, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:15AM EDT

Africa’s agricultural trade capacity and policy are increasingly important as global volatility in agriculture and fertilizer markets is increasing risks for many importing and exporting countries. The 2022 edition of the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2022 (AATM), a flagship of IFPRI and AKADEMIYA2063, analyzes short- and long-term trends and drivers of African agricultural trade flows, including regional policies and the role of global markets. Chapters in this year’s report examine the impact of the Russia-Ukraine War, the potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to contribute to growth, the development of value chains for processed products and for coffee, tea, and cocoa, as well as the role of intraregional trade in the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), and makes recommendations for promoting the development of African trade.

Speakers and discussants will review the report’s key findings and implications for next steps.

Master of Ceremony Layih Butake, Director of Communication and Outreach, AKADEMIYA2063

Introductory Remarks Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA Hon. Dr. Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Rwanda

Main Findings of the 2022 AATM report Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson, AKADEMIYA2063, Rwanda

AATM 2022 Video

Panel presentation of the 2022 AATM report and discussion

Antoine Bouët, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Sunday Pierre Odjo, Deputy Director, Knowledge Systems, AKADEMIYA2063 Chahir Zaki, Professor, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University

Discussants Joseph Larrose, Director of Development, Touton Christiane Wolff, Counselor, World Trade Organization

Closing Remarks Patterson Brown, Director for Sustainable Development in Africa, USAID

Moderator Heike Hoeffler, Project Lead, Agricultural Trade, Agribusiness, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany

LINKS: AKADEMIYA2063: https://akademiya2063.org/index.php

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MEDIA BRIEFING Taking Stock of Global Food Security six months into the Ukraine-Russia Conflict SEP 13, 2022 - 9:30 EDT

More than six months after the 24 February invasion of Ukraine, the conflict endures, as do concerns about its impacts on global food security, particularly in low and middle-income countries. In an exclusive briefing for journalists, two senior economists at the International Food Policy Research Institute will provide updated analysis on global food security considerations, and answer questions about the potential short- and long-term impacts of the ongoing crisis. The briefing will include an overview of the USDA’s latest The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) being released on 12 September and its implications for food security around the world.

More analysis is available in our ongoing blog series here (https://www.ifpri.org/landing/war-ukraine-blog-landing-page).

Panel: David Laborde, Senior Research Fellow, Markets Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, Markets Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI (@JoeGlauber1)

Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS: More on the High Food/Fertilizer Prices and War in Ukraine Blogs: https://www.ifpri.org/landing/war-ukraine-blog-landing-page

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The conflict in Ukraine is having widespread deleterious impacts on the economies and food systems of many low- and middle-income countries. Rising prices for food, fuel, and fertilizer have raised pressing concerns about food security and poverty. To better understand the risks in specific countries, IFPRI researchers have modeled the impacts of prices of the fuel, fertilizer, and food price shocks on GDP, employment, poverty, hunger, and diet quality in 19 countries in Africa and Asia, and examined the relative cost effectiveness of different policy interventions.

Please join us for a presentation of this work and a discussion on how policymakers and other key actors are addressing the challenges created by this crisis in specific countries.

IFPRI’s modeling work on the impacts of the Ukraine crisis is supported by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and benefitted from working with two CGIAR’s research initiatives: Foresight and Metrics and National Policies and Strategies.

This is the sixth event in an IFPRI seminar series on Food and Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts on global food security (https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security).

Introduction

-Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Overview of methodology and key results of IFPRI’s impact and policy response analysis

-Xinshen Diao, Deputy Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI -James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel

Key Considerations for Nigeria

-Bedru Balana, Research Fellow, IFPRI -Sugra Mahmood, Deputy Director, Irrigation agriculture and crop development, Federal Department of Agriculture, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) -Surendra Srivastava, Head, Fertilizer Marketing, Indorama Eleme Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd., Abuja, Nigeria

Key Considerations for Egypt

-Mariam Raouf, Senior Research Associate, IFPRI -Fadi Abdelradi, Associate Professor, Cairo University

Key Considerations for Kenya

-Lensa Omune, Research Officer, IFPRI -Peter Odhiambo Owoko, Head: Policy Coordination, Directorate of Agricultural Policy Research and Regulations, State Department For Crop Development & Agricultural Research (Kenya) -Anthony Kioko, Chief Executive Officer, Cereal Growers Association

Closing Remarks

-Chris Hillbruner, Division Chief, Analysis and Learning Office of Policy, Analysis, and Engagement Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Moderator

-Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS: Seminar Series: Food & Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts On Global Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security

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POLICY SEMINAR Nudging for Good: AI driven diagnostics and behavior change to improve diets and nutrition JUL 28, 2022 - 12:00 TO 2:00PM EDT

Unhealthy diets are a critical global concern, but current dietary assessment methods are costly and challenging to implement. Mobile-phone-based interventions show some promise for improving nutrition data collection and dietary quality, especially for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

The Nudging for Good project has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted mobile phone application, the Plant Village Food Recognition Assistance and Nudging Insights (FRANI). This app can recognize foods, track food-group consumption, provide diet-related statistics, and nudge users to improve food consumption. Validation of FRANI for dietary assessment in adolescent girls in Ghana and Viet Nam showed it performs as well or better than the standard multi-pass 24-hour recall method, highlighting its potential to address critical data gaps and provide a platform for interventions to improve diet quality.

This seminar will launch the FRANI app and discuss the results of new dietary assessment technologies and perspectives on the way forward for technology-assisted diet assessment.

Nudging for Good is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the International Food Policy Research Institute, Plant Village at Penn State University, the University of Ghana, and the National Institute of Nutrition and Thai Nguyen National Hospital in Viet Nam.

Opening Remarks Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Part 1: Recent developments in new technologies for dietary assessment and launch of Nudging for Good Plant Village FRANI application

Validity and feasibility of using FRANI, a new AI-based phone application to assess diets and improve the quality of food choices of adolescents in Ghana and Vietnam

-Aulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Pete McCloskey Research and Development Engineer for PlantVillage and the Current and Emerging Threats to Crops Innovation Lab at Penn State University (via pre-recorded video) -Phuong Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (via pre-recorded video) -Gloria Folson, Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana (via pre-recorded video)

Passive Dietary Monitoring - the use of wearable cameras and AI to quantify dietary intake -Benny Lo , Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London

INDDEX24 and Global Diet Quality Score applications -Winnie Bell, Senior Technical Advisor, Intake Center for Dietary Assessment -Mourad Moursi, Senior Dietary Survey Advisor, Intake Center for Dietary Assessment

Q&A

Part 2: Roundtable discussion on policy implications -Jennie Coates, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Feinstein International Center at Tufts University -Lynnda Kiess, Senior Programme Advisor Nutrition, World Food Programme (WFP) -Arlene Mitchell, Executive Director, Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) -David Hughes, Huck Chair in Global Food Security, Penn State University, Director of USAID Innovation Lab on Current and Emerging Threats to Crops, Founder of Carbon4Good -Shelly Sundberg, Interim Deputy Director, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF

Q&A

Closing Remarks Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

TOPICS Nutrition: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/nutrition Health: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health Science, Technology, And Innovation: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/science-technology-and-innovation

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POLICY SEMINAR Addressing the global food security crisis: Strengthening research and policy responses Co-organized by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and CGIAR JUL 25, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has further increased food and input prices at the global level, with the strongest impacts felt by the poorest in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The World Food Program projects that the conflict could put an additional 47 million people at risk of acute hunger worldwide. The impacts of this crisis are unfolding as countries cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, more frequent and damaging extreme weather events caused by climate change, and other conflicts.

Germany holds the G7 presidency in 2022 and is thus in a leadership role to address these interrelated challenges and crises. Together with World Bank President David Malpass, Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), recently established the Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS) to catalyze an agile, immediate, and coordinated response to the unfolding global food security crisis.

As the world’s largest international agrifood research consortium, CGIAR plays a pivotal role in providing research to help shape context-specific policies and solutions. More than ever, close collaboration between CGIAR, national governments, and international organizations is needed to meet the strong demand for innovations and ensure their delivery, scaling, and impact.

This policy seminar will analyze the impacts of the war in Ukraine on food security in low- and middle-income countries, highlight GAFS, and showcase how CGIAR’s immediate and longer-term responses can support policy initiatives.

Opening Remarks -Stefan Kachelriess-Matthess, Project manager, Fund International Agricultural Research, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Setting the scene: Implications and responses to the global food security crisis -Martin Fregene, Director, Department of Agriculture and Agro-Industry, African Development Bank -Sebastian Lesch, Head of Division, Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains, International Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Innovation, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (via pre-recorded video)

How can international agricultural research support short-, medium- and long-term responses to the global food security crisis? -Martin Kropff, Global Director for Resilient Agri-Food Systems, CGIAR -Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI -Sonja Vermeulen, Global Director for Genetic Innovations, CGIAR

Bridging back to practice – comments from key stakeholders -Sory Ouane, Senior Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA)-NEPAD -Francine Picard Mukazi, Co-founder and Director of Partnerships, Shamba Centre for Food & Climate

Q&A

Wrap up, next steps and closing Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI Felicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, Division of Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains, International Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Innovation, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Stefan Kachelriess-Matthess, Project manager of Fund International Agricultural Research, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Moderator Stefan Kachelriess-Matthess, Project manager of Fund International Agricultural Research, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

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POLICY SEMINAR Strengthening policy research and analysis capacity: The role of institutional development programs JUL 21, 2022 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT

Policy design and implementation for sustainable food systems transformation in developing countries rely on the research institutions, university departments, and organizations that collect, analyze, and disseminate data for the government and private sector. Collaborative policy research programs can play a valuable role in building the long-term capacity of these institutions to generate the evidence needed for policymaking.

In this seminar, panelists and discussants will draw on their experiences with collaborative research in institutional development programs, and explore the lessons learned for strengthening policy research and analysis capacity for food system transformation.

Chair -Shenggen Fan, Former Director-General of IFPRI, CGIAR System Board Member, and Chair Professor at the College of Economics and Management at China Agricultural University, Beijing

Welcome Remarks -Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Panel presentations on experiences and lessons:

China -Kevin Chen, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Malawi -Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow, and Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI

Ethiopia -Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia Strategy Support Program, IFPRI

Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes – RENAPRI -Thomas S. Jayne, University Foundation Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

Discussants

-Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson, AKADEMIYA2063, Rwanda -Nalishebo Meebelo, Executive Director, Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI), Zambia -Agnes Mbachi Mwangwela, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi -James Oehmke, Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University, Chicago

Moderator -Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, IFPRI

TOPICS Food Systems https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-systems

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POLICY SEMINAR Are healthy diets affordable? Using new data on retail prices and diet costs to guide agricultural and food policy Co-organized by IFPRI, Tufts University, the World Bank, and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) JUL 15, 2022 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM EDT

New Food Prices for Nutrition data in the SOFI 2022 report launching on July 6th uses retail food prices to compute diet costs and the number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet globally. Underlying costs by food group will be published simultaneously on a new Food Prices for Nutrition DataHub hosted at the World Bank, and subnational data are being used for a wide range of in-country research across Africa and Asia.

The new data and methods showcased in this seminar are key tools for policy analysis and monitoring in global and national food systems, measuring food access using retail prices of the most affordable items available at each place and time in quantities needed to meet global nutritional standards for an active and healthy life.

Key innovations include:

-use of retail prices for many differentiated food products -conversion of item prices to standard units, accounting for edible fraction and water weight, -selection of least-cost items in quantities sufficient for nutrient adequacy or dietary guidelines, -comparison to income based on household survey data as a measure of affordability -customization of standard methods to address specific needs in particular settings

This Policy Seminar will feature Food Prices for Nutrition project leaders and participants around the world, who will discuss how policy analysts and researchers can use the new methods and data in their own work.

This is the fourth event in an IFPRI seminar series on Food and Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts on global food security.

Welcome and introduction to the Food Prices for Nutrition project -Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI -William Masters, Principal Investigator, Food Prices for Nutrition project, Tufts University

Data sources and methods for policy-relevant analysis of diet costs and affordability -Anna Herforth, Co-Director, Food Prices for Nutrition project, Tufts University

Results and implications of global variation in diet costs and affordability -Yan Bai, Economist in Global Food and Nutrition, World Bank Development Data Group and Zhejiang University School of Public Affairs

Frontiers of research on food policy based on consumer prices, diet costs and affordability -Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Global monitoring of the cost and affordability of healthy diet and policy analysis to inform agrifood systems transformation -Cindy Holleman, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Q&A Discussion

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS Food Prices For Nutrition Project- https://sites.tufts.edu/foodpricesfornutrition/ Tufts University - https://www.tufts.edu/ The World Bank - https://www.worldbank.org/en/home Food And Agriculture Organization (FAO) - https://www.fao.org/home/en Seminar Series: Food & Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts On Global Food Security - https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security

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CGIAR RESEARCH INITIATIVE Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH) Global Launch Event MAY 25, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

Poor diets are a primary cause of malnutrition and the leading cause of disease worldwide. Improving diets, including increasing fruit and vegetable intake, could save one in five lives lost annually. This change must begin with consumers, by understanding dietary patterns and finding cost-effective ways to make diets rich in fruit and vegetables more desirable, accessible, affordable, and available.

A part of CGIAR’s new Research Portfolio, the Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH) https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/fruit-and-vegetables-for-sustainable-healthy-diets-fresh/#:~:text=This%20initiative%20aims%20to%20use,and%20mitigating%20negative%20environmental%20impacts Initiative is working with partners to address this challenge, starting from consumers and working back through the food system to increase fruit and vegetable intake for multiple impacts — improving diet quality, nutrition, and health while also improving livelihoods, empowering women and youth, and mitigating negative environmental impacts. In this webinar co-hosted by CGIAR and IFPRI and in partnership with CIMMYT, the World Vegetable Center, and others, stakeholders will explore this innovative approach and the global and national relevance of FRESH in different contexts.

Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI (Presentation)

FRESH Overview Deanna Olney, Lead, FRESH initiative, CGIAR & Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)

Speakers Mathieu Ayenan, MS, Research Assistant, Plant Breeding, World Vegetable Center Saman Kalupahana, Nutritionist, World Food Programme (WFP) Joyce Kinabo, Professor of Human Nutrition in the Department of Food Technology, Nutrition, and Consumer Sciences at the Sokoine University of Tanzania Laura Munro, Advisor, Agriculture Research Team, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Sarah Schmidt, Advisor, Agricultural Research for Development, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Moderator Namukolo Covic, Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia CGIAR, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

LINKS Fruit And Vegetables For Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH): https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/fruit-and-vegetables-for-sustainable-healthy-diets-fresh/#:~:text=This%20initiative%20aims%20to%20use,and%20mitigating%20negative%20environmental%20impacts CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/fruit-and-vegetables-for-sustainable-healthy-diets-fresh/#:~:text=This%20initiative%20aims%20to%20use,and%20mitigating%20negative%20environmental%20impacts

TOPICS Health https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health Food Systems https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-systems Nutrition https://www.ifpri.org/topic/nutrition

More information about the event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/cgiar-initiative-launch-event-fruit-and-vegetables-sustainable-healthy-diets-fresh

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Global Food Policy Report 2022 Global Food Policy Report: Climate Change & Food Systems Global Launch Event MAY 12, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

The 2022 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI’s flagship report, highlights the urgency of accelerating innovation, reforming policies, resetting market incentives, and increasing financing for sustainable food systems transformation. It sets forth a broad range of policy options for accelerated action by policymakers as well as international forums for policy and investment decision-making.

Eleven thematic chapters look at how policies can support the development and adoption of “disruptive” technologies by creating an enabling environment for climate change–related financing, innovation uptake, and integrated governance of natural resources. The chapters also examine the impacts of climate change and related policies on the most vulnerable, considering how to promote healthy, sustainable diets and increase benefits for all from food systems. Six regional chapters discuss the diverse impacts of climate change in different parts of the world and identify potential responses that can be taken up in the short and medium term in national and regional food systems.

Join us at the global virtual launch event where speakers will highlight key findings in the 2022 report.

Overview of the Report Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI Channing Arndt, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

Rapid Fire Presentations Eugenio Diaz Bonilla, IICA Visiting Fellow, IFPRI Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Aditi Mukherji, Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Caroline Mwongera, Agriculture & Climate Change Specialist, Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Discussants Andrew Jarvis, Associate Director-General for Research, Strategy, and Innovation, Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Rachael McDonnell, Deputy Director General, Research for Development, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

RELATED PUBLICATIONS 2022 Global Food Policy Report: Climate Change And Food Systems: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/2022-global-food-policy-report-climate-change-and-food-systems

LINKS 2022 Global Food Policy Report: https://gfpr.ifpri.info/

COUNTRIES & REGIONS Global: https://www.ifpri.org/country/global

TOPICS Food Systems: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-prices Climate Change: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/climate-change Environment And Natural Resources: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/environment-and-natural-resources Health: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health

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POLICY SEMINAR Fertilizer Availability and Affordability: Implications for agricultural productivity and food security MAY 4, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:30AM EDT

The invasion of Ukraine has driven up already high global agricultural commodity prices. Fertilizer prices have also reached all-time highs, casting a serious shadow on future harvests, and thus add to concerns about global food security.

Speakers will address the implications of increased prices on fertilizer demand, usage and productivity, the viability of government fertilizer subsidies and soil health.

This is the third event in an IFPRI seminar series on Food and Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts on global food security.(https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security)

Key Considerations from an industry perspective Svein Tore Holsether, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara International and Chairman of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA)

Key Considerations from a farmer's perspective Theo de Jager, President, World Farmer Organisation

Key Fertilizer Price Drivers pre- and post-invasion of Ukraine Laura Cross, Director, Market Intelligence at International Fertilizer Association (IFA)

Countries with high import dependence David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel on Regional & Country perspectives

Sub Saharan Africa Sebastian Nduva, Program Lead, AfricaFertilizer.org (AFO), International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

Brazil Marcos Jank, Senior Professor of Global Agribusiness, INSPER, Brazil (Presentation)

India Rakesh Kapur, Managing Director, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO)

China Jingfen Qian, Vice President, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemical Importers & Exporters (CCCMC) (remarks delivered by Airong Zhang)

Nutrient Use Efficiency and Soil Health Considerations Bernard Vanlauwe, Director R4D, Central Africa and Natural Resource Management, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Moderator

Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

Seminar Series: Food & Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts On Global Food Security (https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security)

COUNTRIES & REGIONS Global: https://www.ifpri.org/country/global Ukraine: https://www.ifpri.org/country/ukraine TOPICS Food Prices: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-prices Food Security https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-security Agriculture Production https://www.ifpri.org/topic/agriculture-production

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POLICY SEMINAR Retail food prices at the country level and implications for food security How are rising food prices, further aggravated by the invasion of Ukraine, being transmitted at the country level? MAR 29, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

This policy seminar will explore what we know—and do not know—about how high global agricultural commodity prices and country-specific factors affect retail prices at the national level. Special attention will be given to countries suffering from acute food insecurity and those with a high dependence on imports.

As the second event in IFPRI’s seminar series on high food and fertilizer prices ( https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security ), this seminar will examine how global commodity prices are transmitted at the national level and what other country-specific aspects influence retail prices. Program speakers will address key considerations for highly food-insecure and import-dependent countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Short presentations will focus on Rwanda, Yemen, and Ethiopia.

Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI (Presentation)

How increasing food prices impact Middle East and North Africa countries Aly Abousabaa, Regional Director, Central and West Asia and North Africa, CGIAR, Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) (Presentation)

How global agricultural commodity prices impact national food retail prices Rob Vos, Division Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions, IFPRI (Presentation)

A Special Look at Rwanda Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Republic of Rwanda (Presentation)

Rapid Fire Presentations On Ethiopia: Zerihun Getachew Kelbore, Economist, Macroeconomics Trade and Investment Global Practice, World Bank (Presentation) On Yemen: Sikandra Kurdi, Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation) On Myanmar: Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow/ Program Leader of the Myanmar Strategy Support, IFPRI (Presentation) On Latin America and the Caribbean region: Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI (Presentation)

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS Seminar Series: Food & Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts On Global Food Security (https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security)

COUNTRIES & REGIONS Africa: https://www.ifpri.org/country/africa Asia https://www.ifpri.org/country/asia Latin America: https://www.ifpri.org/region/latin-america Caribbean https://www.ifpri.org/region/caribbean Yemen: https://www.ifpri.org/country/yemen Rwanda: https://www.ifpri.org/country/rwanda Ethiopia: https://www.ifpri.org/country/ethiopia Myanmar: https://www.ifpri.org/country/myanmar Guatemala: https://www.ifpri.org/country/guatemala Ukraine: https://www.ifpri.org/country/ukraine

TOPICS Food Security https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-security Agriculture Production https://www.ifpri.org/topic/agriculture-production COVID-19 https://www.ifpri.org/topic/covid-19 Climate Change https://www.ifpri.org/topic/climate-change Governance https://www.ifpri.org/topic/governance Gender https://www.ifpri.org/topic/gender Poverty https://www.ifpri.org/topic/poverty

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BOOK LAUNCH Food for All: International Organizations and the Transformation of Agriculture MAR 22, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

Global levels of food security and nutrition have declined significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflict. Many developing countries are falling behind on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, yet global ambitions to achieve sustainable food security and adequate nutrition have grown. What are the prospects of achieving sustainable, healthy food for all? How can we best respond to concerns about growing differences in domestic agricultural and industrial performance among developing countries? How have global institutions, established after World War II, helped developing countries to deal with economic fallout from food, fuel, and financial crises?

Food for All explores how post-war developments have helped change the provision of international financial and technical assistance to support the global food and agriculture system and how developing countries' own efforts have contributed to this transformation. These developments and the increasing number of global actors have expanded and complicated global governance, presenting both opportunities and challenges for food systems. This volume analyzes the structure, coordination, and management of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Food Programme (WFP), World Bank --the largest international funder of policy advice and investment projects, and CGIAR, a leading funder of international agricultural research.

This event features a panel discussion on key topics raised in Food for All such as global governance, food security and nutrition, poverty reduction, and gender. Following opening comments by Jo Swinnen and Uma Lele, David Spielman will comment on the changing global governance context for food security and nutrition and the role of CGIAR. David Bathrick will focus on the need for overarching strategies to facilitate the labor force’s transition from agriculture to other sectors in order to achieve poverty reduction for integrated agricultural and rural development. Nalishebo Meebelo will provide perspectives on Africa and gender. Shahid Rashid will speak on the evolution of the CGIAR–NARS relationship.

Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Book Overview Uma Lele, International Policy Expert and Development Economist and President, International Association of Agricultural Economists

Discussants David Bathrick, Rural Growth Strategist, Retired Senior Foreign Service Officer, Minister Counselor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Nalishebo Meebelo, Executive Director at the Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) Secretariat Shahidur Rashid, Director for South Asia, IFPRI David Spielman, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader-Rwanda, IFPRI

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS Food For All (E-Book) https://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/academic/pdf/openaccess/9780198755173.pdf

COUNTRIES & REGIONS Global https://www.ifpri.org/country/global

TOPICS Food Security https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-security Agriculture Production https://www.ifpri.org/topic/agriculture-production COVID-19 https://www.ifpri.org/topic/covid-19 Climate Change https://www.ifpri.org/topic/climate-change Governance https://www.ifpri.org/topic/governance Gender https://www.ifpri.org/topic/gender Poverty https://www.ifpri.org/topic/poverty

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POLICY SEMINAR SDG 12.3 - Food Loss and Food Waste: A Once in a Generation Opportunity Co-organized by IFPRI, Embassy of Denmark, World Resource Institute, Champions 12.3; and with the collaboration of the World Food Forum MAR 10, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST

Every year about a third of all food produced is either lost during production, distribution, and processing or wasted at the retail and consumer level. With 811 million people facing hunger in 2020, this food loss and waste is egregious. Food loss and waste also has significant negative environmental impacts, accounting for almost 10 percent of global GHG emissions as well as a wasteful use of a quarter of the world’s freshwater resources and of farmland that exceeds the size of China. Sustainable Development Goal target 12.3 calls for halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses by 2030.

The 2021 UN Food Systems Summit highlighted the importance of reducing food loss and waste to achieve a sustainable food system and deliver on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But what are effective solutions for a livable planet and to guarantee sufficient and healthy food for future generations? What needs to change in production processes? What can and should consumers do? How can all generations get involved?

At this seminar, young changemakers associated with the World Food Forum will pose questions and engage in a dialogue with a panel of leaders from the farm, business, and policy communities to push forward the global discussion of workable solutions.

Welcome Mikkel Dam Schwartz, Minister Counsellor Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark - Washington D.C

Opening Remarks Rasmus Prehn, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Denmark (pre-recorded video remarks) Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Panel Discussion Theo de Jager, President, World Farmer Organisation Yolanda Kakabadse Former President, World Wildlife Fund International (WWF) and Former Minister of Environment for the Republic of Ecuador Mette Lykke, CEO, Too Good to Go Ken West, Reefer Digital Development Manager, MAERSK

Closing Remarks Craig Hanson, Vice President for Food, Forest, Water & the Ocean, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Moderators Rachel V. Brown, Co-founder and Executive Director, The Every Mikkle Foundation Lisanne Van Oosterhoud, European Climate Pact Ambassador in Netherlands, European Union

LINKS Embassy Of Denmark (https://usa.um.dk/en/about-us/danish-missions/embassy-of-denmark-in-the-us) World Resource Institute (https://www.wri.org/) Champions 12.3 (https://champions123.org/) World Food Forum (http://www.world-food-forum.org/)

TOPICS Food Systems (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-systems) Health (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health) Food Loss And Waste (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-loss-and-waste) Health (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health)

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POLICY SEMINAR Global commodity prices and food security: Navigating new challenges and learning from the past MAR 9, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:30AM EST

Agricultural commodity prices are reaching levels close to those witnessed in 2007/08 and 2010/11, and fertilizer prices have also increased significantly. Repercussions from the invasion of Ukraine are creating significant additional pressures on prices.

This policy seminar will present global data on key agricultural commodity, energy, transportation, and fertilizer markets to paint a comprehensive picture of price trends and their underlying causes and will include a comparison to the earlier price spikes of 2007/08 and 2010/11.

This event is the first in an IFPRI seminar series on Food and Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts on global food security (https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security)

Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Speakers John Baffes, Senior Economist, Macroeconomics, Trade & Investments, World Bank Group Inbal Becker-Rashef, Program Director, NASA Harvest, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland Alison Bentley, Director, Global Wheat Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Seth Meyer, Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Arnaud Petit, Executive Director, International Grains Council (IGC)

Moderator Lee Ann Jackson, Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

LINKS Global (https://www.ifpri.org/country/global) Ukraine (https://www.ifpri.org/country/ukraine)

TOPICS Agriculture Production (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/agriculture-production) Food Prices (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-prices) Markets (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/markets)

TOPICS Food Systems (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-systems) Health (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health) Food Loss And Waste (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-loss-and-waste) Health (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health)

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BOOK LAUNCH COVID-19 & Global Food Security: 2 Years Later MAR 7, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST

This e-book builds upon the lessons presented in the earlier volume, COVID-19 & Global Food Security (2020) that documented the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as of mid-2020, particularly the disruptions to livelihoods and the food and nutrition security of billions of people. Early in the pandemic, many hoped that COVID-19 could be controlled and even eliminated through a short-term response phase and that attention could subsequently be shifted to recovery and resilience building. Instead, COVID-19 and its disruptions have persisted and evolved, with new waves of infections and deaths and ongoing impacts, particularly among poor and vulnerable populations.

It is organized in four sections: food security and poverty; agricultural production and value chains; nutrition, health, and social programs; and policy responses and implications. Each section includes two types of contributions. The first are new syntheses of lessons on key topics such as country impacts, food price changes, value chain fractures, social protection case studies, and fiscal and monetary responses and policy recommendations. The second are new or updated blogs from the IFPRI COVID-19 series.

Join us for the launch of this e-book where presenters will share lessons learned and key issues we should consider looking forward.

Book Overview John McDermott, Former Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), IFPRI

Rapid Fires Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Thomas Reardon, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University & Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Discussants Sudha Narayanan, Research Fellow, IFPRI Jemimah Njuki, Chief, Women’s Economic Empowerment, UN Women Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Donor Reflections Chris Hillbruner, Division Chief, Analysis and Learning Office of Policy, Analysis, and Engagement Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (tbc)

Next Steps/Implications/Forward looking Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS COVID-19 And Global Food Security (https://www.ifpri.org/publication/covid-19-and-global-food-security) IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact (https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19)

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In an exclusive briefing for journalists, four researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute answered questions and provided analysis on lessons learned from two years of the global pandemic related to food security, poverty, health, and supply chains, as well as how governments’ responses have helped and hindered recovery and how this pandemic experience can inform both recovery and longer-term efforts to build more resilient food systems.

The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is likely to generate an immediate impact on global wheat market stability and, by disrupting natural gas and fertilizer markets, have negative impacts for producers as they enter a new planting season.

In an exclusive briefing for journalists, three senior economists at the International Food Policy Research Institute answer questions and provide analysis on the potential short- and long-term impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

As two of the top five global wheat exporters, Ukraine and Russia supply about 34% of global internationally traded wheat. Russia is also an important supplier of nitrogenous fertilizers and potash, accounting for 15% of global trade in nitrogenous fertilizers and 17% of global potash fertilizer exports. Sanctions against Russia are also likely to disrupt natural gas imports (particularly to the EU), which is an important component for producing nitrogenous fertilizers. More analysis is available in a blog post here.

PANEL: David Laborde, Senior Research Fellow, Markets Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI Joe Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, Markets Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI (@JoeGlauber1) Kamiljon Akramov, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

Please direct any questions about participation to Drew Sample, +1 (202) 549-5920; d.sample@cgiar.org Website: www.ifpri.org Twitter: @IFPRI

POLICY SEMINAR Advancing Food Systems Transformation: Dialogue between German Development Cooperation and CGIAR Co-organized by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), CGIAR, IFPRI and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) FEB 23, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST

For decades, Germany has been a reliable partner in international agricultural research to support sustainable food systems transformation. With GIZ and KfW among the implementers, BMZ has funded numerous bilateral projects, has committed to fund the new, large-scale initiatives of One CGIAR, and supports experts at international agricultural research centers. Under the CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) and continuing with the One CGIAR reform process and related initiatives, CGIAR research has combined food systems research and innovations with a strong policy interface, informing a growing number of policies and impacting more livelihoods than ever before.

At this important juncture in which Germany has a new government and CGIAR has announced its complete portfolio of One CGIAR initiatives, it is useful to identify joint research-for-development opportunities for collaboration between Germany and CGIAR, particularly given the growing food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate crisis. A key area of deliberation will involve further improving the science-policy interface for research to better communicate and inform agricultural policies, strategies, and implementation toward sustainable food system transformation in the face of multiple crises at country, regional, and global levels.

This webinar focuses on the importance of international food systems research and the science-policy interface for advancing key actions in Germany’s strategic directions for agriculture and food and in One CGIAR strategy and initiatives. It will showcase CGIAR’s work and contributions to Germany’s international cooperation in the area of agriculture, food systems, and food security, and will identify joint priorities, opportunities, and entry points for collaboration given Germany’s strategic directions and One CGIAR’s initiatives.

LINKS CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/ Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation And Development: https://www.bmz.de/en Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ): https://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/science-policy-interface-catalyst-sustainable-food-system-transformation-role-international

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POLICY SEMINAR Sustainable Land Use: Role of soil for sustainable food systems A Food and Agriculture Transatlantic Dialogue Co-organized by IFPRI and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany FEB 17, 2022 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM EST

“Healthy soils are our allies in combating global hunger, the climate crisis, and the extinction of species. However, they are under pressure: they are severely affected by land sealing and soil degradation. It is, moreover, essential that farmers worldwide have access to land and are able to manage soils over the long term. We need to act now — and we need to act in global solidarity.“ - Cem Özdemir, German Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture

The United Nations’ goal of achieving a world without hunger by 2030 is directly linked to protecting the soil. We must use land resources sustainably and preserve existing agricultural land in order to feed the growing global population, keep global warming below 2°C, and reduce the loss of biodiversity.

At the 14th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)( https://www.gffa-berlin.de/en/berliner-agrarministerkonferenz-2/), held January 24–28, 2022, some 80 agriculture ministers and representatives of international organizations from across the globe agreed on a range of measures to significantly strengthen the sustainable use and management of soils the world over. They were joined by representatives from academia, private sector, and civil society from 150 nations. The GFFA communiqué emphasizes the need to minimize soil degradation and restore degraded soils, and highlights the critical role that soils can play as carbon sinks. It also calls for clear rules to ensure equitable access to land.

At this policy seminar, the key outcomes of the GFFA will be presented and discussed, with a particular focus on the policy commitments and partnerships essential for improving soil health and stewardship to sustainably meet the world’s food needs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Introduction and Context Setting Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Presentation of the Main Results of the GFFA Cornelia Berns, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture, Germany

Panel Discussion Teddie Kamoto, Deputy Director of Forestry, Department of Forestry, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy & Mining, Republic of Malawi Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science, The Ohio State University Caitrin Martin, Agricultural Scientific Analyst, Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank

Closing remarks Astrid Jakobs de Pádua, Minister Counselor, Head of Department for Food and Agriculture, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Moderator Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Strategic and communications leader in food policy and agriculture development

LINKS Embassy Of The Federal Republic Of Germany: https://www.germany.info/us-en Global Forum For Food And Agriculture (GFFA): https://www.gffa-berlin.de/en/berliner-agrarministerkonferenz-2/ Global Forum For Food And Agriculture (GFFA) 2022 Communiqué: https://www.gffa-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gffa-2022-kommunique-en.pdf

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SPECIAL EVENT A Decade of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI): Lessons from Using Empowerment Metrics Co-Organized by IFPRI, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) FEB 16, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is the first-ever direct measure of women’s empowerment and inclusion in the agriculture sector, and has been named one of CGIAR’s top innovations. Since its launch in 2012, WEAI-based metrics have been used by over 230 organizations across 58 countries to track progress toward women’s empowerment and gender equality. This includes the project-level WEAI (pro-WEAI), which measures empowerment in various types of agricultural development projects. The pro-WEAI has guided programming that reached 10 million people across 30 projects, leveraging $2.4 billion.

This Special Event will reflect on what has been accomplished and learned by applying WEAI and pro-WEAI in diverse contexts. The developers of WEAI will discuss the evolution of the tool and share findings from studies using pro-WEAI. Diverse users of the instrument will comment on their experiences and key lessons. The event will close with presentation of next steps for WEAI, including the announcement of new resources available to meet the growing demand for this tool.

Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Why USAID commissioned WEAI Jim Barnhart, Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Evolution of WEAI and Evidence Generated Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)

Video Collage: Experiences of WEAI Users

Panel Discussion, “What have we learned from WEAI” Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Avijit Choudhury, Integrator (Resource Mobilisation, Partnerships & Communications), Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN) Caren Grown, Senior Technical Adviser, Fiscal Policy, and former Global Director, Gender, World Bank Group Chiara Kovarik, Program Officer, Women's Empowerment, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Farzana Ramzan, Senior Gender Advisor, Inclusive Development Division, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Closing Remarks Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS Women’s Empowerment In Agriculture Index (WEAI): https://www.ifpri.org/project/weai United States Agency For International Development (USAID): https://www.usaid.gov/ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF): https://www.gatesfoundation.org/

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POLICY SEMINAR Can agricultural policies deliver better value for money for people, the planet, and the economy? Co-Organized by IFPRI and World Bank Group FEB 2, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST

The massive support provided to agriculture by governments — $639 billion per year during 2016–18 — has not incentivized sustainable patterns of food production and consumption, leading to calls to “repurpose” this support. A new IFPRI-World Bank study, Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet, shows that the present system of support, if left in place, would do nothing to staunch the rapid increase in global emissions from agriculture. Unfortunately, many seemingly appealing options for repurposing are either ineffective or involve harsh side effects such as raising food costs, poverty and agricultural land use. The study’s authors therefore call for a more fundamental change in incentives that advance both productivity enhancements and reductions to greenhouse gas emissions.

This seminar will present a summary of the latest IFPRI-World Bank research findings and feature speakers discussing the need for more rapid adoption of technological solutions that foster less emissions-intensive productivity growth across developed and developing countries alike.

Opening Remarks Mari Elka Pangestu, Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank

Presentation of Research Findings Madhur Gautam, Lead Agriculture Economist, Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions, IFPRI

Panel Discussion “How to get from here to there”

Incentivizing high productivity & sustainable farm technologies & practices Theo De Jager, President, World Farmers’ Organisation (TBC) Ruben Echeverría, Senior Advisor Agriculture Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dirk Jacobs, Director General, FoodDrinkEurope

International coordination: roles for the UN and the G20? Anabel González, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) Nick Bridge, Special Representative for Climate Change, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Ann Tutwiler, Senior Adviser Just Rural Transition

Closing Remarks Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS The World Bank Group: https://www.worldbank.org/en/home Repurposing Agricultural Policies And Support (Report): https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36875

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MEDIA BRIEFING Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support: Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet February 1, 2022

POLICY SEMINAR Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses Co-Organized by IFPRI and FAO in North America JAN 19, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of agrifood systems to shocks and stresses, as it increased global food insecurity and malnutrition. Action is needed to make agrifood systems more resilient, efficient, sustainable, and inclusive.

The FAO’s The State of Food and Agriculture 2021 presents country-level indicators of the resilience of agrifood systems — these measure the robustness of primary production and food availability, as well as physical and economic access to food, and can thus help assess the capacity of national agrifood systems to absorb shocks and stresses.

The report analyzes the vulnerabilities of food supply chains and how rural households cope with risks and shocks. It offers guidance for minimizing trade-offs as we develop policies to enhance food supply chain resilience, support livelihoods in the agrifood system and, in the face of disruption, ensure sustainable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food for all.

The seminar participants will discuss these policy conclusions and how to act on them.

Introduction and Context Setting Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Global Director of Systems Transformation of CGIAR

Presentation of The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2021: Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Panel Discussion Alexious Butler, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Julian Lampietti, Manager, Global Agriculture Practice, World Bank Thomas Reardon, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University (MSU) Danielle Resnick, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute and Non-Resident Fellow, IFPRI

Closing Remarks Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director, Liaison Office, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (invited)

Moderator Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

LINKS FAO North America: https://www.fao.org/connect-private-sector/regions/north-america/en/ The State Of Food And Agriculture (SOFA) 2021: https://www.fao.org/publications/sofa/sofa-2021/en/

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PIM Webinar Cash transfers and intimate partner violence: Case studies from Ethiopia and Ghana Organized by PIM and the Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative in support of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign December 10, 2021

A growing evidence base demonstrates that cash transfer programs, primarily meant to address poverty and vulnerability, are promising interventions to reduce intimate partner violence. However, knowledge gaps remain on whether findings generalize across program designs, as well as what mechanisms underlie impacts.

This webinar will present results from two case studies in Ghana and Ethiopia that draw upon qualitative research of national cash transfer programs combined with complementary programming. Both studies examine pathways of influence with consideration of contextual factors such as gender norms, household dynamics, and the role of “plus” programming.

Introduction and opening remarks: Frank Place ( https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) IFPRI

Lori Heise (https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/3549/lori-heise), Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Presentations: Ethiopia case study: “Government of Ethiopia’s public works and complementary programmes: a mixed-methods study on pathways to reduce intimate partner violence” (Meghna Ranganathan (https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/ranganathan.meghna), Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Ghana case study: “Assessing pathways of impact of the LEAP 1000 cash transfer program on Intimate Partner Violence” (Clare Barrington (https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/clare-barrington-phd/), Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health)

Panel discussion: Implications of Findings for Policy and Practice Tseday Amare, Gender, Youth and Social Dynamics Lead, CARE Ethiopia Christiana Gbedemah, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF Ghana

Q&A Moderator: Melissa Hidrobo (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/melissa-hidrobo), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

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PIM Webinar Book Launch: African Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development December 9, 2021

At first glance, African smallholder farmers might seem unproductive, as their crops yield much less than potential and are often of variable quality. A new PIM-supported book “African Farmers, Value Chains, and Agricultural Development” argues that in fact they are largely producing following rational economic decisions, and that this situation is a consequence of the economic and institutional environment in which they produce. The authors Alan de Brauw and Erwin Bulte discuss ways that different types of transaction costs limit their market opportunities in general, including transport costs but also costs related to different sources of risks, trust, market power, liquidity, and even storage. The presence of high transaction costs limits the ability of farmers to market their surplus, hence reducing their incentives to produce. The authors discuss several types of costs in detail, including problems related to input and output markets, certification of quality products, and issues with storage. They then critique several “solutions” that are often discussed to help lower transaction costs, before offering some of their own recommendations, noting that the application of any recommendations must take local context into account.

Presenters: Erwin Bulte – Professor of development economics at Wageningen University; co-leader of PIM Flagship 3: Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains. Alan de Brauw – Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); leader of PIM Flagship 3 cluster on “Value Chains Research: Outreach and Scaling” and co-leader of “Interventions to Strengthen Value Chains” cluster.

Discussant: Hope Michelson, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Moderator: Frank Place - Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets.

To learn more, visit the webinar page: https://bit.ly/3rMpdTi

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PIM Webinar Tenure Security and Landscape Governance of Natural Resources December 7, 2021

Tenure Security and Landscape Governance of Natural Resources

Equitable and secure tenure arrangements and well-performing rural governance institutions can contribute to better-distributed incomes and foster investment and technological innovation in agriculture. On the other hand, tenure regimes, if controlled by elites or implemented to reinforce traditional power hierarchies, can be powerful instruments of exclusion. Lack of attention to resource governance carries high risk for development programs, particularly with regard to equality, social inclusion, and long-term sustainability of natural resources.

Research on governance of natural resources (PIM Flagship 5) https://pim.cgiar.org/research/f5/ has been an integral part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) since 2017. The team has been seeking to identify actions to strengthen tenure rights of poor and marginalized people (particularly women) and communities; improve governance of natural resources; and enhance constructive interaction of resource users within shared landscapes.

Welcome remarks, moderator: - Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Introduction of the briefs: - Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Co-leader of PIM’s Flagship 5: Governance of Natural Resources.

Presentations: - Brent Swallow, Professor in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada - Krister Andersson, Professor of political science and Director of the Center for the Governance of Natural Resources at the Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Rapid fire presentations and panel discussion with: - Edmund Barrow, Consultant in community conservation and governance, Nairobi, Kenya. - Nayna Jhaveri, Consultant in gender and resource tenure, Bangalore, India. - Phil René Oyono, Consultant, rural and natural resources sociologist, Yaounde, Cameroon. - Nancy McCarthy, President of Lead Analytics, Washington, DC, USA.

Closing remarks: - Anne Larson, Principal Scientist and Team Leader, Equal Opportunities, Gender, Justice & Tenure, CIFOR-ICRAF; Co-leader of PIM’s Flagship 5: Governance of Natural Resources.

In this webinar, the team will present a set of seven briefs summarizing key points of the significance of tenure security and landscape governance research in each of the impact areas of CGIAR -- climate change, environmental management and sustainability, poverty alleviation, gender, and nutrition and health -- highlighting policy implications and recommendations for future actions. The briefs on tenure security and landscape governance, which provided key background for the five thematic briefs, will be presented in the first part of the webinar, followed by a roundtable panel discussion with the authors of the thematic briefs and a Q&A with the online audience.

For more, please visit the webinar page https://bit.ly/3xZDBs6

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PIM Webinar Migration and Global Agri-Food Systems: Insights from CGIAR Research and Beyond December 2, 2021

Migration is an intrinsic part of the development process, representing one of the greatest opportunities to facilitate economic and social advancement in developing countries. At the same time, migration presents one of the world’s biggest challenges—particularly when it is non-voluntary, reflecting forced displacement of sizeable numbers of people. Migration requires adjustments by both sending and hosting communities; understanding those adjustments, and ways to maximize the benefits and minimize any costs of migration, is a key policy priority.

The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) has undertaken more than 40 studies designed to explore the causes and consequences of internal and international migration. In aggregate, the studies help us understand what motivates people to migrate and what factors impinge on their ability to do so. This webinar will draw upon the findings of a PIM Synthesis Brief, Understanding characteristics, causes, and consequences of migration: Contributions from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets ( https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134615), to discuss some of its highlights and further directions for migration research under One CGIAR.

The discussion will focus on the interface between migration and agriculture, as well as the way that gender and youth status influence the drivers, impacts, and dynamics of migration, and what policies could help extend its benefits and reduce its costs.

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Moderator: Valerie Mueller, Associate Professor, Arizona State University, School of Politics and Global Studies

Panelists: Alan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University. Linguere Mbaye, Principal Fragility and Resilience Officer at African Development Bank Group. Esha Zaveri, Senior Economist with the Water Global Practice of the World Bank.

Closing remarks: Frank Place - Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

POLICY SEMINAR Disciplining Domestic Support NOV 30, 2021 - 09:00 AM TO 10:00 AM EST

The upcoming WTO Ministerial in late November will provide yet another opportunity to address and reform agricultural domestic support. The domestic support pillar has been at the heart of the agricultural negotiations since they began in 2000, but it has proven challenging to achieve consensus on how to advance reforms. In fact, domestic support levels remain high and have risen in recent years.

This event will discuss a recent report by IFPRI researchers that suggests that new disciplines could both reduce distortions and provide significant protection in the event of a subsidy war by reducing "leakage" in domestic support disciplines.

Welcome Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Speakers: Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Discussants: Nelson Illescas, Director en Fundación, Instituto Para Las Negociaciones Agrícolas Internacionales (INAI) Lee Ann Jackson, Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Moderator: Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

RELATED PUBLICATIONS • Harmonizing And Reducing Trade Distorting Domestic Support: An Analysis Of The Impacts Of New Domestic Support Disciplines At The WTO (https://www.ifpri.org/publication/harmonizing-and-reducing-trade-distorting-domestic-support-analysis-impacts-new-domestic) • The Road To The WTO Twelfth Ministerial Conference: A Latin American And Caribbean Perspective (https://www.ifpri.org/publication/road-wto-twelfth-ministerial-conference-latin-american-and-caribbean-perspective)

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PIM Webinar COVID-19 and agricultural value chains: Impacts and adaptations November 29, 2021

In 2020, researchers working under “Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains” (https://pim.cgiar.org/research/f3/) flagship under the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) developed a set of standardized questionnaires for assessing the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural value chains. The set includes questionnaires for farmers, traders, and processors. Despite their brevity (interview time of 25 minutes), the questionnaires cover the impact on scale of operations, employment, input use, production, small enterprise closures, profits, and welfare and food security of proprietors. They have been applied to eight value chains in Central America, Africa, and Asia.

To deepen the understanding of how agri-food value chains have been adapting to the new reality, in 2021, the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub (https://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/covid-hub-focus-addressing-value-chain-fractures/) working group on value chains issued a call for proposals on the theme of “Assessing the effectiveness of innovations and measures in maintaining agri-food value chains functional during COVID-19.”

In this webinar, we will present some major findings of these studies in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh.

Ben Belton (WorldFish) and Diego Naziri (CIP) will present how small-scale traders, wholesalers and processors in the potato and fish value chains in Kenya have pivoted to cope with and adapt to the changing circumstances brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gashaw Abate (IFPRI) will present on the performance of Ethiopia’s coffee value chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Abut Hayat Md. Saiful Islam (Bangladesh Agricultural University) and Marcel Gatto (CIP) will provide insights into the impacts of COVID-19 on several actors in value chain for potato in Bangladesh.

Humnath Bhandari (IRRI) and G.M. Monirul Alam (BSMRAU-Bangladesh) will discuss the major impacts of COVID-19 on the rice and fish value chains in Bangladesh, focusing on the government interventions, how value chain actors adapted, and what lessons have been learnt.

Presenters: Ben Belton - Global Lead, Social and Economic Inclusion, WorldFish Diego Naziri – value chain and postharvest specialist, International Potato Center (CIP); Leader of “Nutritious Food and Value Added through Post-harvest Innovation” research flagship in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Gashaw Tadesse Abate - Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Abut Hayat Md. Saiful Islam – Professor at Department of Agricultural Economics at Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Marcel Gatto – Agricultural Economist at the International Potato Center (CIP). Humnath Bhandari - Senior Agricultural Economist and Country Representative, IRRI Bangladesh. G.M. Monirul Alam - Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

Discussant: Sudha Narayanan, Research Fellow, South Asia Regional Office, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Moderator: Nicholas Minot, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and co-leader of PIM Flagship3 on Efficient and Inclusive Value Chains.

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BOOK LAUNCH Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) NOV 23, 2021 - 09:00 AM TO 10:15 AM EST

The past decade has seen renewed, and more concerted and comprehensive interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector. This momentum has created a unique opportunity to advance gender equality, and to institutionalize gender research within agricultural research for development (AR4D) organizations. A new book “Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future” is a part of this overall momentum and the growing body of evidence and ideas it is generating.

The book marks a shift away from a typical, instrumentalist outlook focused on how gender analysis can contribute to research objectives, such as improved productivity. Over 55 gender researchers who contributed to this book intentionally flip the question to ask: How does agricultural and environmental research and development contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment?

The book highlights the history and wealth of gender knowledge that has been generated to date by researchers from CGIAR — an international partnership of agricultural and environmental research institutes — and beyond. For CGIAR, this is an opportune moment to take stock of progress and articulate a forward-looking agenda for future gender research with gender equality and women’s empowerment at the center.

Book overview Rhiannon Pyburn, NL-CGIAR senior expert and senior advisor, KIT Royal Tropical Institute; leader of Collaborative Gender Research cluster in the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) Anouka van Eerdewijk, Senior Associate, KIT Royal Tropical Institute

Rapid-fire presentations Vivian Polar, Gender, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist; Gender research coordinator, CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), International Potato Center (CIP) Iliana Monterroso Ibarra, Scientist, Co-Coordinator of Gender and Social Inclusion Research, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Cynthia McDougall, Gender Research Leader; Gender research coordinator, CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-food Systems (‘FISH’) led by WorldFish

Discussants Susan Kaaria, Senior Gender Officer, Gender and Land Rights Database, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa, IFPRI

Moderator Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets, IFPRI

LINKS

RELATED PUBLICATIONS Advancing Gender Equality Through Agricultural And Environmental Research ( https://www.ifpri.org/publication/advancing-gender-equality-through-agricultural-and-environmental-research-past-present) Advancing Gender Equality Through Agricultural And Environmental Research: Synopsis (https://www.ifpri.org/publication/advancing-gender-equality-through-agricultural-and-environmental-research-past-present-0)

LINKS CGIAR Research Program On Policies, Institutions, And Markets (PIM): https://pim.cgiar.org/

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SPECIAL EVENT Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Reflections from a Career in Research for Development Co-Organized by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and IFPRI NOV 22, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

John McDermott, Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), presents experiences and insights gained over four decades of research, including reflections on academia and development in Africa; managing research teams and institutions; and setting the agenda and building partnerships at the intersection of agriculture, nutrition, and health.

He will also share thoughts about the future of research for development and engage with colleagues and audience members on future efforts toward addressing global development goals.

McDermott has served as Director of A4NH since its inception in 2012. He will retire at the end of 2021.

Keynote Speaker John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), IFPRI

The political economy of development Amos Omore, Regional Representative, Eastern and Southern Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Jeffrey Mariner, Research Professor, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University

Building platforms to engage non-traditional research partners to deliver solutions that benefit the poor Segenet Kelemu, Director General and CEO, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa, IFPRI

Agriculture, nutrition, and health agenda setting, including building partnerships and identifying research priorities Inge Brouwer, Associate Professor, Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research Jeff Waage, Director of International Development Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Concluding Remarks Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator Aulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

LINKS CGIAR Research Program On Agriculture For Nutrition And Health (A4NH): https://a4nh.cgiar.org/

PIM Webinar Agricultural extension and rural advisory services: From research to action November 11, 2021

Extension is a critical pathway from scientific discovery to durable impact at scale, as farmers and other actors in the rural economy learn, adapt, and innovate with new technologies and practices. This webinar presents selected findings from a synthesis of PIM research on agricultural extension and advisory services and provides recommendations for improving extension in the future.

During the webinar the synthesis brief and accompanying infographic will be presented. Speakers will then highlight innovative interventions that can be applied and adapted to enhance extension performance. These interventions are organized by extension’s “best-fit” characteristics: governance structures and funding, organizational and management capacities and cultures, methods, and community engagement.

It builds on previous PIM events such as Engaging youth and the private sector in extension and agricultural advisory services (https://pim.cgiar.org/2020/01/16/engaging-youth-and-the-private-sector-in-extension-and-agricultural-advisory-services/), Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries (https://pim.cgiar.org/2020/09/02/agricultural-extension-global-status-and-performance-in-selected-countries/), Envisioning the future of extension (https://pim.cgiar.org/2020/01/16/envisioning-the-future-of-extension/), and Future extension: Innovations and evidence (https://pim.cgiar.org/2019/08/05/future-extension-innovations-and-evidence/).

Presentations:

Overview of brief/launch of infographic (Simrin Makhija (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/simrin-makhija), Program Manager, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)) Governance/reforms: Does devolution enhance extension accountability? (Danielle Resnick (https://www.brookings.edu/experts/danielle-resnick/), Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings Institution) Capacities and cultures: Entrepreneurial and business skills for extension (Suresh Babu (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/suresh-babu), Senior Research Fellow/ Head of Capacity Strengthening, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)) Methods: Using digital approaches to enhance extension’s performance (Daniel Jiménez (https://bigdata.cgiar.org/ambassadors/daniel-jimenez/), Scientist, The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and Data-Driven Agronomy (https://bigdata.cgiar.org/communities-of-practice/data-driven-agronomy/) Community of Practice Coordinator) Methods: Do farmer-led approaches improve extension’s reach? (Mywish Maredia (https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/maredia), Professor of International Development in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University) Community engagement: How does gender of message senders and recipients affect outcomes in maize production? (Els Lecoutere (https://gender.cgiar.org/experts/els-lecoutere), Science Officer, CGIAR GENDER Platform) Summary and closing (Kristin Davis (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/kristin-davis), Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)) Introduction: Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Moderator: Simrin Makhija (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/simrin-makhija), Program Manager, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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PIM Webinar Webinar 2: Methods for studying gender dynamics in value chains beyond the production node and single commodity analysis October 28, 2021

Second webinar in the series presenting results of six projects supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) in analyzing gender roles, responsibilities, and relations in agricultural value chains beyond the production node and a single commodity focus. See the whole series and recordings of both sessions at https://bit.ly/GDVCweb.

Presentations and speakers: • Understanding the relationship between women’s empowerment and women’s increased participation in poultry value chains in Burkina Faso (Jessica Leight (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/jessica-leight), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)) • From oil palm mamas to market queens: Measuring the gender footprint of informal and formal market value chains in Eastern Region, Ghana (Emily Gallagher (https://www.cifor.org/research-staff/4500/emily-gallagher), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)) • Agricultural value chain financing for marginalized women: A multi value chain project in Vietnam and Indonesia (Kate Ambler (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/kate-ambler), IFPRI)

Moderation and discussion:

Rhiannon Pyburn (https://www.kit.nl/staff/rhiannon-pyburn/), NL-CGIAR senior expert and senior advisor at KIT Royal Tropical Institute; leader of Collaborative Gender Research cluster in the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

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MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE Food and Youth: What I have learned from young people and their desire to fix the food systems they live in 31st Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture OCT 28, 2021 - 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM EDT

In this year’s Martin J. Forman lecture, UNICEF’s Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore, an avid champion of children and young people’s rights, will reflect on the children and young people who have inspired her.

She will recount their struggles with the food choices they are making and the food environments in which they are making these choices, and will share how young people are contributing to the transformation of global and local food systems. Ms. Fore will offer concrete next steps on how to ensure that children and young people are at the center of discussions on food systems transformation.

Participants at the lecture will also have an opportunity to listen to youth representatives about their experiences and perspectives.

The annual lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Welcome Remarks: Johan Swinnen (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/johan-swinnen), Director General, IFPRI

Remarks: Kenan Forman, Son of Martin J. Forman Shawn Baker (https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/shawn-baker), Chief Nutritionist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Video Remarks: Sarah Charles (https://www.usglc.org/positions/assistant-to-the-administrator-for-usaids-bureau-of-humanitarian-assistance/), Assistant to the Administrator of USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

Forman Memorial Lecture: Henrietta H. Fore (https://www.unicef.org/media/experts/henrietta-h-fore), Executive Director, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Agency)

Youth Panelists: Pauline Mapfumo (https://www.unicef.org/executiveboard/media/8091/file/2021_SRS-Item_6-CPD-Zimbabwe_Presentation-EN-2021.09.08.pdf), Founder, Yolo4Health and Chairperson, team Zimbabwe Green Economic Growth thematic committee, EU Delegation Youth Sounding Board

Victor Mugo (https://futureafricaforum.org/team/victor-mugo/), Co-Chair Youth Liaison Group, UN Food Systems Summit; Regional Coordinator - East Africa, CSAYN & Nourishing Africa; and Borlaug-Adesina Fellow, World Hunger Fighters Foundation

Moderator: Marie Ruel (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/marie-ruel), Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

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BOOK LAUNCH The Road Towards the WTO MC12: A Latin America and the Caribbean Perspective Co-Organized by IFPRI and Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) OCT 27, 2021 - 12:00 PM TO 01:00 PM EDT

In the run-up to the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, major challenges face the governance of agricultural and food trade. In today’s context of change and uncertainty, the relative importance and urgency of traditional agricultural trade issues (including domestic support and market access) and the possibilities to progress with a multilateral strategy seem to have diminished. With the growing global focus on the environmental and nutritional dimensions of food systems and the global responsibility of all countries to contribute to food system transformation, attention must be paid to new agricultural trade issues that have gained greater urgency. The WTO, as the primary institution overseeing multilateral negotiations and trade, must identify the main elements and issues that can define its new roles, functions, and institutional organization.

The papers in this new publication from IFPRI and IICA look at these challenges and what they mean for Latin America. Join us to hear from the book’s authors and discussants on the main agricultural trade negotiation issues for the next WTO Ministerial Conference from a Latin American perspective.

Some of the underlying work for this presentation was funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Welcome: Johan Swinnen (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/johan-swinnen), Director General, IFPRI

Presenter: Valeria Pineiro(https://www.ifpri.org/profile/valeria-pineiro), Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Discussants: Lee Ann Jackson (https://ch.linkedin.com/in/jacksonleeann), Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Maximo Torero (https://www.fao.org/about/leadership/Torero), Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Q&A Panel: Eduardo Bianchi (https://grupogpps.org/en/nuestra-red-miembros/), Professor and Researcher, Instituto Universitario Escuela Argentina de Negocios, Consultant, Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) Antoine Bouet (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/antoine-bouet), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Adriana Campos Azofeifa (https://cr.linkedin.com/in/adriana-campos-azofeifa-183522183), International Trade Specialist, Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) Adriana García Vargas (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianagv/), Consultant on Trade and Trade Policy Matters, Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) Joseph Glauber (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/joseph-glauber), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Nelson Illescas (https://ar.linkedin.com/in/nelson-illescas), Director en Fundación, Instituto Para Las Negociaciones Agrícolas Internacionales (INAI) David Laborde Debucquet (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/david-laborde-debucquet), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Sabine Papendieck (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabine-papendieck-1b320624/?originalSubdomain=ar), Partner, Estrateco Consultants Martin Piñeiro (https://ictsd.iisd.org/about-us/martin-pi%C3%B1eiro), Director, Agricultural Affairs Committee, Argentine Council of International Relations (CARI) Agustín Tejeda Rodriguez (https://ar.linkedin.com/in/agust%C3%ADn-tejeda-rodriguez-a6a92642), Chief Economist, Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires

Moderator: Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/eugenio-diaz-bonilla), Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, IFPRI

LINKS Instituto Interamericano De Cooperación Para La Agricultura (IICA): https://www.iica.int/en/about-us/main

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PIM Webinar Innovations in agricultural insurance: Lessons learnt about managing smallholder farmer risks October 26, 2021

Market and weather-related risks pose significant challenges to smallholder producers. These risks can make production and incomes volatile from year to year, reduce food security, threaten assets and financial security, and make farmers hesitant to invest in new technologies or practices to increase long-term productivity and welfare.

Agricultural insurance (https://www.ifpri.org/publication/building-resilience-through-climate-risk-insurance-insights-agricultural-research) has the potential to help farmers manage these risks. However, insurance markets in many developing countries are either weak or inaccessible to most smallholders. Innovative forms of agricultural insurance, such as index-based insurance (IBI), have gained attention in recent years as a way of overcoming many of the limitations of traditional forms of agricultural insurance, but questions remain regarding these tools’ effectiveness and scalability.

Since 2012, the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) has helped fund a program of action-oriented research on tools for improving smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate risks, including agricultural insurance. The work has resulted in more flexible forms of IBI, as well as an innovative Picture-Based Insurance (PBI) scheme.

This webinar will present an evaluation of how these tools have spawned further interest by academic, development, government, and private sector actors, as well as recommendations for future research on risk management.

Opening remarks and moderator: Nicholas Minot (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/nicholas-minot) , Deputy Division Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Speakers: Peter Hazell (http://tools4valuechains.org/peter-hazell-0) , Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI Anne G.Timu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-gesare-timu-36220759/?originalSubdomain=ke), Economist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Berber Kramer (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/berber-kramer), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Closing remarks: Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

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POLICY SEMINAR Ideas for confronting climate change today OCT 14, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 10:45 AM EDT

In the lead up to CoP26 (https://ukcop26.org/), IFPRI researchers put forward four ideas for confronting climate change in the context of food systems.

Rapid-fire presentations will describe these key ideas:

research for the future of food systems under climate change
transforming food systems through clean energy access
engaging stakeholders in climate-smart landscape management
harnessing digital technologies to manage climate risks in food systems

Saliem Fakir, Executive Director of the African Climate Foundation, will moderate the session, and engage the presenters on key questions about food systems and climate change. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa at IFPRI, will provide a holistic perspective and shed light on the synergies among the four ideas presented.

Rapid Fires: Rui Benfica, Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR-IFPRI Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR-IFPRI Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, CGIAR-IFPRI Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Discussant: Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa, CGIAR-IFPRI

Moderator: Saliem Fakir, Executive Director, African Climate Foundation

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POLICY SEMINAR Global Food 50/50 Report: Inaugural report on gender, diversity and power in the global food system Co-Organized by IFPRI and Global Health 50/50 OCT 5, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:15 AM EDT

In the lead up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, tens of thousands of people participated in a global civic experience to produce a shared framework of collective action. Gender equality and women’s empowerment were amplified as a lever of change and embraced as an area of work with the potential to contribute wide-ranging positive change in the transformation of food systems in the coming decade.

The establishment of the Global Food 50/50 initiative is a response to broad stakeholder demands for a global food system that is accountable for progress towards gender equality. This event marks the launch of the inaugural Global Food 50/50 Report, which reviews the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 52 global food system organizations as they relate to two interlinked dimensions of inequality: inequality of opportunity in careers inside organizations and inequality in who benefits from the global food system.

The Report shows that organizational commitment to gender equality is high, and that over half of organizations are transparent about their policies on shaping diverse, inclusive, and equitable working environments for people. The latest data also suggest, however, that rhetoric may be used as a substitute for action. Leadership remains disproportionately male and dominated by nationals of Europe and North America. The report asserts that the skewed distribution of power and privilege is undermining global efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.

This policy seminar will present the findings of the report and explore how this new accountability mechanism can power a broader movement to demand more equitable and inclusive organizations across the global food system.

Introductory Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, CGIAR-IFPRI Kent Buse, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50

Results of 2021 Global Food 50/50 Report: Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa, CGIAR-IFPRI Sonja Tanaka, Coordinator, Global Health 50/50

Keynote Address: Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit

Panelists: Jamille Bigio, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, USAID Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Rick White, Chair of the Private Sector Mechanism of the United Nation Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Vicki Wilde, Senior Program Officer, Gender and Agriculture Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Closing Remarks: Sarah Hawkes, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50

Moderator: Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, CGIAR-IFPRI

LINKS: Global Health 50/50: https://globalhealth5050.org/ 2021 Global Food 50/50 Report: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/2021-global-food-5050-report IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021

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POLICY SEMINAR Developing Resilience to Climate Change and Achieving Food Security in West Africa: Follow up Action from the UN Food Systems Summit Co-Organized by West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and IFPRI SEP 30, 2021 - 09:00 AM TO 10:30 AM EDT

Organized by IFPRI and WASCAL, this collaborative seminar will address issues, constraints, and challenges to developing resilience to climate change and achieving food security in West Africa.

Panelists will discuss specific action plans that will be needed for following up on recommendations from the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. Specific topics of presentations will include: Developing a resilience policy framework to address climate change; What do we know from the climate change research in food systems to guide national resilience policy; and Measuring and tracking for resilience programming: Translating resilience strategies at the landscape and farm levels.

Discussion with the panelists will follow their initial presentations through a moderated questions and answers session.

Opening Remarks Teunis van Rheenen, Director of Business Development and External Relations, CGIAR-IFPRI Moumini Savadogo, Executive Secretary, West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)

Change, gender and resilience issues emerging from UNFSS Ifeoma Quinette Anugwa, lecturer/researcher in the Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Speaker Kehinde Ogunjobi, Director of Research, WASCAL

A Measurement Approach for a Resilience Index: Possible Applications to Climate Shocks John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR-IFPRI

Closing Remarks Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, CGIAR-IFPRI Daouda Kone, Director of Capacity Strengthening, West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)

LINKS West African Science Service Centre On Climate Change And Adapted Land Use (WASCAL): https://wascal.org/ IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021

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SPECIAL EVENT Funding Food System Transformation in Developing Countries: An example from Ethiopia UNFSS Side Event -- Co-organized by IFPRI, The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CGIAR SEP 23, 2021 - 09:30 AM EDT

As countries develop national plans for food systems transformation, serious efforts are needed to mobilize the financial resources for design, implementation, and M&E. Ethiopia’s national plan, developed through Ethiopia’s UNFSS process, offers a valuable example of the evidence-based plans, investments, and activities that will require funding. This case will inform discussion of CGIAR work, developed for the UNFSS, on potential sources of funding for food system transformation activities. Specific examples to be discussed include mobilizing impact investors for climate change financing using CGIAR technologies; increasing access to finance for women in food systems; and using IMF issues Special Drawing Rights to guarantee zero hunger and pandemic recovery bonds.

Speakers will reflect on how to ensure that potential sources of funding can best meet the identified needs at the national level.

Speakers Eugenio Diaz Bonilla, Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, CGIAR-IFPRI Sisay Sinamo Boltena, Senior Program Manager, Seqota Declaration Federal Program Delivery Unit Richard Newman, Senior Sustainable Finance Specialist, IWMI Flor Paz, Research Analyst, CGIAR-IFPRI

Moderator Namukolo Covic, Senior Research Coordinator, CGIAR-IFPRI

LINKS: The Alliance Of Bioversity International And CIAT, CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/research/center/alliance-bioversity-ciat/ IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021

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POLICY SEMINAR Making the most of intra-African trade: the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor Co-Organized by IFPRI and AKADEMIYA2063 SEP 23, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

African countries have diversified their exports and trade partners over the last decade, but agricultural trade still lags behind its potential. The pandemic and recent implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) present a critical challenge and an unprecedented opportunity for Africa. The newly launched 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) (https://akademiya2063.org/publications/resakss/EN/AATM/Africa%20Agriculture%20Trade%20Monitor_2021_ENG.pdf) examines these recent events, as well as long-term structural issues, and offers recommendations for improving Africa’s competitiveness and increasing agricultural trade flows.

The AATM has become the essential annual African agricultural trade publication, highlighting trends, competitiveness of Africa’s local and global value chains, and regional market integration, along with key policies and opportunities for strengthening trade. This seminar will explore the 2021 findings, including the impact of COVID-19 and the AfCFTA, and this year’s special focus on regional integration in Northern Africa’s Arab Maghreb Union.

Opening Remarks: Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR-IFPRI Getaw Tadesse, Director, Bilateral Programs, AKADEMIYA2063

Speakers: Leila Baghdadi, Professor of Economics at ESSECT, University of Tunis Leysa Maty Sall, Associate Scientist, AKADEMIYA2063 Abdoulaye Seck, Département de Economie Professor, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar

Discussants: Johann Kirsten, Director, Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Doaa Abdel Motaal, Author & Counsellor, World Trade Organization

Closing Remarks: Chahir Zaki, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Cairo

Moderator: Julie Kurtz, Research Analyst, CGIAR-IFPRI

Links: AKADEMIYA2063: https://akademiya2063.org/index.php 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM): https://www.resakss.org/node/6838

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PIM Webinar Myths About the Feminization of Agriculture: Implications for Global Food Security September 14, 2021

The feminization of agriculture is a term used to describe women’s increased roles in agriculture in many parts of the world. However, the changes occurring in the agricultural sector are more complex than this term suggests.

In this webinar, we will present and discuss findings of a new paper on myths about the feminization of agriculture, which resulted from the PIM-supported project on Feminization of Agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths on current challenges and opportunities. ( https://pim.cgiar.org/2018/10/11/feminization-of-agriculture-call-for-proposals-five-projects-selected/)

Drawing on a wide range of literature, this paper debunks four common myths: 1) feminization of agriculture is the predominant global trend; 2) feminization is bad for agriculture; 3) the women remaining in agriculture are passive victims and not farmers; and 4) women farmers everywhere face similar challenges as the rural sector transforms. We argue that there are a wide range of changes happening regarding rural labor, for both men and women. Women’s increased roles in agriculture may offer opportunities for gender transformation under certain conditions but maybe disempowering under other conditions. We discuss implications of these changes for global food security agenda toward gender equity and equality in the agricultural sector.

Presenters:

Cheryl Doss (https://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/people/cheryl-doss), Associate Professor and Senior Departmental Lecturer in development economics at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and leader of the Cross-Cutting Gender Research and Coordination (https://pim.cgiar.org/research/f6/) flagship in PIM.

Nozomi Kawarazuka (https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=uILZNTIAAAAJ&hl=en), Scientist, International Potato Center (CIP).

Moderator: Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

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Food Security Portal Virtual Seminar Using Big Data and Machine Learning to Predict Poverty and Malnutrition for Targeting, Mapping, Monitoring, and Early Warning July 28, 2021, 08:00 am EDT

Increasingly plentiful data and powerful predictive algorithms have heightened the promise of data science for humanitarian and development programming. As agencies increasingly embrace and invest in machine learning methods for poverty and malnutrition targeting, mapping, monitoring, and early warning, it is essential to recognize that different objectives require distinct data and methods. In this webinar, we highlight the differences between poverty and malnutrition targeting and mapping, the differences between structural and stochastic deprivation, and the modeling and data challenges of early warning systems development based on machine learning methods. We also present two studies that apply machine learning methods to predict poverty and malnutrition.

This webinar is the second of a two-part webinar to present new data and findings from ongoing research under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (http://www.usaid.gov/)-funded project "Harnessing Big Data and Machine Learning to Feed the Future" (http://barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/research/innovations.html), based at Cornell University. Researchers and analysts from operational agencies are invited to join these events for a presentation and discussion of key principles, data sources, methods, and applications.

Linden McBride, St Mary’s College of Maryland, discussed a number of conceptual issues in this research area. Yanyan Liu, IFPRI, presented a study that uses publicly available, moderate-resolution vegetation index (normalized difference vegetation index, or NDVI) data and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to produce accurate poverty estimates at the community level in low-income, rural economies. Chris Browne, Cornell University, presented a second study that demonstrates how interpretable multivariate random forest models can produce estimates of a set of (potentially correlated) malnutrition and poverty prevalence measures using free, open access, regularly updated, georeferenced data. Finally, Medha Bulumulla, Cornell University, briefly introduced the USAID project web site where data, papers, presentations, and code are freely available and walk participants through an annotated code that can be adapted and replicated for other applications.

Presenters:

Linden McBride (http://lindenmcbride.com/index.html), Assistant Professor, St Mary’s College of Maryland, US Yanyan Liu (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/yanyan-liu), Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, USA Chris Browne (https://www.cam.cornell.edu/research/grad-students/chris-browne), PhD Candidate, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, USA Medha Bulumulla, Research Assistant, Cornell University, USA

Moderator: Christopher B. Barrett (https://dyson.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty/cbb2/) , SB&JG Ashley Professor, Cornell University, USA

Discussant: Rob Vos (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/rob-vos), Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, USA

For more information and other webinar materials, visit https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/node/1765 Other Food Security Portal (FSP) Events: https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/events

Food Security Portal Virtual Seminar Better Measures of Land Surface Temperatures and Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) to Improve Monitoring for Drought-Stressed Crops and Crop Productivity July 20, 2021, 10:00 am EDT

Weather and climate shocks (such as droughts, floods, and heat waves) can imperil climate-sensitive agricultural systems in food-insecure regions, threatening the livelihoods and nutritional status of vulnerable populations in these areas. Satellite remote sensing offers an inexpensive, timely solution to monitor conditions on the Earth’s surface and has become increasingly used to generate data used in decision-making by private and public actors. In this webinar, we discuss recent advances in two satellite products, land surface temperature (LST) and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), that can significantly improve monitoring for drought-stressed crops and crop productivity. The spatial and temporal variation traceable through LST is critical for identifying the governing land-atmosphere interactions that affect crop growth. Similarly, SIF presents an optical signal of plants’ photosynthetic machinery, thus providing direct functional information about photosynthesis. The recent advent of satellite SIF remote sensing holds great promise for near-real-time crop growth monitoring.

This webinar was the first of a two-part webinar to present new data and findings from ongoing research under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (http://www.usaid.gov/)-funded project "Harnessing Big Data and Machine Learning to Feed the Future" (http://barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/research/innovations.html), based at Cornell University. Researchers and analysts from operational agencies were invited to join these events for a presentation and discussion of key principles, data sources, methods, and applications.

Leiqiu Hu, University of Alabama, presented an overview of the principles of remotely sensed LST and the pros and cons of existing public LST products, as well as introduce a new cloud-filled and diurnal-presentative LST product that fills the gaps in existing products. Ying Sun, Cornell University, presented the basic principles of SIF, the available satellite observations of SIF products, and the value-added of new, high-resolution SIF products. Finally, Medha Bulumulla, Cornell University, briefly introduced a USAID project website where data, papers, presentations, and code are freely available.

Presenters: Leiqiu Hu (https://www.uah.edu/science/departments/atmospheric-science/faculty-staff/leiqiu-hu), Assistant Professor, University of Alabama - Huntsville, USA Ying Sun (https://cals.cornell.edu/ying-sun), Assistant Professor, Cornell University, USA Medha Bulumulla, Research Assistant, Cornell University, USA

Moderator: Christopher B. Barrett (https://dyson.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty/cbb2/) , SB&JG Ashley Professor, Cornell University, USA

Discussant: Liangzhi You (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/liangzhi-you), Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI, USA

For more information and other webinar materials, visit https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/node/1764 Other Food Security Portal (FSP) Events: https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/events

PIM Webinar Measuring employment and consumption in household surveys: Reflections from three survey experiments July 13, 2021, 10:00-11:00 am EDT

Programs and policies designed to improve the lives of the poor often rely on an understanding of peoples’ livelihoods and welfare that is based on information collected during long, multi-topic household surveys. These survey efforts are invaluable tools for development practitioners, but choices made by those designing these surveys can impact the information collected in ways that are difficult to predict. Increasingly researchers are incorporating experiments into survey work in an effort to better understand these methodological issues. For example, researchers can vary the order of questions to determine impacts of respondent fatigue, or test different versions of the same question to analyze how responses change.

In this webinar, we review three such experiments and reflect upon what we have learned about choices in survey design and what questions still remain.

Presentations:

Are we done yet? Response fatigue and rural livelihoods (Sylvan Herskowitz (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/sylvan-herskowitz), Research Fellow, IFPRI)
Assessing response fatigue in phone survey: Experimental evidence on dietary diversity in Ethiopia (Kibrom Abay (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/kibrom-abay), Research Fellow, IFPRI)
Telescoping causes overstatement in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia (Kalle Hirvonen (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/kalle-hirvonen), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI)

Discussant: Andrew Dillon (https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/dillon_andrew.aspx), Clinical Associate Professor of Development Economics within Kellogg's Public-Private Interface Initiative (KPPI); Director of Research Methods Cluster in the Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University.

Moderator: Kate Ambler (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/kate-ambler) , Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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POLICY SEMINAR Financing food systems transformation JUL 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

In the run-up to the UN Food Systems Summit, excitement is building around game-changing solutions emerging from the Action Tracks and country policy priorities identified in national dialogues. Development of these solutions is benefiting from the lens of the five UNFSS cross-cutting levers and the evidence-based focus provided by the Scientific Group. But implementation will depend on countries’ ability to access and adequately utilize funding for food systems transformation.

This event, organized by CGIAR-IFPRI in coordination with the UNFSS Scientific Group, will bring together a group of experts to discuss options for mobilizing and utilizing funding to finance food systems transformation and achieve the related Sustainable Development Goals. Speakers will consider financing options from the perspective of consumers, value chain operators, international development funds, public budgets, banking systems, and capital markets, with a particular focus on SDG 2 Zero Hunger.

Opening remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Financing Food Systems Transformation Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, CGIAR-IFPRI

Panelists Bettina Prato, Senior Coordinator, Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (Presentation) Carin Smaller, Director, Agriculture, Trade & Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Presentation) Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, CGIAR-IFPRI (Presentation) Deissy Martinez-Baron, Regional Coordinator, CGIAR Research Program for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CGIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Presentation) Tony Siantonas, Director, Scaling Positive Agriculture, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Closing Remarks Joachim von Braun, Chair, Scientific Group for the UNFSS; Director, Center for Development Research and Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Bonn University; & President, Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, CGIAR-IFPRI

Links: IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 UNFSS Science Days Side Events: https://www.ifpri.org/unfss/2021/science-day-side-events

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PIM Webinar Feminization of Agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths on current challenges and opportunities (Webinar No. 2) July 7, 2021

While the term “feminization” of agriculture is used with both positive and negative connotation, the reality is more complex. In order to get a better understanding of what is happening on the ground, research teams from across CGIAR have been working since 2018 to explore the dynamics and impacts of the feminization of agriculture in various cultural and geographic contexts and across different agricultural value chains. Learn more (and see links to the presentations and podcast): https://bit.ly/FemofAg2

Presentations:

• Gender and feminization processes in wheat agriculture in South Asia (Cathy Farnworth (http://www.pandiawarleggan.com/cathy-farnworth-work), independent consultant) • Gender and Youth Employment in Agricultural Value Chains (Kate Ambler (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/kate-ambler), research fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute) • Exploring feminization of agriculture through gender dynamics across scales (Alessandra Galiè (https://www.ilri.org/people/alessandra-gali%C3%A8), team leader, Gender, International Livestock Research Institute) • The use of ICTs to challenge gender stereotypes and empower women farmers in the age of feminization of agriculture (Els Lecoutere (https://gender.cgiar.org/experts/els-lecoutere), science officer, CGIAR GENDER Platform)

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Introduction: Rhiannon Pyburn (https://www.kit.nl/staff/rhiannon-pyburn/), NL-CGIAR senior expert and senior advisor at KIT Royal Tropical Institute; leader of Collaborative Gender Research cluster in the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Discussant: Ruth Meinzen-Dick (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/ruth-meinzen-dick), senior research fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute; co-leader of Governance of Natural Resources flagship in the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Moderator: Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

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POLICY SEMINAR UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Reforming Agricultural Policies to Support Food Systems Transformation Co-organized by IFPRI, Indian Council for International Economic Research (ICRIER) and Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University JUL 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

Agriculture receives around US$600 billion per year worldwide in government support, giving rise to questions about how such support could be restructured to meet important goals of food systems transformation, such as emission reduction and climate resilience, improved food and nutritional security, enhanced poverty reduction and equity.

This UNFSS Science Days side event, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Council for International Economic Research (ICRIER), and Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University, will examine the latest trends in agricultural support policies and examine this topic of how such support could be “repurposed” to support food systems transformation.

Opening remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Key Findings of 2021 Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Report Jonathan Brooks, Head of Agricultural and Resource Policies Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD

Overview of research on reformulating agricultural policies Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Discussants: Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Lee Ann Jackson, Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, OECD Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Chair professor, College of Economics Management & Dean of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University, Beijing; and CGIAR System Board Member

Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

Links: IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 UNFSS Science Days Side Events: https://www.ifpri.org/unfss/2021/science-day-side-events Indian Council For International Economic Research (ICRIER): http://icrier.org/ China Agricultural University: https://en.cau.edu.cn/ UNFSS Summit Dialogues: https://summitdialogues.org/dialogue/29392/

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/unfss-science-days-side-event-reforming-agricultural-policies-support-food-systems

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POLICY SEMINAR UNFSS Science Days Side Event: COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level Co-Organized by CGIAR and RUAF JUL 6, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

COVID-19’s relentless march across the globe and subsequent lockdowns and restrictions have affected the lives of women and men everywhere, far beyond health impacts alone. Fragilities in food systems, market access, trade, rural-urban mobility, agricultural labor, food security, diet diversity, inequities between genders, and the critical connections between human, animal, and environmental health were exposed, particularly in and around the rapidly-growing cities in low- and middle-income countries.

The evolving evidence on the impacts of COVID-19 on urban food systems, and on the myriad of responses, reveals important insights into vulnerabilities and inequities, but also into lessons and possible solutions for strengthening the resilience of these systems. As decision makers gather for the UN Food Systems Summit, the global community has a unique opportunity to draw upon science to inform future actions on food security, One Health, and the (re)building of resilient and equitable food systems.

This event brings together scientists and national stakeholders to identify key lessons from the pandemic, highlighting how technologies and policies in the agri-food sector can help improve food and nutrition security for the world’s growing urban populations and contribute to sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development.

Moderator: Vivian Atakos, Regional Communications Specialist, SSA Operations, CGIAR - International Potato Center (CIP)

Opening Remarks: Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR

Presenter Christophe Béné, Principal Scientist, Sustainable Food Systems, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT CGIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Responding Presenter Rene van Veenhuizen, Senior Programme Officer, RUAF

Panelists Saro Abdella, Assistant Project Coordinator, EPHI Ibrahim Mohammed, Director, Agricultural Land & Climate Change Department, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria Silvia Alonso Alvarez, Senior Scientist Epidemiologist, CGIAR International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Kwaw Andam, Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, IFPRI Simon Heck, RTB’s Flagship Project 4 Leader, Program Leader, CGIAR International Potato Center Willem Janssen, Lead Agricultural Economist in the South Asia Region, World Bank Group

Links: IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/ RUAF: https://ruaf.org/ Federal Ministry Of Agriculture And Rural Development, Nigeria: https://fmard.gov.ng/ World Bank Group: https://www.worldbank.org/en/home Ministry Of Agriculture, Ethiopia: http://www.moa.gov.et/

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PIM Webinar Value Chain Development and the Poor June 17, 2021

In recent years, value chain development (VCD) in the agrifood system has been hailed as a practical way to expand market access for smallholder producers, reduce poverty, enhance environmental sustainability, and improve food security and gender equity. Despite significant investments in VCD from governments, donors, and NGOs, however, evidence regarding the effectiveness of VCD interventions in addressing these important development goals remains lacking. Many existing studies have focused on the design and outputs of VCD interventions themselves rather than on their outcomes and impacts. As a result, the true reach of these programs remains unknown, particularly for poor populations.

A recent book ( https://pim.cgiar.org/2020/12/12/new-book-on-value-chain-development-seeks-to-translate-ideas-into-practice-for-impact-at-scale/), published by Practical Action Publishing and supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and the CGIAR Research Program on Maize Agrifood Systems (MAIZE), looks to fill this important knowledge gap. Value Chain Development and The Poor: Promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale ( http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781788530576) provides a collection of case studies and lessons learned from VCD interventions in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The book includes chapters written by researchers and development practitioners, providing an in-depth examination of VCD in both theory and in practice.

During this webinar, editors Jason Donovan, Dietmar Stoian, and Jon Hellin will present findings from the book and explore how VCD can be more effectively designed, implemented, and scaled up to include and benefit poor populations.

Opening remarks and moderator: Erwin Bulte, Professor of Development Economics, Wageningen University

Speakers: Jason Donovan, Senior Economist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Dietmar Stoian, Lead Scientist, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Jon Hellin, Head of the Sustainable Impact Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Closing remarks: Frank Place, Director, PIM

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POLICY SEMINAR Global Report on Food Crises 2021: Building resilience to prevent food crises and conflict Co-Organized by IFPRI, FSIN, FAO North America, World Food Program USA and the Food Security Portal JUN 17, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

Acute food insecurity continued to rise in 2020, driven by the pandemic shock, ongoing conflicts, and extreme weather. The number of people needing urgent food and livelihood assistance hit a five-year high. The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000127343/download/?_ga=2.7473648.338134682.1622747437-165400289.1620067163 (published by the Food Security Information Network for the Global Network Against Food Crises) finds that at least 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity at crisis level or worse — up about 20 million from 2019. Africa is disproportionally affected, with close to 98 million people facing acute food insecurity last year. Other parts of the world are suffering too, with Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, and Haiti experiencing major conflict-related food crises.

Most food crises are protracted, severely eroding the resilience of agrifood systems and further fueling conflict and civil strife. Reversing the current alarming trends will require much greater effort to build resilient agrifood systems that are socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable.

This policy seminar focuses on experiences and strategies that can both build food system resilience and help prevent conflict.

Introductory Remarks Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Overview of 2021 Global Report on Food Crises Lavinia Antonaci, Technical Coordinator, Technical Support Unit of the Global Network Against Food Crises Domenica Sabella, Food Security Information Network Communications Officer, World Food Programme

Keynote Addresses Jim Barnhart, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Giampiero Muci, Senior Policy Officer, Sustainable Agri-food Systems and Fisheries, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission

Panel Discussion David Alpher, Conflict and Violence Prevention Integrator, Bureau for Conflict Prevention, USAID Tanya Boudreau, Deputy Chief Of Party, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow and Middle East and North Africa team leader, IFPRI Dominique Burgeon, Director, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Geneva Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Programme Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World Bank

Closing Remarks Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director, FAO 's Liaison Office for North America

Moderator Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

LINKS UN World Food Programme Global Report On Food Crises: https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-2021 Food Security Information Network: https://www.fsinplatform.org/ Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations: http://www.fao.org/north-america/en/ World Food Program USA: https://www.wfpusa.org/ Food Security Portal: https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/

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PIM Webinar June 10, 2021 Feminization of Agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths

This PIM webinar presents the findings from five projects that comprised a set of PIM grants on Feminization of Agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths on current challenges and opportunities ( https://pim.cgiar.org/2018/10/11/feminization-of-agriculture-call-for-proposals-five-projects-selected/). Research teams from across CGIAR worked since 2018 to explore the dynamics and impacts of migration, including male-outmigration, on gender relations in agriculture and natural resource domains.

Introduction: Rhiannon Pyburn, NL-CGIAR Senior Expert with PIM Gender and Senior Advisor, KIT Royal Tropical Institute; Leader of Collaborative Gender Research cluster in the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Presenter: Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Jordan Chamberlin, Spatial Economist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Ana Maria Paez, Social Scientist, Gender, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Markus Ihalainen, Senior Research and Engagement Officer, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Nozomi Kawarazuka, Scientist, International Potato Center (CIP)

Discussant: Cheryl Doss, Associate Professor and Senior Departmental Lecturer in development economics at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and leader of the Cross-Cutting Gender Research and Coordination flagship in PIM.

Moderator: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

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POLICY SEMINAR CGIAR COVID-19 Hub Seminar: COVID-19 and Implications for One Health Research Co-Organized by CGIAR COVID-19 Hub and IFPRI MAY 4, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

The connections between human, animal, and environmental health have never been more evident than during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub, researchers are using integrated modeling to provide policy recommendations and address urgent issues on the role of agriculture in spreading zoonoses and how we can avoid future crossover events.

This seminar will explore what a One Health approach means for food systems and the agricultural sector, what lessons can be learned from the current pandemic, and how risks, benefits, and consequences can be identified and assessed moving forward.

Welcome and Introduction Ekaterina Krivonos, Deputy Director, Programs, CGIAR System Organization and co-Chair, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

Speaker John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and co-Chair, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

Panel Moderator Jeff Waage, Professor of International Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Panelists Bassirou Bonfoh, Director Afrique One-ASPIRE at Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) Nitish Debnath, Team Lead, Fleming Fund Country Grant, Bangladesh, DAI Vipat Kuruchittham, Executive Director, Southeast Asia One Health University Network Phuong Vu Thi, Vietnam One Health partnership coordinator, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Alan Tollervey, Head of Agricultural Research, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UK

Presenters Elizabeth Cook, Epidemiology Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Amy Ickowitz, Team Leader, Sustainable Landscapes & Livelihoods, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Kimberly Fornace, Assistant Professor, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Hu Suk Lee, Veterinary Epidemiologist Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Jo Lines, Professor of Malaria Control and Vector Biology, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Samuel Oyola, Genomics Molecular Biologist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Steve Staal, Editor, Global Food Security, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Moderator Janet Hodur, Senior Communications Specialist, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

LINKS: CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/ CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: https://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/

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POLICY SEMINAR Evolving factors shaping trade in agriculture and food APR 26, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:30 AM EDT

Agricultural trade is shaped by geopolitical, geo-economic, social, and cultural trends. These can lead to more or less globalization, but which is better for agriculture and food security? International trade in food favors production in the most efficient regions, a factor of growing importance as we tackle the escalating impacts of climate change. Recent experiences during the food price spikes of 2007/08 and 2010/11, and more recently during the COVID-19 pandemic, have encouraged some countries to promote self-sufficiency measures or institute export restrictions. Some governments have enacted domestic measures to promote healthier, safer, and/or more sustainable food though consumer safety standards, carbon pricing, and product labeling, all of which have implications for border measures and trade and risk hurting the most vulnerable economies and fragmenting the regulatory field. Meanwhile, governments continue to subsidize agriculture with measures that distort production and trade and WTO negotiations are stalled.

Is international agricultural trade part of the problem, or part of the solution to the global food crisis? How can negotiations in the WTO be revitalized to address these concerns? Join Pascal Lamy (former Director-General of the World Trade Organization) and our expert panel for a discussion of the policies, measures, and institutional arrangements that shape trade in agriculture.

Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Keynote Speaker Pascal Lamy, Former European Commissioner and Director-General, WTO

Special Remarks Mari Elka Pangestu, Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank

Discussants Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Valeria Pineiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Moderator Mari Elka Pangestu, Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank

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One of the most important drivers for food system transformation is finance. In Episode Two of "On the Table," IFPRI's Charlotte Hebebrand ( https://www.ifpri.org/profile/charlotte-hebebrand ) and Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla ( https://www.ifpri.org/profile/eugenio-diaz-bonilla ) discuss ideas for funding change and share insights into the work of the UN Food Systems Summit Finance Lever.

Links:

IFPRI resources on UNFSS: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021

GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19 APR 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

COVID-19 has upended local, national, and global food systems, and put the Sustainable Development Goals further out of reach. But lessons and momentum from the world’s response to the pandemic can contribute to food system change. In the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI researchers and experts explore the impacts of the pandemic and government policy responses to date, particularly for the poor and disadvantaged, and consider what it all means for transforming our food systems to be healthy, resilient, efficient, sustainable, and inclusive.

The chapters in this flagship report explore key requisites for such a transformation in light of the current shock — balancing health and economic policies, promoting healthy diets and nutrition, strengthening social protection policies and inclusion, integrating natural resource protection into food sector policies, and enhancing the contribution of the private sector — and how best to achieve them. Regional sections examine the diverse experiences of the pandemic worldwide, and the impact of varied response measures.

At the launch event, speakers shared evidence on the impact of COVID-19, and discuss the way forward for food systems transformation.

Report Overview: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), IFPRI

Panelists: Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit Marco Ferroni, Chair, CGIAR System Board

Rapid Fire Presentations: Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Valeria Pineiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, and Theme Leader, Governance, IFPRI Shahidur Rashid, Director for South Asia, IFPRI Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS: Global Food Policy Report: https://gfpr.ifpri.info/ CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: https://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/

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POLICY SEMINAR Examining the State of Community-led Development Programming Co-Organized by IFPRI and Movement for Community-led Development APR 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

Community-led development (CLD) is a complex human change process. Join us as we dive into the Movement for Community-led Development’s State of CLD Programming report to understand what organizations are doing when they say they are implementing community-led development programs. Which characteristics are most prevalent in this work and which areas need more emphasis? How are these programs being funded? How does the practice change with program duration and context?

This groundbreaking report ( https://mcld.org/download-the-unpacking-cld-report/), which was developed by a collaborative research with a team of 35 Program and Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Specialists from 23 organizations, answers these and other questions critical to improving the implementation and sustainability of community-led programming based on a study of 173 programs across 65 countries.

Opening Remarks: Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Speakers: Holta Trandafili, Research, Learning and Analytics Manager, World Vision USA Gunjan Veda, Senior Advisor, Global Collaborative Research (MCLD) Martha Cruz Zuniga, Chair of Economics, Catholic University

Discussants: Scott Guggenheim, Adjunct Professor, Global Human Development (GHD), Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS: Movement For Community-Led Development: https://mcld.org/download-the-unpacking-cld-report/ Unpacking Community-Led Development: A Study Of 173 Programs Across 65 Countries (Draft Report): https://mcld.org/download-the-unpacking-cld-report/

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PIM Webinar April 8, 2021 Beyond agriculture: Measuring agri-food system GDP and employment

Transformation of the agri-food system is a cornerstone of many governments’ national development plans and is key to the One GGIAR goals of contributing to more inclusive agricultural growth, healthier diets, and more sustainable production systems. Agri-food systems remain crucial for the livelihoods and wellbeing of most of the world’s poor, and successful agricultural transformation is still strongly associated with long-term economic development. But adopting an agri-food system perspective is not trivial – it requires us to also look beyond agriculture when prioritizing innovations and policies and tracking outcomes. The agri-food system encompasses not only the primary agricultural sector, but also all upstream and downstream agriculture-related activities. Measuring transformation of the agri-food system therefore requires economywide data and innovative metrics.

This webinar presented a new approach developed by IFPRI for measuring agri-food system GDP and employment. The data collection and analysis were funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) as part of its flagship program on the Economywide Factors Affecting Agricultural Growth and Rural Transformation ( https://pim.cgiar.org/research/f2/), and by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which uses these metrics to monitor performance of its Global Food Security Strategy.

Presenter: James Thurlow ( https://www.ifpri.org/profile/james-thurlow ), Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), leader of PIM’s research cluster “Agricultural Transformation and Rural Incomes”

Moderator: Frank Place ( https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place ), PIM Director

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POLICY SEMINAR Tackling child undernutrition at scale: Insights from national and subnational success cases Co-Organized by IFPRI and Exemplars in Global Health APR 1, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

Childhood undernutrition remains a major global challenge, with profound consequences for the health, well-being, and long-term development of millions of people. Strategies to tackle malnutrition have often focused on small-scale programs and specific interventions. To improve nutrition outcomes at scale, nutrition policymakers and leaders need evidence on what works. Drawing on the experience of policymakers, nutrition leaders, and program managers, two global research programs are now providing practical insights on large-scale solutions to child undernutrition in different countries.

In this event, we bring together IFPRI’s Stories of Change and Exemplars in Global Health, which have both been studying successes in reducing childhood stunting. Lessons from these deep research programs, featured in the newly released Lancet 2021 Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition, offer hope that big change is possible and provide specific direction for countries striving to accelerate progress on nutrition.

Opening Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Speakers: Niranjan Bose, Managing Director, Health & Life Sciences, Gates Ventures Zulfiqar Bhutta, Co-director of the Center for Global Child Health and Founding Director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the Aga Khan University Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Rasmi Avula, Research Fellow, IFPRI Drishti Sharma, Manager, Access and Health Policy Research, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

Moderator: Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Links: Maternal And Child Undernutrition Progress (Lancet Series): https://www.thelancet.com/series/maternal-child-undernutrition-progress Exemplars In Global Health: https://www.exemplars.health/topics/stunting/cross-country-synthesis Stories Of Change In Nutrition: https://www.exemplars.health/topics/stunting/cross-country-synthesis

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POLICY SEMINAR Towards Resilient Livelihoods, Food Security, and Nutrition for All: Confronting the Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 Co-Organized by IFPRI, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank MAR 23, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns continue to have devastating effects around the globe, including in rural areas of developing countries, where people have been affected by livelihood and supply disruptions, income shocks, and food and nutrition insecurity. While the overall impacts are becoming clear, less attention has been paid to the differential impacts on men and women and their ability to cope with the multiple shocks associated with the pandemic. For example, women tend to experience more lingering income shocks and have greater difficulty accessing food than men. Understanding these gender differences can offer important insights to decision-makers designing and implementing policies and programs aimed at providing much needed relief to the most vulnerable communities.

At this seminar, researchers from IFPRI, the World Bank, and the Center for Global Development will share insights from phone surveys in 7 countries on the gendered impacts of COVID-19, discuss operational entry points to mitigate negative gendered impacts, and highlight the extent to which policies and programs addressing COVID-19 incorporate a gender lens. Panelists will also discuss the challenges of learning about the impacts in real time, given difficulties in reaching rural women.

Panelists: Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI Patricia Van de Velde, Gender Focal Point for the Food and Agriculture Practice, The World Bank Megan O’Donnell, Assistant Director, Gender & Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Global Development

Moderator: Greg Collins, Deputy Assistant Administrator and USAID Resilience Coordinator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID

Links: IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 United States Agency For International Development (USAID): https://www.usaid.gov/ CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: https://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/

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POLICY SEMINAR Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation: Implications for research and the One CGIAR agenda MAR 19, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

“Innovations do not diffuse independently of enabling market, regulatory, and sociocultural environments. Scaling promising technological advances requires sociotechnical innovation bundles of context-dependent, customized combinations of mutually reinforcing innovations.”

Expert Panel report on “Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation” convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability

IFPRI is pleased to host a conversation with Professor Christopher Barrett and other experts on what is required to bring about healthy, equitable, resilient, and sustainable (HERS) food systems and the pressing need to bundle social and technological innovations to most effectively accomplish this.

Introductory Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Speaker: Christopher B. Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

Panelists: Channing Arndt, Director, Environment, and Production Technology Division, IFPRI Enock Chikava, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Karen Macours, Chaired professor, the Paris School of Economics (PSE); Senior Researcher, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE); and Chair of CGIAR's Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR

Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

Links: Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles For Agri-Food Systems Transformation (Full report): https://www.nature.com/documents/Bundles_agrifood_transformation.pdf Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles For Agri-Food Systems Transformation (Summary): https://www.nature.com/documents/Bundles_agrifood_transformation_Summary.pdf

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SPECIAL EVENT The 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit: How to Incentivize Food Loss and Waste Reduction? Co-Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Embassy of Denmark in Washington D.C., World Resources Institute, and Champions 12.3 MAR 12, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis continues to expose vulnerabilities in food systems, highlighting the insecurity of rural livelihoods, the tragedy of food loss and waste, and the stark inequities in access to healthy food. The upcoming, first-ever UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), presents a unique opportunity to bring together stakeholders from across the food value chain to address these challenges and unlock barriers to sustainable food systems transformation.

Absurd quantities of food are lost and wasted every year in a world where 700 million people go hungry each day and where planetary boundaries are being exceeded by unsustainable food production. Drastic reduction of food loss and waste is therefore imperative and will be an essential part of the UNFSS agenda.

This policy seminar will serve as a platform to discuss actionably, “game-changing” solutions to reduce food loss and waste on a global scale (SDG 12.3) and provide inputs to the UNFSS agenda. Built around the Champions 12.3 Initiative and the Technical Platform for the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste, the seminar will be held, fittingly, on March 12 (12.3).

Welcome: Troels Vensild, Minister Counsellor of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark, USA

Opening Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Keynote Speakers: Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit Rasmus Prehn, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Denmark

Rapid Fire Presentations: Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, CEO, Coldhubs Nigeria Richard Swannell, Director, WRAP Global Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Jessica Vieira, Director of Sustainability, Apeel Sciences

Closing Remarks: Craig Hanson, Vice President For Food, Forest, Water & The Ocean, World Resources Institute

Moderator: Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions, IFPRI

Related Publications: Reducing Food Loss And Waste: Five Challenges For Policy And Research: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/reducing-food-loss-and-waste-five-challenges-policy-and-research Reducing Food Loss Is Key To End Hunger And Undernutrition By 2025: https://www.ifpri.org/blog/reducing-food-loss-key-end-hunger-and-undernutrition-2025 Three Steps For Tackling Food Loss And Waste:https://www.ifpri.org/blog/three-steps-tackling-food-loss-and-waste Measuring And Reducing Food Loss In Developing Countries: https://www.ifpri.org/blog/measuring-and-reducing-food-loss-developing-countries

Links: The 2021 Food Systems Summit: https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit Embassy Of Denmark, USA: https://usa.um.dk/ World Resources Institute: https://www.wri.org/ Champions 12.3: https://champions123.org/

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The first feature in IFPRI's new video series, "On the Table," provides an insightful interview with our Director for Africa, Jemimah Njuki. Njuki has long been a leader in gender equality and women's empowerment in Africa's agriculture sectors, and this year was named a UN Food Systems Summit Champion and leader of the summit's women's empowerment lever of change. She shares how a gender lens has been integrated into the upcoming 2021 UN Food Systems Summit from the beginning, and the importance of ensuring that gender equality and women's voices are central to systems transformation.

Links: IFPRI resources on Food Systems: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-systems Jemimah Njuki: https://www.ifpri.org/profile/jemimah-njuki Charlotte Hebebrand: https://www.ifpri.org/profile/charlotte-hebebrand

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POLICY SEMINAR Food systems lessons from COVID-19: From understanding fragilities to building resilience Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub MAR 2, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

COVID-19’s impacts on our global food system have affected the food security and nutritional wellbeing of millions of people worldwide, with market closures, supply disruptions, and income and employment losses. Understanding the extent and nature of these impacts will be critical to building resilience to future shocks.

At this seminar, researchers from the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub present results from the first global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and their actors. The analysis highlights points of vulnerability and resilience, identifies who suffered and who benefitted, and examines how lockdowns and other policies shaped outcomes. Considering these findings, a panel discussion will offer insights and suggestions on what steps must be taken to avoid these negative impacts in future emergencies.

Speaker: Christophe Béné, Principal Scientist, Sustainable Food Systems, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Panelists: Namukolo Covic, Senior Research Coordinator, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health and IFPRI Sophia Murphy, Executive Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Thomas Reardon, Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

Closing remarks: John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and co-lead, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

Moderator: Ekaterina Krivonos, Deputy Director, Programs, CGIAR System Organization and co-Chair, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

Links: CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: https://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/ CGIAR Research Program On Agriculture For Nutrition And Health (A4NH): https://a4nh.cgiar.org/ Impacts of COVID-19 on people’s food security: Foundations for a more resilient food system: https://a4nh.cgiar.org/2021/02/25/new-report-from-cgiar-covid-19-hub-offers-food-systems-lessons-from-the-pandemic-insights-for-building-resilience/

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BOOK LAUNCH Resetting the Table: Straight talk about the food we grow and eat FEB 10, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 10:30 AM EST

Consumers want to know more about their food–including the farm from which it came, the chemicals used in its production, its nutritional value, how the animals were treated, and the costs to the environment. They are being told that buying organic foods, unprocessed and sourced from small local farms, is the most healthful and sustainable option. In his new book, Paarlberg delineates the ways in which global food markets have improved our diet, and how “industrial” farming has recently turned green, thanks to GPS-guided precision methods that cut energy use and chemical pollution.

Join us to hear from the book’s author and discussants on solutions that can make sense for farmers and consumers alike through the rapidly changing worlds of food and farming.

Book Overview: Robert Paarlberg, Adjunct professor of public policy, Harvard Kennedy School; & Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Discussants: Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Strategic and communications leader in food policy and agriculture development

LINKS: Resetting The Table: Straight Talk About The Food We Grow And Eat: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606873/resetting-the-table-by-robert-paarlberg/

Two Books On The Future Of Farming: Nutritional, Environmental And Economic Priorities Collide Wherever Seeds Are Sown: https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-books-on-the-future-of-farming-11611936602

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BOOK LAUNCH An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia? FEB 9, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 10:30 AM EST

Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara — especially for small farms and businesses — requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems. Can Asia, with its recent success in adopting mechanization, offer a model for Africa? An Evolving Paradigm of Agricultural Mechanization Development analyzes the experiences of eight Asian and five African countries. The authors explore crucial government roles in boosting and supporting mechanization, from import policies to promotion policies to public good policies.

Hear from the authors and discussants on the book’s recommendations and insights, which are beneficial to national policymakers and the development community who can adapt this knowledge to local contexts and use it as a foundation for further research.

Book Overview: Xinshen Diao, Deputy Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, and Theme Leader, Agricultural Transformation, IFPRI Hiroyuki Takeshima, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Discussants: Geoffrey C. Mrema, Professor, Department of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture Thomas Daum, Research fellow, Institute of Agricultural Science in the Tropics, University of Hohenheim

Moderator: Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, IFPRI

LINKS: An Evolving Paradigm Of Agricultural Mechanization Development: How Much Can Africa Learn From Asia?: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/evolving-paradigm-agricultural-mechanization-development-how-much-can-africa-learn-asia An Evolving Paradigm Of Agricultural Mechanization Development: How Much Can Africa Learn From Asia? Synopsis: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/evolving-paradigm-agricultural-mechanization-development-how-much-can-africa-learn-0

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BOOK LAUNCH Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World FEB 4, 2021 - 08:30 AM TO 09:30 AM EST

The changing global landscape, combined with new and better data, technologies, and understanding, means that agriculture can and must contribute to a wider range of development outcomes than ever before, including reducing poverty, ensuring adequate nutrition, creating strong food value chains, improving environmental sustainability, and promoting gender equity and equality.

Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World is the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change. In this four-part volume, top experts offer the latest research in the field of agricultural development.

Hear from the book’s editors and discussants on policy options and strategies for developing sustainable agriculture and reducing food insecurity and malnutrition.

Book Overview: -Keijiro Otsuka, Professor of Development Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan & Chief senior researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo -Shenggen Fan, Chair professor, College of Economics Management & Dean of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University, Beijing; and CGIAR System Board Member

Discussants: -William Masters, Director, IMMANA Fellowships Program & Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University -Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator: -Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

LINKS: Agricultural Development: New Perspectives In A Changing World: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/agricultural-development-new-perspectives-changing-world Agricultural Development: New Perspectives In A Changing World: Synopsis: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/agricultural-development-new-perspectives-changing-world-synopsis

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POLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - Building back better: How can public food and agricultural research institutions be strengthened and rebuilt after the COVID-19 pandemic? Co-Organized by IFPRI and the International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR) FEB 2, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges and new opportunities for publicly funded food and agricultural research in the global South. Growing government deficits related to the pandemic threaten funding for research needed for sustainable and healthy food systems. Yet, the pandemic and current health research could also spur greater investment in agricultural research.

Spillovers from government and industry research and investment to fight COVID-19 may benefit agricultural research. This work has raised government and public awareness of the importance of biological research and of the links between agricultural and human health. In addition, new tools such as genomics, CRISPR, and information technology have created new opportunities for agricultural research and innovation, including for control of crop diseases and pests.

In view of these opportunities and growing demand, national agricultural research systems—and their funders—may need to rethink research priorities. The future will require a more systemic view of food systems, one that links agriculture, nutrition, and health to prevent future pandemics.

Introductory Remarks John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and co-lead, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

Speakers Ben Durham, Director Chief, Bio-innovation, National Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa Ruben Echeverria, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Vish Nene, Co-leader, Animal and Human Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) B.M. Prasanna, Director, Global Maize Program and the CGIAR Research Program on Maize, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Delia Grace Randolph, Professor of Food Safety Systems, University of Greenwich

Moderator Carl Pray, Distinguished Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Department, School for Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook ICABR: https://icabr.net/ IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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PIM Virtual Launch Event Forest Tenure Pathways to Gender Equality: A Practitioner's Guide January 29, 2021, 9:00-10:00 AM EST

There is no one single approach to reforming forest tenure practices for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Rather, it involves taking advantage of opportunities that emerge in various institutional arenas, such as policy and law-making and implementation, government administration, customary or community-based tenure governance, or forest restoration at the landscape scale. The overall aim is to promote the responsible governance of forest tenure so that it serves the interests of both women and men of all backgrounds.

A new practitioner’s guide prepared by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) authors with support from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and other donors* explains how to promote gender-responsive forest tenure reform in community-based forest regimes. It is aimed at those taking up this challenge in developing countries.

This sourcebook provides multiple forms of guidance: conceptual ideas, operational direction, good practices, case-study insights, research findings and resources for further exploration. It is designed to support a wide range of practitioners, women and men, from a range of institutions such as government offices, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, donor agencies, women’s organizations, as well as networks and federations.

The practitioner’s guide offers numerous case studies as well as resource materials from across Africa, Asia, and Latin America so that each issue can be explored through real-world experience. Moreover, the guide draws upon the latest manuals and guidance documents available on promoting gender-responsive forest tenure reform.

This guide emerged from several years of research and engagement in multiple countries under CIFOR's “Global Comparative Study on Forest Tenure Reform”. The project was coordinated by Anne Larson and the late Esther Mwangi.

The author Nayna Jhaveri and editors Anne Larson and Iliana Monterroso will present the guide and answer questions from the audience. Commentary will be provided by the Tenure Facility’s gender focal point Ylwa Renström Svensson and a member of the CGIAR GENDER Platform Elizabeth Bryan.

*CIFOR’s ‘Global Comparative Study on Forest Tenure Reform’ is funded by the European Commission and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) with technical support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO).

Introduction: Anne Larson, Team Leader, Equal Opportunities, Gender, Justice & Tenure, CIFOR (https://www.cifor.org/research-staff/1372/anne-larson)

Presenter: - Nayna Jhaveri, book author, Independent Land Tenure Specialist

Remarks: - Ylwa Renström Svensson, Program Officer, The Tenure Facility (https://thetenurefacility.org/about-us/our-team/staff-and-partners/) - Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI, and CGIAR GENDER Platform Methods Module co-lead (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/elizabeth-bryan)

Moderator: - Iliana Monterroso, Scientist, Equity, Gender, Justice & Tenures team, CIFOR (https://www.cifor.org/research-staff/3815/iliana-monterroso)

Link to Blog: https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/01/19/forest-tenure-pathways-to-gender-equality-a-practitioners-guide/?

POLICY SEMINAR Local vs Global? The role of trade in building food system resilience JAN 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the global economy and put pressure on food supply chains, debate has resurged about the role of trade in protecting food security. Though food supply chains have proved fairly resilient during the outbreak, many countries have faced both severe disruptions in supply and shifts in food demand. A few have responded with protectionist measures—namely export bans on key staple foods—with the intent of protecting domestic consumers, but depriving those abroad. These measures raise the question: Are food systems strongly connected with global value chains more vulnerable to disruptions or more resilient than more localized food systems?

This seminar will bring together food system experts from the research community, policymaking organizations, and the private sector to discuss whether localized food systems with shorter supply chains are more resilient and sustainable than those with longer supply chains and greater integration in global markets.

Speakers: Guido Landheer, Deputy Vice-Minister of Agriculture, The Netherlands Robbert de Vreede, Executive Vice-President Global Foods, Unilever Jeroen Elfers, Corporate Director Dairy Development & Milk Stream, FrieslandCampina Marion Jansen, Director Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD Johan Swinnen, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Moderator Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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Virtual Event - CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: Supporting National Responses to a Global Pandemic Co-Organized by IFPRI and CGIAR COVID-19 Hub JAN 12, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

As the global leader in agricultural research, CGIAR took action in the earliest days of the pandemic to counter the potentially devastating impact on food security and nutrition worldwide. The CGIAR COVID-19 Hub mobilizes multidisciplinary research and innovation in support of national response efforts.

This seminar brings together researchers and national partners from Bangladesh and Ethiopia, the Hub’s pilot countries, to reflect on progress made and lessons learned. Looking ahead, they will also consider key priorities for mitigating threats to food systems that could arise from similar shocks in the future. Representatives from Malawi, Myanmar, and Nigeria will also share reflections on national priorities, as the three countries begin working with the CGIAR COVID Hub.

Opening Remarks -John McDermott, Director, A4NH and co-lead, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub -Kundhavi Kadiresan, Managing Director for Global Engagement and Innovation, CGIAR

Speakers -Zubairu Abdullahi, Director, Planning and Policy Coordination Department, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria -Amjath Babu, Agricultural Economist, Modeling and Targeting, (CIMMYT) -Shaikh Mohammad Bokhtiar, Director, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council -Godfrey Chingoma, Director of Crop Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Malawi -Siboniso Moyo, Director General’s representative in Ethiopia, (ILRI) -Ekaterina Krivonos, Deputy Director, Programs, CGIAR System Organization -Thanda Kyi, Deputy Director General, Department of Planning at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Myanmar (via pre-recorded video message)

Closing Remarks -Kundhavi Kadiresan, Managing Director for Global Engagement and Innovation, CGIAR

Moderator -John McDermott, Director, A4NH and co-lead, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: http://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/

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The coronavirus outbreak has affected trade in food and farm goods, imperiling efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition and adding to pressure already on the farm sector from climate change. The pandemic-induced postponement of the WTO’s next ministerial conference and ongoing tensions among major economies have affected both the substance and process of updating the global trade rulebook. As governments revisit priorities in this new context, they should engage with various constituencies in their region and beyond to build an inclusive public policy vision – one that can contribute to economic recovery and improve resilience to future food system shocks.

With South Asia home to millions of small farmers, and food insecurity a persistent challenge in both rural and urban areas, policies affecting markets for food and agriculture remain highly controversial in the region. While economic growth has contributed to rising incomes and evolving patterns of demand, South Asia’s agrifood sector also faces a growing threat from climate change, including extreme weather events and increasing water scarcity. Designing national policies to address these changes requires national governments to navigate the impact of new measures not only on diverse domestic constituency groups but also on producers and consumers elsewhere in South Asia and beyond. At the same time, with the world’s major economies increasingly pursuing bilateral and regional trade deals, South Asia faces new challenges in advancing its agricultural trade objectives at the multilateral level.

This will be the fourth in a series of events on the same topic but with a regional perspective. The events will cover Africa, South Asia, and Latin America

Speakers: Abhijit Das, Professor and Head, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi Ajay Vir Jakhar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj (Farmers' Forum India) Dr. Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh Aisha Moriani, Joint Secretary WTO, Ministry of Commerce, Pakistan Ambassador Gothami Silva, Ambassador & Permanent Representative, Sri Lanka Mission to the WTO

Moderator Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director for South Asia, IFPRI

LINKS Food And Agricultural Trade In The New Policy Environment: How Can WTO Members Support Economic Recovery And Resilience? - https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-and-agricultural-trade-new-policy-environment-how-can-wto-members-support-economic Book: COVID-19 & Global Food Security - http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact - https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 International Institute For Sustainable Development (IISD) - https://www.iisd.org/

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Virtual Event - The African Continental Free Trade Area: How will economic distribution change? DEC 15, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 10:45 AM EST

In early 2021, African countries will begin implementing the much-anticipated African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Africa-wide elimination of tariffs will encourage regional integration to a degree never before seen on the continent. As intra-African trade unifies, will regional agricultural production and food supply chains change drastically? How will the agreement affect poverty and food security? And what types of political resistance might arise?

Join three specialists in a discussion about the political and economic distribution effects we anticipate as the AfCFTA unfolds.

Introduction: Nalishebo Meebelo, Senior Program Coordinator, Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research and Institutes (ReNAPRI)

Speakers: David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Maryla Maliszewska, Senior Economist, World Bank Group Andrew Mold, Chief, Regional Integration and AfCFTA Cluster, Office for Eastern Africa, ECA, UNECA

Closing Remarks: Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator: Julie Kurtz, Research Analyst, IFPRI

LINKS Food And Agricultural Trade In The New Policy Environment: How Can WTO Members Support Economic Recovery And Resilience? - https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-and-agricultural-trade-new-policy-environment-how-can-wto-members-support-economic Book: COVID-19 & Global Food Security - http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact - https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 Akademiya2063 - https://akademiya2063.org/ International Institute For Sustainable Development (IISD) - https://www.iisd.org/ Commerce Alimentaire Et Agricole Dans Le Nouvel Environnement Politique : Comment Les Membres De L’OMC Peuvent-Ils Appuyer La Re - https://www.ifpri.org/event/%C3%A9v%C3%A8nement-virtuel-commerce-alimentaire-et-agricole-dans-le-nouvel-environnement-politique

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This webinar organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and Food Security Portal on December 11, 2020 shares results of recent studies in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and India on how food value chains are responding to COVID-19. Kalle Hirvonen (IFPRI) presents findings from a study on food consumption and food security in Ethiopia, using a unique panel survey of a representative distribution of households in Addis Ababa. Sudha Narayanan (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) discusses bottlenecks in food and agriculture supply chains in India following closures of several Agricultural Produce Market Committee mandis and presents policy recommendations to ease the flow of goods. Ben Belton (WorldFish / Michigan State University) presents findings on the impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria’s fish value chains, which are crucial to the country’s food security and employment opportunities.

More info: https://bit.ly/COVID-FVC

Presenters: Kalle Hirvonen, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute Sudha Narayanan, Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Ben Belton, Associate Professor of International Development in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, and Senior Scientist for Value Chains and Nutrition with WorldFish, Malaysia

Discussant: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Moderator: Nicholas Minot, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Division Director in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI. Co-leader of the research on Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains within the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Session 1: Promoting food system transformation and resilience post-COVID 19 December 08, 2020

Brief overview of key recommendations from policy notes Dr. Mariam Raouf, IFPRI and Mr. Hosam Ibrahim, IFPRI Commentators: Dr. Mouchera Karara, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development Dr. Abla Abdel Latif, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies

Brief overview of key recommendations from policy notes Dr. Kibrom A. Abay, IFPRI Commentators: Dr. Fadi Abdelradi, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University Dr. Yasser ElShayeb, Center of Excellence for Water, the American University in Cairo Mr. Mostafa Arafa, Agricultural entrepreneur

Moderator: Dr. Channing Arndt, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

LINKS: Symposium Policy Notes (in Englisha and Arabic): https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/Symposium%20policy%20note/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc Other EIBC Publications: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/EIBC/field/ifpri/mode/all/conn/and Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 IFPRI-Egypt Office: http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/

Closing Remarks and Way Forward December 08, 2020

Speaker: Dr. Clemens Breisinger, MENA and Egypt Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

LINKS: Symposium Policy Notes (in Englisha and Arabic): https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/Symposium%20policy%20note/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc Other EIBC Publications: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/EIBC/field/ifpri/mode/all/conn/and Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 IFPRI-Egypt Office: http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/

Session 2: Digitalization of agricultural services and policy analysis December 08, 2020

Brief overview of key recommendations from policy note: Ms. Yumna Kassim, IFPRI

Presentation of Monitoring Agricultural Projects in Egypt (MAP Egypt) Ms. Hagar ElDidi, IFPRI

Commentator: Dr. Ismail El Faramawy, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and Development Partners Group – Agriculture and Rural Development

Moderator: Ms. Yumna Kassim, Research Associate, IFPRI

LINKS: MAP Egypt: https://mapegypt.org/#/en?_k=ms3oaj Symposium Policy Notes (in Englisha and Arabic): https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/Symposium%20policy%20note/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc Other EIBC Publications: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/EIBC/field/ifpri/mode/all/conn/and IFPRI-Egypt Office: http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/ Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

Opening Remarks: Impact of policy research and lessons for post-COVID development December 08, 2020

Speakers: H.E. Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development H.E. Dr. Nivine Elkabbag, Minister of Social Solidarity Dr. Saad Mousa, General Supervisor of Foreign Agricultural Relations, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ms. Leslie Reed, Mission Director for Egypt, USAID Dr. Nasredin Hag Elamin, Country Representative for Egypt, FAO Dr. Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator: Dr. Clemens Breisinger, MENA and Egypt Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

LINKS: Symposium Policy Notes (in Englisha and Arabic): https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/Symposium%20policy%20note/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc Other EIBC Publications: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/EIBC/field/ifpri/mode/all/conn/and Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 IFPRI-Egypt Office: http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/

Session 3: Agriculture and social protection for improving health and nutrition December 08, 2020

Brief overview of recommendations from policy notes Dr. Sikandra Kurdi, IFPRI

Commentators: Dr. Atef Alshabrawy, the Ministry of Social Solidarity Dr. Racha Ramadan, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University Ms. Ghada Mostafa Abdallah, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics

Brief overview of recommendations from policy notes Ms. Hoda Elenbaby, IFPRI

Commentators: Dr. Habiba Hassan Wassef, National Nutrition Sciences Committee, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology Dr. Ghada Nasr, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

Q&A

Moderator Dr. Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

LINKS: MAP Egypt: https://mapegypt.org/#/en?_k=ms3oaj Symposium Policy Notes (in Englisha and Arabic): https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/Symposium%20policy%20note/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc Other EIBC Publications: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/EIBC/field/ifpri/mode/all/conn/and IFPRI-Egypt Office: http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/ Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

Global nutrition priorities, financing, and governance have evolved significantly over the last two decades. The translation of scientific evidence and cross-sector program data and experience has played a leading role in this evolution. But evidence alone is insufficient to stimulate broad-based action and enduring nutrition change.

At the 30th annual Martin J. Forman Memorial lecture, Ellen Piwoz will address how the global nutrition community strategically used data and evidence to spur collective action and investment, emphasizing the period from 2008 to the present. Lessons from efforts to reframe nutrition problems, consequences, and solutions will be discussed along with personal reflections on what should be avoided or done differently in the future to ensure that nutrition remains a global priority.

The annual lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Forman Memorial Lecture: Ellen Piwoz

Welcome Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Remarks Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Kenan Forman, Son of Martin J. Forman

Moderator Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-seizing-opportunity-jaws-crisis-playbook-nutrition

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Publishing Agricultural Development Research in Social Science Journals: Writing and Responding to Referee Reports PIM Webinar December 7, 2020

This PIM Webinar Co-organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), the CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), was recorded on November 30,2020.

This webinar, the 3rd and final in the series “Publishing Agricultural Development Research in Social Science Journals”, focuses on the specifics of the referee process—how (and why) to do good reviews, and how to respond to referee comments received. The session includes sample “revise and resubmit” reviews.

More info about the series: https://bit.ly/PublishingAgRes

Presenters: Cheryl Doss, Senior Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics and Associate Professor, Oxford Department of International Development J. V. Meenakshi, Professor, Delhi School of Economics; SPIA Member

Chair: Michele Mboo-Tchouawou, Deputy Director, Programs, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)

Virtual Event - Food and Agricultural Trade in the New Policy Environment: How Can WTO Members Support Recovery and Resilience in Africa (English panel)? Co-Organized by IFPRI, Akademiya2063, and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) DEC 8, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 10:30 AM EST

The coronavirus outbreak has affected trade in food and farm goods, imperiling efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition and adding to pressure already on the farm sector from climate change. The pandemic-induced postponement of the WTO’s next ministerial conference and ongoing tensions among major economies have affected both the substance and process of updating the global trade rulebook. As governments revisit priorities in this new context, they should engage with various constituencies in their region and beyond to build an inclusive public policy vision – one that can contribute to economic recovery and improve resilience to future food system shocks.

In Africa, continentwide economic integration under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will transform food and agricultural markets, with policymakers focused on increased value addition and value chain integration. Tariff and nontariff measures continue to affect trade in Africa’s agrifood sector, while the prevalence of informal trade makes it difficult for policymakers to access timely and accurate data. While food demand in urban areas will continue to grow and evolve, small producers in rural areas face serious obstacles in accessing markets and boosting yields sustainably. The increase in extreme weather events associated with climate change presents particular challenges and requires new thinking to ensure that trade policies and rules support improved resilience.

This will be the third in a series of events on the same topic, each with a regional perspective. The events will cover Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Speakers: Doaa Abdel-Motaal, Senior Counsellor, WTO Agriculture and Commodities Division David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Elizabeth M. Nderitu, Programme Manager, Standards Quality Infrastructure (SQI) and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), TradeMark East Africa Elizabeth Nsimadala, President of the Pan Africa Farmers Organization (PAFO) and Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)

Moderator: Jonathan Hepburn, Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

LINKS Food And Agricultural Trade In The New Policy Environment: How Can WTO Members Support Economic Recovery And Resilience? - https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-and-agricultural-trade-new-policy-environment-how-can-wto-members-support-economic Book: COVID-19 & Global Food Security - http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact - https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 Akademiya2063 - https://akademiya2063.org/ International Institute For Sustainable Development (IISD) - https://www.iisd.org/ Commerce Alimentaire Et Agricole Dans Le Nouvel Environnement Politique : Comment Les Membres De L’OMC Peuvent-Ils Appuyer La Re - https://www.ifpri.org/event/%C3%A9v%C3%A8nement-virtuel-commerce-alimentaire-et-agricole-dans-le-nouvel-environnement-politique

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Intra-African trade—especially agricultural trade—is much larger than official statistics suggest. In West Africa, an estimated 30 percent of staple foods cross borders informally, and informal trade across some African borders—particularly for perishable foods like fruits and vegetables—far exceeds formal trade. Recent initiatives have made great strides in assessing the magnitude of the gap between reported trade and total trade.

This seminar discussed emerging trends in agricultural informal cross-border trade, the barriers to participating in formal customs procedures and trade, and the central role of female informal traders. The presenters considered how border closures and restrictions due to COVID-19 have disproportionately affected informal trade.

Introduction: Patterson Brown, Senior Trade Advisor, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Speakers: Brahima Cisse, Expert, Comité Inter-Etat de Lutte contre la Sècheresse au Sahel (CILSS) Nadia Hasham, Trade Policy Expert, African Trade Policy Centre, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Fousseini Traoré, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator: Julie Kurtz, Research Analyst, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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Virtual Event - Food Policy Research and Capacity Development in Eurasia Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), World Bank Group, and IFPRI

Strengthening policy research and analytical capacity in Eurasia is critical for the region’s agricultural transformation and for development of inclusive food systems. A recent program supported by the Russian Federation and jointly implemented by the World Bank, IFPRI, and ECFS at Lomonosov Moscow State University has helped to strengthen capacities of research and educational institutions and individual researchers in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries in the region. By facilitating a network of institutions and researchers, the program has helped actors in Eurasian food policy systems engage effectively with policy, research, and capacity development objectives.

Reporting from this collaborative project, webinar speakers presented recent research and case study findings and discuss key lessons for strengthening Eurasia’s food policy systems. Speakers highlighted how providing evidence-based policy support, effectively engaging with policymakers, and supporting the next generation of policy analysts through educational and capacity development programs offer a path to strengthen the region’s policy systems in the face of pressing social, economic, health, and environmental challenges.

Opening Remarks: Renaud Seligmann, Country Director for the Russian Federation, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group Steven Schonberger, Director, Water Global Practice, World Bank Group Sergey Shoba, Director, Eurasian Center for Food Security, Lomonosov Moscow State University Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Speakers: Kamiljon Akramov, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow & Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Artavazd Hakobyan, Senior Agriculture Economist, World Bank Group Roman Romashkin, Deputy Director for Development, Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS) Derrill Watson, Associate Professor & Department Head, Tarleton University

Moderator Frauke Jungbluth, Practice Manager, Agriculture and Food, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group

LINKS: Eurasian Center For Food Security (ECFS): https://ecfs.msu.ru/index.php/en/ World Bank Group: https://www.worldbank.org/

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The world is facing a new nutrition reality in which persistent undernutrition and escalating overweight and obesity coexist within countries, communities, households, and individuals. This double burden of malnutrition brings a set of new challenges for policy and programming.

This seminar presented new global evidence on the magnitude of the double burden of malnutrition, describe the interconnected biological, societal, and ecological drivers of it, and propose a way forward on designing and estimating the cost-effectiveness of double-duty actions to tackle multiple forms of malnutrition simultaneously. The COVID-19 pandemic exemplifies the urgency of re-thinking nutrition policy and programming to tackle the new nutrition reality.

Introduction: Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD), World Health Organization (WHO)

Speakers: Corinna Hawkes, Director, Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London Rachel Nugent, Vice President and Director, Center for Global Non-communicable Diseases, RTI International and Associate Affiliate Professor of Global Health, University of Washington Barry Popkin, W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Jonathan Wells, Professor of Anthropology and Paediatric Nutrition, UCL Institute of Child Health

Discussants Victor Aguayo, Associate Director & Global Chief of Nutrition, Programme Division, UNICEF Simon Barquera, Director, Nutrition Policy Research, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico Abigail Perry, Head of Nutrition Policy and Senior Nutrition Adviser at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government

Closing remarks: Meera Shekar, Global Lead, Nutrition, Health, & Population, World Bank Group

Moderator: Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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This webinar, the 2nd in the series “Publishing Agricultural Development Research in Social Science Journals”, offers a panel discussion amongst editors or associate editors of leading journals, addressing what they look for in submissions, how to avoid “desk rejections”, how to handle reviews, proofing, and publicizing articles.

More info about the series: https://bit.ly/PublishingAgRes

Panel: Ashok Mishra, Editor-in-Chief, Agricultural Economics Elizabeth King, Managing Editor, Journal of Development Effectiveness Laurens Klerkx, Editorial Advisory Board, Agricultural Systems

Chair: Travis Lybbert, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis; former editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics; SPIA Special Initiative Member

Introduction: Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Virtual Event - Information Needs for Food Crisis Risk Early Warning: The Role of the Food Security Portal Co-Organized by IFPRI and the Food Security Portal (FSP) NOV 24, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST

Persistent drivers of food insecurity and acute hunger—conflict, climate shocks, and environmental shocks—have been compounded in 2020 by the COVID-19-related health and socioeconomic upheaval and by the severe desert locust outbreaks in East Africa. The pandemic is expected to push as many as 132 million more people into chronic hunger in 2020, in addition to the 690 million who went hungry in 2019.

To navigate the increasingly complex, interlinked causes of food crises, governments and other stakeholders require timely, high-quality information to increase the resilience of food systems and cope with future crises. The EC-funded Food Security Portal (FSP)( http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/), initiated in 2010 in response to lessons learned from the 2007–2008 world food crisis, seeks to improve governments’ ability to respond to and prevent food crises by bringing together policy-relevant tools and information in one place. The FSP is designed to pool timely, relevant, detailed and high-quality country-level information in a systematic way.

This policy dialogue focused on data and information sharing and coordination for improving food security, with a focus on the role of the FSP in monitoring the drivers of food insecurity and food crises to inform policies. New tools and features of the FSP and the Africa South of the Sahara sub-portal have recently been added to the upgraded website.

Opening remarks: Conrad Rein, Policy Officer, European Commission, and Co-Chair, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development

Introduction to the Upgraded Food Security Portal: Rob Vos, Division Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions, IFPRI

Panelists: Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson, Akademiya2063 Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Programme (WFP) Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food & Agricultural Policy and Ethics, Johns Hopkins University Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Closing remarks: Philippe Thomas, Head of Sector, Food and Agricultural Systems, Crisis and Resilience, European Commission

Moderator Teunis van Rheenen, Director of Business Development and External Relations & Acting Chief of Staff, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook Food Security Portal: https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/ IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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This PIM webinar was recorded November 25, 2020 and convened by Farmer Managed Irrigation System Promotion Trust (FMIST - https://fmistnepal.wordpress.com/), Nepal; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI-http://www.ifpri.org/); International Water Management Institute (IWMI- https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/); CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM - http://www.pim.cgiar.org/) and Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE- https://wle.cgiar.org/).

Widespread male migration from rural areas is one of the most important forces shaping agrarian transformation in Nepal. One particularly important area affected is the governance and management of local public goods, especially irrigation systems. Given the crucial role of irrigation in agricultural productivity and food security, attention to gender in irrigation governance is not only necessary for existing systems, but also opens potential new opportunities for sustainable and inclusive development in rural Nepal.

This webinar presents results of a quantitative and qualitative study to identify the various measures in which irrigation system governance has responded to male migration.

More details: https://bit.ly/36SFxWv

Program

Welcome: -Mr. Madhukar Rajbhandari ( http://icid-ciid.org/member/country_profile1/67_A), Director General, Department of Water Resources and Irrigation.

Objectives: -Prachanda Pradhan (https://prachandashare.wordpress.com/about/), Patron, Farmer Managed Irrigation System Promotion Trust

Presentations: -“Irrigation system responses to male migration: Quantitative results of a phone survey” - Ruth Meinzen-Dick (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/ruth-meinzen-dick) and Wei Zhang (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/wei-zhang), Senior Research Fellows, International Food Policy Research Institute -“Impacts of migration on gender dynamics in irrigation governance in Nepal - Findings from case study of 10 irrigation systems” - Ujjwal Pradhan, Chief of Party, Forest-PLUS 2.0: Forests for Water and Prosperity (USAID/the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of India program) -“Gendered Institutional Dynamics (Re)shaping Women’s Roles in Water User Associations" - Manita Raut, Senior Research Officer, International Water Management Institute

Remarks: Pranita Udas, Research Fellow, Thompson Rivers University, Canada Chanda Gurung Goodrich, ICIMOD

-Q&A with the online audience -Closing and vote of thanks: Ruth Meinzen-Dick

PIM supported this research as part of Flagship 5: Governance of Natural Resources (https://pim.cgiar.org/research/f5/) and Flagship 6: Cross-cutting Gender Research and Coordination (https://pim.cgiar.org/research/f6/).

Virtual Event - Food and Agricultural Trade in the New Policy Environment: How Can WTO Members Support Economic Recovery and Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean? Co-Organized by IFPRI, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

The coronavirus outbreak has affected trade in food and farm goods, imperiling efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition and adding to pressure already on the farm sector from climate change. The pandemic-induced postponement of the WTO’s next ministerial conference and ongoing tensions among major economies have affected both the substance and process of updating the global trade rulebook. As governments revisit priorities in this new context, they should engage with various constituencies in their region and beyond to build an inclusive public policy vision – one that can contribute to economic recovery and improve resilience to future food system shocks.

Although the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have seen a major impact from the pandemic, agricultural production and trade have been less affected. Food trade plays an essential role in mitigating potential consumption disruptions and/or losses in export capacities for this heterogeneous region. Some LAC countries are food net importers, others are food net exporters, some produce high value-added crops, and others produce staples. Investing in infrastructure, promoting regional integration, ensuring a stable multilateral trade system, and opening new market opportunities will be key for the region’s economic recovery.

This will be the second in a series of events on the same topic, with a regional perspective. The events focus on Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Panelists Flavio Bettarello, Deputy Secretary for Trade and International Relations, Brazil Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply (MAPA) Eugenio Diaz Bonilla, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean Program, IFPRI Manuel Otero, Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Gloria Abraham Peralta, Costa Rica’s Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva and Chair of the negotiations on Agriculture; Member of the IICA Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas Bosco de la Vega, President, National Agricultural Council of México (CNA)

Moderator Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook

Websites: Food And Agricultural Trade In The New Policy Environment: How Can WTO Members Support Economic Recovery And Resilience?: https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-and-agricultural-trade-new-policy-environment-how-can-wto-members-support-economic IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 International Institute For Sustainable Development (IISD): https://www.iisd.org/ Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA): https://www.iica.int/en

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This PIM Webinar co-organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), the CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), was recorded on November 23, 2020, the 1st in the series “Publishing Agricultural Development Research in Social Science Journals”, provides an overview of the publication process, reviews the overall landscape of journal publishing, and shares guidance on selecting a journal, including:

• Assessing journal audience, impact factors, and reputation • Gated, open-access and hybrid business models • How to distinguish predatory journals • Overview of the process, from submission to publication, with tips for each stage • Journal special issues.

Presenters: Ruth Meinzen-Dick (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/ruth-meinzen-dick), Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Cheryl Doss (https://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/people/cheryl-doss), Senior Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics and Associate Professor, Oxford Department of International Development

Chair: Frank Place (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/frank-place), Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

More info about the series: https://bit.ly/PublishingAgRes

Le commerce des denrées alimentaires et des produits agricoles a été affecté par la pandémie du COVID-19, mettant en péril les efforts visant à faire progresser la lutte contre la faim et la malnutrition conformément au cadre défini par les Objectifs de développement durable (ODD). En même temps, le secteur agricole subit une pression croissante pour répondre aux nouveaux défis environnementaux, notamment ceux liés aux changements climatiques. La prochaine Conférence ministérielle de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce étant reportée en raison de la pandémie, tant le contenu que le processus des discussions à Genève autour de la mise à jour des règles du commerce mondial ont été affectés sur fond de tensions persistantes entre les principales économies. Au fur et à mesure que les gouvernements réexaminent leurs priorités dans ce nouveau contexte, il est important qu'ils établissent un dialogue avec les différentes circonscriptions de leurs régions et au-delà afin de s'assurer que les stratégies de négociation reflètent une vision inclusive des objectifs de politique publique qui contribuera à la reprise économique et augmentera la résilience aux futurs chocs subis par le système alimentaire.

En Afrique, l'intégration économique à l'échelle du continent dans le cadre de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECAf) jouera un rôle décisif dans le façonnement de l'avenir des marchés alimentaires et agricoles, une valeur ajoutée accrue et des chaînes de valeur mieux intégrées étant situées en tête des préoccupations des décideurs politiques. Les mesures tarifaires et non tarifaires restent toutes les deux importantes pour leur impact sur les échanges dans le secteur, tandis que la persistance du commerce informel signifie que les décideurs politiques peinent à accéder à des données précises et actuelles et à interpréter celles-ci. Alors que la demande alimentaire dans les zones urbaines devrait continuer à croître à mesure que les revenus moyens augmentent et que les régimes alimentaires des consommateurs évoluent, les petits producteurs des zones rurales sont confrontés à de sérieux défis pour accéder aux marchés et améliorer durablement leurs rendements. De plus, l’augmentation de la fréquence et de l'intensité des événements météorologiques extrêmes liés aux changements climatiques présente des défis particuliers pour les acteurs du marché et nécessite une nouvelle façon de penser afin que les politiques et règles commerciales contribuent à améliorer la résilience. Cette discussion sera la première d'une série d'événements portant sur ce sujet, chacun étant axé sur une perspective régionale. Les événements traiteront de l'Afrique, de l'Asie et de l'Amérique latine.

Remarques de bienvenue: Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson, Akademiya2063 Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Présentateurs: M. Mounkaila Hassane, Directeur General du Commerce , Government of Niger Doaa Abdel-Motaal, Senior Counsellor, WTO Agriculture and Commodities Division David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Françoise Assogba Komlan, Secrétaire Générale, Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage et de la Pêche (MAEP), Gouvernement de la République du Bénin Fadel Ndiame, Deputy President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Modératrice: Francine Picard, Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Please note this event will be in French with English captions.

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook

The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting pressures on public finances and donor resources are necessitating stark trade-offs among different policy priorities within the agriculture sector and across the food system. In what ways has the pandemic altered the balance of power among urban and rural populations, the state and private sector, and across government ministries?

For example, are social protections and interventions to help heavily hit urban areas complementing or displacing government and donor investments in the agriculture sector? How are governments helping agri-businesses during this period, and which industries are prioritized for financial and other forms of state support? And are responses to COVID-19 fostering improved coherence across the food system to protect incomes, livelihoods, and food security, or leading to increased inter-governmental fractionalization around scarce resources?

These are some of the considerations that decision makers must now confront. This seminar discussed these and other questions by examining the political economy dynamics caused by the pandemic in different regions of the world.

Speakers

Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Astrid Haas, Policy Director, International Growth Centre (IGC) Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, and Theme Leader, Governance, IFPRI Carlos Furche, Former Minister of Agriculture of Chile (2014-2018) and Former Director of ESA (Agriculture Development Economic Division of FAO) (2018-2019) Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook

Websites: West and Central Africa Office(WCAO): https://wca.ifpri.info/

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-political-economy-covid-19-impacts-agriculture-and-food-policies

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Against the background of worldwide trade disruptions due to COVID-19, IFPRI and AKADEMIYA2063 are launching the third annual Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM), the leading comprehensive report on African agricultural trade flows and policies. The report's authors will discuss emerging trends in African countries’ trade flows and compositions, comparative advantages globally and regionally, tariff and non-tariff trade protection, and recent extraregional and intraregional trade developments. The 2020 AATM includes special coverage of the extensive informal cross-border trade across Africa and initiatives to measure informal trade, along with an assessment of regional integration outcomes in this year’s region of focus: The Southern African Development Community (SADC).

This seminar explored the opportunities to develop stronger regional value chains by removing trade barriers and capitalize on the recently ratified African Continental Free Trade Area.

Opening Remarks: Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson, Acting Managing Director, AKADEMIYA2063 Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Speakers: Mamello Nchake, Senior Research Fellow, Trade, Industry and Private Sector Development, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis Sunday Odjo, Deputy Director, Knowledge Systems, AKADEMIYA2063 Chahir Zaki, Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University

Discussant: Tracy Davids, Manager, Commodity Markets & Foresight, Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) & Researcher, University of Pretoria

Closing Remarks: Antoine Bouet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator Julie Kurtz, Research Analyst, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor 2020 (AATM): https://www.ifpri.org/publication/africa-agriculture-trade-monitor-2020 Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook

Websites: AKADEMIYA 2063: https://akademiya2063.org/ West and Central Africa Office(WCAO): https://wca.ifpri.info/

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-african-agriculture-trade-monitor-2020

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This is a recording of an IFPRI hosted a side event at the World Food Prize 2020 Borlaug Dialogue.

The session addresses COVID-19 and Developing-Country Responses, presenting country and regional perspectives including from China, India, Africa south of the Sahara, and a global perspective.

Speakers offered brief perspectives followed by an engaging q&a session with the virtual audience.

Opening Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Speakers: Mahendra Dev, Director (Vice Chancellor), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Shenggen Fan, CGIAR System Board Member Chair & Professor at the College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University Fadel Ndiame, Deputy President, AGRA Jemimah Njuki, Senior Program Specialist and Coordinator, Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 and Global Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/covid-19-and-global-food-security

Websites: IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse.

Authors Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell draw on extensive surveys on the ground in China and reveal that while China may be the second-largest economy in the world, its labor force has one of the lowest levels of education of any comparable country. Over half of China’s population—as well as a vast majority of its children—are from rural areas. Their low levels of basic education may leave many unable to find work in the formal workplace as China’s economy changes and manufacturing jobs move elsewhere.

Hear the views of the book’s author and discussants on how understanding the situation in China today is essential if we are to potentially avoid an economic crisis and humanitarian concerns that could upend economies and foreign relations around the globe.

Book Overview: Scott Rozelle, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Helen F. Farnsworth Endowed Professorship, Stanford University

Discussants: Huan Wang, Social Science Research Scholar at Rural Education Action Program (REAP), Stanford University Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

LINKS:

Book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo61544815.html

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Too often, research aiming to inform public policies or strengthen institutions for effective policy implementation remains disconnected from the real political economy of policy and institutional reform. This webinar introduces a new rubric to assess opportunities for research partnerships that navigate this complex terrain of power and leverage sometimes unexpected spaces of engagement. Presenter: Blake Ratner, Executive Director, Collaborating for Resilience. Panelists: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow and Theme Leader, Governance, IFPRI; Philippa Cohen, Program Leader, Resilient Small-scale Fisheries, WorldFish; Jonathan Mockshell, Agricultural Economist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT. For more information, visit the event page: https://bit.ly/2GFIdx1.

Presenter: Blake Ratner, Executive Director, Collaborating for Resilience

Panelists: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow and Theme Leader, Governance, IFPRI Philippa Cohen, Program Leader, Resilient Small-scale Fisheries, WorldFish Jonathan Mockshell, Agricultural Economist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: bit.ly/PIM-Webinars

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Ethiopia has experienced impressive agricultural growth and poverty reduction, stemming in part from substantial public investments in agriculture. Yet, the agriculture sector now faces increasing land and water constraints along with other challenges to growth. Growth in the agriculture sector remains essential to continued poverty reduction in Ethiopia and will depend on sustained investment in the agrifood system, especially private sector investment.

This book presents a forward-looking analysis of Ethiopia’s agrifood system in the context of a rapidly changing economy.

Hear from speakers on how many of the policies for a successful agricultural and rural development strategy for Ethiopia are relevant for other African countries and how this book can serve as a valuable resource for policymakers, development specialists, and others concerned with economic development in Africa south of the Sahara.

Opening Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Book Presentation: Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel Discussion Nemera Gebeyehu Mamo, Deputy Commissioner, Planning and Development Commission, Ethiopia Lulit Mitik Beyene, CEO, Ethiopian Economics Association Dominique Davoux, Head of Rural Development, Green Sector and Food Security, European Union Delegation John F. Hoddinott, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food & Nutrition Economics and Policy Division of Nutritional Sciences NS CALS Cornell Institute for Public Affairs

Moderator Jenny Smart, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

LINKS:

Book: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/ethiopias-agrifood-system-past-trends-present-challenges-and-future-scenarios

Websites:

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The economic shocks of COVID-19 on global markets have left the African continent, along with its producers and consumers, distinctly vulnerable. This seminar will examine how changes in global food trade since the pandemic have impacted African food systems, regional supply chains and food access.

Presenters discussed the potential long-term risks of trade disruptions for nutrition and economic growth, and identify recovery policies that governments can prioritize to strengthen food security, regional supply chains and livelihoods. The speakers will consider the social, political and logistical barriers to trade across the continent in the face of COVID-19, the challenges of equitably distributing the benefits of trade, and trade’s role in building back better.

Opening Remarks: Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa, IFPRI Patterson Brown, Senior Trade Advisor, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Speakers: David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Nalishebo Meebelo, Senior Program Coordinator, Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research and Institutes (ReNAPRI) Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiation Institute (SEATINI) - Uganda Poorva Pandya, Chief Executive Officer, ETG Farmers Foundation (EFF)

Closing Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator: Fousseini Traoré, Research Fellow, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/interactive/covid Africa agriculture trade monitor 2020: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293908

Websites: IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 United States Agency for International Development (USAID): https://www.usaid.gov/

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Virtual Book Launch Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries SEPT 10, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

This book provides a global overview of agricultural extension and advisory services, assesses and compares extension systems at the national and regional levels, examines the performance of extension approaches in a selected set of country cases, and shares lessons and policy insights.

Drawing on both primary and secondary data, the book contributes to the literature on extension by applying a common and comprehensive framework — the “best-fit” approach — to assessments of extension systems, which allows for comparison across cases and geographies. Insights from the research support reforms — in governance, capacity, management, and advisory methods — to improve outcomes, enhance financial sustainability, and achieve greater scale.

Hear from the book’s editors on how this book can be applied as a valuable resource for policymakers, extension practitioners, and others concerned with agricultural development.

Welcome and Introduction: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Overview: Kristin Davis, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Remarks: Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Professor, Makerere University Hur Ben Corrêa da Silva, State Coordinator, Personnel and Career Development, Paraná, Brazil

Conclusions and Recommendations: Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow & Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI

Moderator: Catherine Ragasa, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

LINKS: Book: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293755

Websites: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM): http://pim.cgiar.org/

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This policy seminar was recorded Aug. 18,. 2020.

Efforts to improve food security and nutrition have contributed to dramatic declines in forest and other natural ecosystems and rapid increases in contact rates between human and wild and domestic animals. Since 1940, agricultural drivers were associated with more than one quarter of all infectious diseases—and more than half of all zoonotic infectious diseases—that emerged in humans. Current risks of infectious diseases are particularly high in Asia, but projections suggest that infectious disease risk will grow fastest in Africa south of the Sahara, as crop area and livestock populations expand.

This policy seminar discussed the agriculture-ecosystem health interface that was magnified by COVID-19, and will consider cross-sectoral solutions that could reduce such risk and enhance human and ecosystem health with a focus on the contributions that One CGIAR can make.

Speakers: John E. Fa, Senior Research Associate at CIFOR and Professor of Biodiversity and Human Development at Manchester Metropolitan University Katherine Kreis, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Lead for Nutrition Innovation, PATH & Bridge Collaborative Secretariat Member Ricky Robertson, Research Fellow, IFPRI Christian Walzer, Executive Director of Wildlife Health, Wildlife Conservation Society

Discussants: Josh Goldstein, Director, Bridge Collaborative, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Izabella Koziell, Program Director, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Eva Ohlsson, Senior Research Advisor, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

Moderator: Claudia Ringler, Deputy Division Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI; CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystem Flagship co-lead and Bridge Collaborative Secretariat member

LINKS:

Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/interactive/covid

Websites: IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-covid-19-role-agriculture-ecosystem-health-interface

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Virtual Event - COVID-19’s Short-term Impacts on Economies, Food Systems and Poverty in African and Asian Countries: Economywide Estimates from Economywide Models Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

This seminar was recorded on August 11, 2020.

Developing countries responded to COVID-19 by implementing social distancing measures and limiting non-essential business operations. Agrifood systems and food supplies—although generally exempt from restrictions—have been exposed to policy disruptions and global market instability. To measure the impacts of COVID-19 on economies and food systems, IFPRI researchers worked alongside partners in several African and Asian countries to conduct economywide multiplier analysis, tracing direct and indirect spillover effects along and across supply chains. Results reveal substantial but varying levels of GDP losses during lockdowns, depending on policy design and implementation and countries’ exposure to global markets. Despite policy exemptions, impacts on food systems account for about one quarter of GDP losses on average. Income losses are felt by all segments of the population. Negative impacts persist, but gradually weaken as restrictive measures are lifted. Our results call for targeted social protection interventions in the short term, balanced with longer-term planning and investing in the economic recovery.

This IFPRI-PIM seminar presented the modeling approach and results from three case studies—Nigeria, Myanmar, and Sudan. Presenters highlighted how differences in policy design, implementation, and economic structure affect the experience with COVID-19, specifically for food systems and poverty, in these countries.

Opening Remarks: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Presenters: Kwaw Andam, Research Fellow, IFPRI Xinshen Diao, Deputy Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Mariam Raouf, Senior Research Associate, IFPRI

Discussant: Chris Hillbruner, Division Chief, Analysis and Learning Division, Office of Policy, Analysis, and Engagement; Bureau for Resilience and Food Security; United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Moderator: Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, IFPRI

LINKS:

Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/interactive/covid

Websites: IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

CGIAR Research Program On Policies, Institutions, And Markets (PIM): http://pim.cgiar.org/

Book: COVID-19 and Global Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/covid-19-and-global-food-security

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BOOK LAUNCH: COVID-19 & Global Food Security

The coronavirus pandemic has sparked not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis, which together pose a serious threat to food security, particularly in poorer countries. COVID-19 & Global Food Security brings together a groundbreaking series of IFPRI blog posts looking at the impacts of COVID-19 and the policy responses. IFPRI researchers and guest bloggers provide key insights and analysis on how the global pandemic is affecting global poverty and food security and nutrition, food trade and supply chains, gender, employment, and a variety of policy interventions, as well as reflections on how we can use these lessons to better prepare for future pandemics. These pieces draw on a combination of conceptual arguments, global and country-level simulation models, in-country surveys, case studies, and expert opinions. Together, they present a comprehensive picture of the current and potential impact of COVID-19 and the world’s policy responses on global food and nutrition security.

This book launch was recorded Aug. 4, 2020, featured presenters sharing how we can use these lessons to better prepare for the impact of future pandemics on global food and nutrition security.

This seminar Keynote Speakers: John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Panelists: Michael Gude, Global Vice President, R&D Foods, Unilever Purvi Mehta , Senior Advisor & Head of Agriculture (SA), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF-Asia) Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Apollos Nwafor, Vice President, Policy and State Capability, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Moderator: Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, IFPRI

Related links: Book: COVID-19 and Global Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/covid-19-and-global-food-security

IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-covid-19-global-food-security

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Virtual Event - Evolving effects of COVID-19 on poverty and food security: What are we learning from China? JUL 28, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 10:45 AM EDT

After the COVID-19 outbreak began in December in Hubei Province, China locked down many areas to control the spread of the disease, and the economy ground to halt. Since the easing of restrictions in April, life has largely returned to normal and many economic activities have resumed. However, the lockdowns have had significant—and still not well-understood—impacts on livelihoods and food security.

Join us for this session where presenters will explore short-term and mid-term impacts on Chinese SMEs, villages and rural households, vulnerable groups, and food value chains.

Opening Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Speakers: Kevin Chen, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Xinshen Diao, Deputy Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of the Rural Education Action Program in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Concluding Perspectives: Shenggen Fan, Senior Chair Professor, China Agricultural University (CAU)

Moderator: Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, IFPRI

Related websites: IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-evolving-effects-covid-19-poverty-and-food-security-what-are-we-learning-china

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Virtual Event - The European Green Deal: The Force of the EU's Farm to Fork Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy to Build Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Co-Organized by the European Commission and IFPRI

The “Farm to Fork” Strategy, adopted by the European Commission on 20th May, 2020, is part of the Commission’s Green Deal and integral to Europe’s ambitious response to climate change and environmental challenges along the food chain. It reflects the ongoing transformation of food systems worldwide and the goal of making Europe’s food system the gold standard for sustainability.

Along with the “Biodiversity Strategy”, the European Union seeks to demonstrate that green best practices can be successful in jointly increasing economic efficiency and environmental and climate sustainability in European and global agriculture.

Hear the presenters share on the link between “Farm to Fork”, the future of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and the international dimension.

Opening Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General IFPRI

Panel Discussion: Sabine Juelicher, Director Food and Feed Safety, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission John Clarke, Director International Relations, Directorate-General for Agriculture, European Commission Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director Natural Capital, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission

Moderator: Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Related websites: European Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/index_en

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IFPRI Resources on the following topics:

-Agriculture Production: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/agriculture-production -Climate Change: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/climate-change -Environment And Natural Resources: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/environment-and-natural-resources -Food Security: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-security -Food Systems: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-systems

Virtual Event - Transforming Food Systems for Affordable, Healthy and Sustainable Diets for All: A High-Level Discussion on the Key Findings of the 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report Co-Organized by FAO North America and IFPRI

The 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights the most recent and authoritative estimates of the extent of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition around the world. The Report calls for a transformative change in food systems to ensure healthy and affordable diets for all, a sine qua non for eliminating hunger and malnutrition.

As the 2030 deadline looms, SOFI 2020 gauges whether #ZeroHunger remains achievable by tracking countries' performance and trajectory to offer a tiered assessment of the likelihood of success.

The seminar was a high-level discussion with distinguished speakers, including Members of the US Congress and the Directors-General of FAO and IFPRI, on the report’s key findings as well as the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global food and nutrition security.

High-Level Remarks: Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Special Remarks: Congressman Jim McGovern, 2nd District of Massachusetts and Co-Chair of the House Hunger

Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and SDG Advocate for UN SG Antonio Guterres

Presentation of Report's Key Findings: Máximo Torero, Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Panel Discussion: Anna Herforth, Tufts Affiliate and Senior Research Associate, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard Chan School of Public Health Anna Lartey, Director, Nutrition, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: Vimlendra Sharan, Director, FAO North America

Moderator: Thomas Pesek, Senior Liaison Officer, FAO North America

Related websites and publication:

FAO North America: http://www.fao.org/north-america/en/

IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-transforming-food-systems-affordable-healthy-and-sustainable-diets-all-high

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 Report: http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/2020/en/

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POLICY SEMINAR Hindsight is 2020: Reflecting on IFPRI’s ‘2020 Vision Initiative’ JUL 8, 2020

Launched in 1993, IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative set out to develop and promote a shared vision to eradicate hunger and malnutrition while protecting the environment and to catalyze global action. Through this initiative, IFPRI hosted a landmark series of high-profile conferences, workshops, and meetings to generate debate; produced an array of publications and communication products to inform the global discourse; developed an innovative program to strengthen agricultural economics training in Africa; and much more. The initiative was championed by three of IFPRI’s director generals and spearheaded by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, IFPRI Director of Communications and Public Affairs, for more than 15 years.

As we reach the halfway mark in 2020, how far have we come in realizing the 2020 vision? Join us on July 8 as a distinguished panel of three former IFPRI directors general and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, who will be retiring on July 9, reflect on the initiative’s achievements and look forward to emerging challenges and opportunities for improving food security and nutrition, reducing poverty, and sustainably managing natural resources. The panel will be followed by several brief presentations on more specific elements of the initiative, its impacts, and where progress is still needed, followed by closing remarks from IFPRI’s current director general.

Opening Remarks: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

Panel Discussion: Shenggen Fan, Senior Chair Professor, China Agricultural University (CAU) (and former IFPRI Director General) Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Professor Emeritus and Graduate School Professor, Cornell University (and former IFPRI Director General) Joachim von Braun, Director of the Department for Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn (and former IFPRI Director General)

Rapid Fire Presentations: Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture, Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Robert Paarlberg, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University Mark Rosegrant, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator: Laura Zseleczky, Program Manager, IFPRI

Related website: IFPRI 2020 Vision: https://www.ifpri.org/program/2020-vision

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/hindsight-2020-reflecting-ifpris-%E2%80%982020-vision-initiative%E2%80%99

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IFPRI Policy Seminar - Virtual Event - How are food businesses coping with COVID-19 and its aftermath?

Concern is growing that the global outbreak of COVID-19, already a health crisis, could turn into a food crisis. In poor countries, the need for food assistance could increase dramatically, and in some rich nations too, the pandemic has put many at risk of hunger.

Food supply chains have largely continued to function, but private operators have faced some serious disruptions—including closure of bars, restaurants, hotels, and schools as well as shifts in consumer demand. Some sub-sectors, especially fruits and vegetables and meat packing and processing, have suffered supply chain disruptions because of COVID-19 infections, logistics problems, and/or unavailability of seasonal workers. Such disruptions have caused both significant food loss and waste and reduced availability of the affected foods to consumers.

Without food, there can be no health. With this stark warning, this seminar will look at: How should governments balance the need to protect lives from COVID-19 and the need to protect livelihoods? What food sector innovations and changes (automatization, e-commerce) are being introduced to ensure food supply chains can function without disruption as we fight COVID-19? How can “green lanes” be created for seasonal and migrant labor to work safely in food production? How are private food businesses adjusting to shifts in food demand and food safety requirements, on the one hand, and risks of supply chain disruptions, on the other?

Speakers: Steven Bartholomeusz, Policy Director, Food Industry Asia (FIA) Robbert de Vreede, Executive Vice-President, Global Foods, Unilever Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, CEO, Coldhubs Nigeria Thomas Reardon, Professor, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

Related website: IFPRI Resources and Analyses of COVID-19 Impact: www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-how-are-food-businesses-coping-covid-19-and-its-aftermath

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COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented global response through expanded social safety nets, as countries struggle to mitigate the health and economic risks related to the virus and accompanying lockdowns. Gains made in the fight against poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition in the last decade are threatened, requiring a vigorous policy response. Social safety nets hold promise to minimize further harm, particularly among vulnerable populations. But the expansion of safety nets during the pandemic faces significant challenges. This seminar presents evidence on how social safety nets have been used to respond to COVID-19, how well this response has addressed food security and nutrition, and opportunities and challenges going forward. Speakers will provide a global overview, and profile the experience and research evidence from Bangladesh and Ethiopia. These two countries have welcomed IFPRI and partners to carry out research aimed at improving the effectiveness of their extensive social safety net systems.

Introduction: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets

Presenters: Akhter Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Jessica Leight, Research Fellow, IFPRI Mamunur Rashid, Programme & Policy Officer, World Food Programme -Bangladesh Tigist Mamo, SPIR Health and Nutrition Technical Lead, World Vision Ugo Gentilini, Senior Economist, Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, World Bank Group

Moderator: Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Related website: IFPRI Resources and Analyses of COVID-19 Impact: www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming our world. We are seeing rapid changes in areas such as health care delivery, food security, agriculture, and international aid prioritization. In addition to the immediate impact to health and society, the COVID-19 pandemic may result in significant short- and long-term disruptions to food systems, resulting in decreased availability of nutritious foods, and a rise in the global prevalence of all forms of malnutrition, including micronutrient malnutrition. Micronutrient deficiencies can easily develop, or be exacerbated, during such an emergency. Previous emergencies must inform how we meet the micronutrient needs of affected people. The Micronutrient Forum and IFPRI invite you to join us and expert speakers for a seminar about micronutrients and pandemic emergencies.

Opening Remarks: -John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Presenters: -Nita Dalmiya, Nutrition Specialist, Maternal Nutrition, UNICEF -Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Division Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI -Penjani Mkambula, Global Program Lead for Food Fortification, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) -Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director, Micronutrient Forum

Moderator: -Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

Related website: IFPRI Resources and Analyses of COVID-19 Impact: www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-micronutrients-emergencies-how-can-we-prevent-increase-hidden-hunger

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América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) es uno de los principales contribuyentes a la seguridad alimentaria mundial y a los servicios ecosistémicos globales, incluidos el secuestro de CO2 y la biodiversidad. Sin embargo, la región también está sufriendo de degradación ambiental, particularmente a través de las altas tasas de deforestación. Además, ALC es la región en desarrollo con la mayor desigualdad económica, y, si bien la desnutrición ha disminuido significativamente, el sobrepeso y la obesidad han aumentado a tasas más altas que en otras regiones de ingresos medios.

En medio de esta compleja situación, la región está sufriendo uno de los brotes más preocupantes de COVID-19 a nivel global. Con el aumento del desempleo, la pobreza este año podría alcanzar a casi 220 millones de personas, con la pobreza extrema afectando a más de 90 millones. Los gobiernos han reaccionado con una variedad de políticas sanitarias, sociales y económicas. Sin embargo, la pandemia actual está teniendo un gran impacto negativo en la región, con importantes externalidades negativas potenciales para el resto del mundo.

El IFPRI está trabajando para ayudar a la población y los gobiernos de la región a (1) diseñar e implementar mejores políticas, inversiones y arreglos institucionales para superar la pandemia en el plazo inmediato; y (2) facilitar la transformación necesaria de los sistemas alimentarios de la región para hacerlos eficientes y rentables, inclusivos y justos, ambientalmente sostenibles y generadores de dietas nutritivas y saludables.

Este seminario es parte del diálogo y la reflexión fomentada por el IFPRI y la red de instituciones con las que trabaja en la región. Los temas a tratar incluirán estimaciones de los impactos en la pobreza y en la seguridad alimentaria, la respuesta desde un gobierno nacional, la opinión de las instituciones internacionales de desarrollo y del sector privado, y reflexiones sobre investigación, tecnología e innovación a futuro.

Moderador: - Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, Head, Programa de América Latina y el Caribe del IFPRI

Presentadores: - Ruben Echeverría, Presidente de la Commission on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification, Director General Emérito del CIAT, y Senior Research Fellow del IFPRI - Christian Gómez, Director Asuntos Gubernamentales Globales para Latinoamérica, WALMART - Pedro Martel, BID, Jefe de la División de Medio Ambiente, Desarrollo Rural y Manejo del Riesgo de Desastres - Valeria Piñeiro, Coordinadora Senior de Investigación, IFPRI - Carolina Trivelli, Investigadora Senior del Instituto de Estudios Peruanos y ex Ministra de Desarrollo Social

Facilitadora: - Flor Paz, Analista de Investigación, IFPRI

Related website: IFPRI Resources and Analyses of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/evento-virtual-alimentaci%C3%B3n-en-tiempos-de-pandemia-realismo-sin-magia-en-alc

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Virtual Event - No backsliding: How can we re-orient food systems and health systems to protect nutrition and healthy diets in the context of COVID-19? - 5/28/2020 Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

The COVID-19 pandemic — and the related economic crisis and disrupted food and health systems — will likely severely worsen all forms of malnutrition globally. In the short to medium term, micronutrient deficiencies, child wasting and stunting, and overweight and obesity are all expected to surge, stemming the tide of recent progress toward achieving the World Health Assembly’s Global Nutrition Targets 2025. This seminar will analyze the situation, focusing on anticipated impacts on maternal and child nutrition, diets, reach of nutrition interventions, and mortality. Speakers will also reflect on positive adaptations that could help rebuild stronger health, economic, and food systems, and thereby protect nutrition and health.

Opening Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Speakers: Rasmi Avula, Research Fellow, IFPRI Robert Black, Director, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Corinna Hawkes, Director, Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Moderator: Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Related website: IFPRI Resources and Analyses of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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IFPRI Policy Seminar: What do we need for a gender-sensitive Covid-19 response in agriculture and food security? Insights from research and practice

This seminar brings together perspectives from researchers, civil society, and development assistance in a discussion of the elements of a gender-sensitive covid-19 response. Speakers will share what they have learned from research on the food price crisis and earlier pandemics; experience and insights from grassroots organizations and NGOs in India and Kenya; and views of funding organizations. They will also present an emerging gender research agenda to inform future programmatic and policy responses.

Opening Remarks: John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Presenters: Maureen Miruka, Director, Gender, Youth & Livelihoods, Food and Water Systems, CARE USA Reema Nanavaty, Director, Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI Meredith Soule, Inclusive Development Division Chief, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Closing Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator: Laura Zseleczky, Program Manager, IFPRI

Related website: IFPRI Resources and Analyses of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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This virtual event held May 12, 2020, featured the following speakers:

Chair: Troels Mandel Vensild, Minister Counsellor of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri-polsem-12may2020#t=1:05

Welcome Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Keynote Speakers: Mogens Jensen, Minister for Food, Fisheries and Equal Opportunities & Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Government of Denmark Stephen Censky, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Speakers: Anna-Karin Modin-Edman, Senior Sustainability Manager, Arla Foods Denise Osterhues, Senior Director for Corporate Affairs, The Kroger Company Ambassador Darci Vetter, Vice Chair for Agriculture, Food and Trade, Edelman; Former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the United States Trade Representative

Closing Remarks: Craig Hanson, Vice President for Food, Forest, Water & the Ocean, World Resources Institute (WRI) Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

Description: COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the food chain and with just ten years to go before the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 2030) is to be met, eliminating food loss and waste is increasingly urgent.

Building on the 2019 inaugural event, this special event will discuss whether, as a global community, we can or will end food loss and waste while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Related website: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-food-loss-and-waste-%E2%80%93-can-we-end-it-2030-while-dealing-covid-19-pandemic

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This virtual policy seminar held April 30, 2020, featuring introduction from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=1:43); and the following rapid fire presentations:

• COVID-19 and the economic impact on Egypt: Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=4:08 ) • COVID-19 and agricultural value chains in Ethiopia: Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=10:35 ) • COVID-19 and informal food traders in Africa -- government responses and citizen compliance: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=17:40 ) • COVID-19 and food security and nutrition in Myanmar: Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=24:48 ) • COVID-19 and gender-sensitive social protection: Shalini Roy, Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=31:45 )

Question and Answer session: ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=38:51 )

Speaker's closing remarks: ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=1:14:24 )

Related website: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19

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While it is not yet clear when and where the MC12 will take place because of the COVID-19 crisis, it is even clearer now that global coordination and collaboration is key in dealing with food insecurity. The twelfth Ministerial Conference of the WTO provides an opportunity to improve the world trade system through further reforms of the domestic support provisions under the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and provides an updated framework for the future. This PIM Webinar highlights some of the key issues around domestic support and discuss possible scenarios of further development with focus on the potential impacts. More details, recording and slides: https://bit.ly/2KfKLkc

The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website. http://bit.ly/PIMwebinars

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This virtual policy seminar held April 21, 2020, featuring presentations from Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI, with Leonardo Garrido, Lead Senior Economist, The New Climate Economy, World Resources Institute; Madhur Gautam, Lead Economist, World Bank Group; and Ann Tutwiler, Senior Fellow, Meridian Institute & Coordinator of the Policy Action Coalition to Repurpose Food and Agriculture Support as discussants and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI.

Governments spend over $US 700 billion dollars per year on agricultural support measures such as subsidies, border price distortions and investments in raising productivity. Agriculture and land use change contribute close to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions policy makers have little information on the implications of agricultural support for emissions.

This seminar examines the links between agricultural support and emissions from agriculture to help guide policy reforms that lower emissions, reduce poverty and improve nutrition.

The underlying research was funded by FOLU, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and the World Bank Group.

Related publication: Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes ( https://www.ifpri.org/publication/reforming-agricultural-support-improved-environmental-outcomes)

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This policy seminar held April 14, 2020, featuring introduction from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and the following rapid fire presentations:

-Global implications for food security and poverty: David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Developments in India and implications for food security and nutrition: Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Country level implications for food security and poverty: James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Developments in China and implications for food security and poverty: Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Closing remarks from John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI.

COVID-19 threatens devastating impacts on food security, poverty, and nutrition, particularly in developing countries. IFPRI researchers are taking an early look at the pandemic’s global and country-level implications.

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This launch event held April 7, 2020, featuring overiew from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and presentations from John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH); Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI; Laura Zseleczky, Program Manager, IFPRI; and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI.

Food systems are critical to every aspect of people’s well-being, from what they eat to how they earn their livelihoods to their options for the future. IFPRI’s flagship report ( https://gfpr.ifpri.info) highlights the critical role that inclusive food systems can play in improving nutrition, creating employment and income-generating opportunities, and increasing empowerment of disadvantaged groups.

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-launch-event-2020-global-food-policy-report-building-inclusive-food-systems and https://gfpr.ifpri.info)

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IFPRI Special Event: Reflections with Ousmane Badiane - 02/24/2020

As Ousmane Badiane leaves IFPRI at the end of February, this special event reflects on his work for IFPRI and for Africa.

Ousmane's contributions to transforming Africa’s agriculture sector are widely recognized throughout the development community.

As IFPRI’s Director for Africa, Ousmane significantly expanded IFPRI’s engagement in Africa and played a key role in developing and guiding the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). His accomplishments include helping to establish the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (ReSAKSS), a major collaboration between CG centers and leading African organizations to support evidence-based policy efforts and launching and leading the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP) with members from more than 30 countries. His latest initiative, the Malabo Montpellier Panel, encourages policy innovations for better development outcomes by bringing together leading global experts and decision makers. Ousmane has also initiated the Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) and the African Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM), two of the most important annual publications on African agriculture.

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/reflections-ousmane-badiane

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This IFPRI Policy Seminar held on February 19, 2020, at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring presentations from Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head, Latin American and Caribbean Program, IFPRI; Ramiro Costa, Deputy Executive Director of the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange, Bolsa de Cereales; and David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Sofia Perini, Economist, INAI Foundation (Institute for International Agricultural Negotiations), and moderated by Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

The 2030 Agenda calls on all countries to use trade to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world. We must ensure that the global trading system actively contributes to sustainability. Trade policies offer an opportunity to promote a broad shift in production and consumption that helps consumers to make better choices.

The European Union-Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) free trade agreement, recently announced after 20 years of negotiations, has not yet been ratified. If ratified, it would represent the largest trade deal struck by both the EU and Mercosur bringing together 779 million people, 24 trillion dollars of GDP and covering 18 million of square kilometers. Representing a quarter of the global GDP and could also presage a redistribution of agricultural market shares in the EU, the world’s second largest agricultural import market, for US-based exporters.

The agreement may serve as a model for future deals, making it critical to get this one right. This discussion will consider fundamental questions about “greening” of the EU-Mercosur agreement:

• How will the agreement impact trade in goods? • How will it protect standards, including environmental standards? • Can it promote sustainable farming in both regions? • How will it contribute to the fight against climate change? • Will commitments on environmental protection be enforceable?

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/greening-trade-policies-eu-mercosur-agreement

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This IFPRI Policy Seminar was held last Februrary 18, 2020 at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring keynote presentation from Tassos Haniotis, Director, European Commission with remarks from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and M. Ann Tutwiler, Chair, Bioversity International USA, Inc. and moderated by Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The “Farm to Fork” Strategy, part of the European Commission’s Green Deal, is integral to Europe’s ambitious response to climate change challenges along the food chain. The “Farm to Fork” strategy reflects the ongoing transformation of food systems worldwide and the goal of making Europe’s food system the gold standard for sustainability. “Farm to Fork” is also linked directly to current discussions on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

The EU experience is highly relevant to the debate around food system transformation—Europe’s policy- and private-driven initiatives demonstrate that green best practices can be successful in jointly increasing economic efficiency and environmental and climate sustainability. This seminar will review the “Farm to Fork” strategy and its implications for European and global agriculture. More about the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/european-green-deal-farm-fork-strategy-sustainable-food

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The Washington DC launch of The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh was held last Februrary 11, 2020 at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring presentations from Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI; Nicholas Minot, Deputy Division Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI; Shahidur Rashid, Director, South Asia, IFPRI; and Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI, remarks from Loraine Ronchi, Practice Manager for South Asia, Food and Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank Group, and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish value chain has occurred and how it has improved the lives of both fish producers and fish consumers and considers the future potential of aquaculture in Bangladesh. More about the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/making-blue-revolution-bangladesh-enablers-impacts-and-path-ahead-aquaculture-0

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This PIM Webinar recorded on February 6, 2020, features a presentation by and a discussion with Dr. Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI.

There is growing recognition of the importance of gender issues in policy and research. Gender equality is recognized as one of the Sustainable Development Goals and is key to achieving most of the other goals as well. Yet it is often not clear what this means, in practice, or what kinds of knowledge and interventions are needed to contribute to these goals.

This webinar will discuss key gender issues and entry points for policy research and outreach, focusing on processes for integrating gender into each stage of the research process, including priority setting, research design, methodologies, conduct of research, and communications for impact. More: https://pim.cgiar.org/2020/01/30/webinar-integrating-gender-in-policy-research-and-outreach/

The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: bit.ly/PIM-Webinars

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Current global challenges in malnutrition and other development goals call for integrated, multi-sectoral approaches focusing on the entire food system, leading to healthier and sustainable diets for all. Among these challenges is micronutrient deficiency, known as “hidden hunger.” Micronutrients—vitamins and minerals needed in only very small quantities but with huge impacts on human health and development—are a key component of healthy diets.

With shifts in food access, eating habits, and climate, hidden hunger is an increasingly common serious health problem for billions of people globally, including in situations of food excess. Unfortunately, most food system approaches pay too little attention to micronutrients, and the global health and development community lacks a basic understanding of how food systems can contribute to the micronutrient quality of diets.

For more details about the seminar visit: https://www.ifpri.org/event/changing-challenges-hidden-hunger-micronutrients-within-nutrition-and-development-landscapes

Keynote Speaker Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director, Micronutrient Forum

Panelists Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist in Bureau for Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Erick Boy, Head of Nutrition, HarvestPlus Roland Kupka, Senior Adviser, Nutrition Section, UNICEF Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI Kristin Sundell, Senior Advocacy Specialist, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Moderator Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director of Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General’s Office, IFPRI

The 2020 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture event “Food for All! Trade for Secure, Diverse and Sustainable Nutrition” brought together 16 Expert Panels hosted by policymakers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders from civil society to discuss the role of international trade in achieving a healthy and sustainable food system. International trade has long helped reduce food insecurity by connecting food-scarce regions to more productive agricultural regions. To meet global goals, trade will also need to increase sustainability of food production and ensure more equitable access to scarce natural resources.

In follow-up to the GFFA 2020, IFPRI is hosting a panel to discuss key topics around the role of trade in sustaining food security and nutrition in the face of current challenges to food systems, such as climate change, protectionist tendencies, and economic uncertainty. Panelists will reflect on the trade-related decisions that developing and emerging countries must make as they seek to increase agricultural productivity, improve the functioning of food supply chains, integrate trade rules and environmental controls, and address food loss and waste.

For more details about the seminar visit: https://www.ifpri.org/event/trade-secure-diverse-and-sustainable-nutrition-key-messages-global-forum-food-and-agriculture

Introduction Friedrich Wacker, Director-General, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of the Federal Republic of Germany

Round Table Markus Brill, Agricultural Attaché, Federal Republic of Germany to the United States David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank Group Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Our food systems are bankrupting our health systems, accelerating climate change and using natural resources in an unsustainable way. Most people agree they need to be transformed to change this. But how? Food systems are complex and offer many entry points for change. In addition, the data to describe food systems and their performance is scattered and not interoperable. In effect we are flying blind in our journey to change food systems for the better.

The Food System Dashboard (https://bioethics.jhu.edu/research-and-outreach/projects/global-food/current-projects/the-food-systems-dashboard/ ), developed by GAIN and Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with iTech Mission, University of Michigan, and Euromonitor, responds to this challenge. It brings together extant data from public and private sources to help decision makers diagnose their food systems and identify all their levers of change and the ones that need to be pulled first. Following presentation of the Food Systems Dashboard, commentatotors will reflect on data and indicators as well as on implications for developing countries.

Speakers - Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food & Agricultural Policy and Ethics; Director for Johns Hopkins Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - Arun Kapuria, CEO, iTech Mission

Discussant - Inge Brouwer, Associate Professor of Food and Nutrition Security, Wageningen University & Research, and A4NH Flagship Leader of Food Systems for Healthier Diets - Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI - Gina Kennedy, Theme leader, Diet Diversity for Nutrition and Health, Bioversity International

Moderator - John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

The share of working-age young people in Africa south of the Sahara has risen due to past declines in mortality coupled with high fertility. This “youth bulge” has created a sense of urgency among national governments and the international development community as the prospect of widespread youth unemployment in Africa, and the social instability and political unrest it could bring looms closer. As a result, African governments are under pressure to create more and better jobs for the region’s young and rapidly growing population.

Although the scale of policy reforms and actions needed to address Africa’s youth bulge is daunting, there is an increasing alignment of interests and incentives: African governments have made youth employment a policy priority, and African youth are demanding policies that improve their job prospects. This creates promising opportunities to enact policies that effectively address rural youth employment—policies that are grounded in local evidence rather than stylized facts.

This book is freely available for download at http://www.ifpri.org/publication/youth-and-jobs-rural-africa-beyond-stylized-facts

Speakers James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation) Valerie Mueller, Nonresident Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)

Discussant Rui Benfica, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderator Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Gender equality has been recognized as an important goal in itself as well as important to achieving other development objectives, such as reducing hunger and poverty. This is true worldwide and especially so in rural Africa, where women play an important role in the agricultural sector. Gender-sensitive policies and programming are central to effectively advancing the Malabo Declaration’s agricultural transformation agenda. But what is the progress in achieving gender equality? What are the major challenges, and what are the effective means of overcoming those challenges?

Seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/gender-equality-rural-africa-commitments-outcomes ) speakers will address these questions and discuss the findings and recommendations of the 2019 Annual Trends and Outlook Report, Gender Equality in Rural Africa: From Commitments to Outcomes. The report takes an in-depth look at gender in Africa by examining the intersections of gender and 1) context and institutions, 2) assets, 3) shocks and resilience, 4 livelihood strategies, 5) income and control of income, and 6) well-being.

The report is produced by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) http://www.resakss.org/, which provides data and analyses to inform the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). ReSAKSS is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

African countries have made considerable progress in increasing agricultural productivity and reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. But continued population growth, urbanization, changing diets, and climate change are putting pressure on food systems not only to provide more food but also to make more diverse and nutritious foods available and accessible. New digital technologies and services are already making an impact on how food is being produced, processed, marketed, traded, and consumed across the continent. How African countries position themselves to harness and deploy digital technologies will determine the future competitiveness of African agriculture and its contribution to African economies.

This seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/transforming-africas-food-system-digital-technologies ) will explore how African countries can develop a “digitalization ecosystem” to help foster growth and competitiveness in the continent’s value chains. Participants will also discuss the institutional and policy innovations that have already been implemented by African governments as well as efforts by the private sector and ag-tech startups to increase the development and use of digital tools and services in agriculture.

Speakers Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, IFPRI Debisi Araba, Regional Director for Africa, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Katrin Glatzel, Program Head, IFPRI Farbod Youssefi, Program Manager, World Bank Group

Moderator David Spielman, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

QA

Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a rapid transformation shaped by global and regional events. But country actions will be critical in shaping future food system outcomes.

Some countries are taking a systemic approach to assessing and acting on food system transformation—considering consumption and food environments, food supply and sustainability, health, and socioeconomic outcomes.

This seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/food-system-transformations-national-actions-globalized-world ) will introduce this approach, and representatives from Nigeria and Viet Nam will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs they encounter in enabling food system actors in their countries. A panel will share insights into how food systems can develop in a healthy, sustainable, and equitable way.

Overview

-Transforming Food Systems for Healthier Diets: Supporting Actions at a National Scale -Inge Brouwer, Associate Professor of Food and Nutrition Security, Wageningen University & Research, and A4NH Flagship Leader of Food Systems for Healthier Diets

Case Studies

-Food System Transformation in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges for the Private Sector -Adebowale Akande, Senior Scientist, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) -Policy Actions Around Food System Transformation in Vietnam -Phuong Hong Nguyen, Research Fellow, IFPRI Panel -Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI, and A4NH Flagship Leader, Supporting Policies, Programs and Enabling Action through Research -Martien Van Nieuwkoop, Global Director of Agriculture and Food, World Bank Group -Emmy Simmons, Former Assistant Administrator, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and A4NH Independent Steering Committee member

Closing Remarks -John McDermott, Director of CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Moderator -Ruerd Ruben, Research Coordinator of Food Security, Value Chains, and Impact Analysis, Wageningen University & Research, and A4NH Managing Partner Representative

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IFPRI PolSem: Using Malawi’s Community-Based Childcare Centers to Implement an Agriculture and Nutrition Intervention 11/6/2019

This policy seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/using-malawis-community-based-childcare-centers-implement-agriculture-and-nutrition ) focuses on research undertaken in Malawi by IFPRI, the University of Malawi, Save the Children, and University of Washington in support to the Government’s early childhood development program.

Community-based early childhood development centers in Malawi have been used as a platform to implement an integrated agriculture and nutrition behavior change intervention. Presentations will explore the findings of a rigorous evaluation on the impact, sustainability, costs, and returns on investment of this initiative. A case study will be also be presented by Research for Development (R4D) on the use of evidence in the policy processes that led to the scale-up of the program across the country.

Opening Remarks / Moderator Dan Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

Presenters Aisha Twalibu, IFPRI consultant, formerly Save the Children Aulo Gelli, Research Fellow, IFPRI Amy Margolies, Research Consultant, IFPRI Mary D’Alimonte, Senior Program Officer, Results for Development (R4D)

Discussants Julie Ruel Bergeron, Nutrition Specialist in the Human Development Network's Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Unit, World Bank Group Natalie Roschnik, Senior Nutrition Advisor, Save the Children

Closing Remarks Harold Alderman, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Closing Remarks: Cheryl Doss, Associate Professor and Senior Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics, Oxford University

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Remarks from External Expert: Patricia van de Velde, Gender Lead of Agriculture Practice, World Bank Group

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Topic and Speaker: Engaging with constraining norms through gender transformative approaches: Dina Najjar, Gender Scientist, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Topic and Speaker: Assessing women’s empowerment in and through agricultural research for development: Jennifer Twyman, Social Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Topic and Speaker: “Feminization” of agriculture: Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Topic and Speaker: Gender and human nutrition: Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Topic and Speaker: Natural resource governance and rights: lliana Moterroso, Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Introduction: Rhiannon Pyburn Senior Advisor, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT); Coordinator of the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives.

Gender researchers from across CGIAR are preparing a landmark publication that synthesizes recent research and sets a forward-looking agenda for gender research in the areas of agriculture and natural resource management. This seminar will share key reflections from the book.

Reflection: Robin Martino, Chief of Party, Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development Gains Enhanced (BRIDGE) Project, DAI

From climate change to malnutrition, poverty to biodiversity loss, air pollution to humanitarian crises—the problems facing our world today are deeply interconnected. Holistic initiatives to address these challenges, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming more common. But efforts siloed within the development, health, or environment communities remain the norm.

This seminar discusses the findings of the Bridge Collaborative-UN Development Programme report ( https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/bigger-change-faster--.html), Bigger Change Faster: Integrated Development, Health, and Environment Actions for a Sustainable Future, that describes actions to accelerate cross-sectoral solutions.

Case Studies: The role of gender for transformative change in food and water systems: Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, Environment and Production Technology Division IFPRI

From climate change to malnutrition, poverty to biodiversity loss, air pollution to humanitarian crises—the problems facing our world today are deeply interconnected. Holistic initiatives to address these challenges, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming more common. But efforts siloed within the development, health, or environment communities remain the norm.

This seminar discusses the findings of the Bridge Collaborative-UN Development Programme report ( https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/bigger-change-faster--.html), Bigger Change Faster: Integrated Development, Health, and Environment Actions for a Sustainable Future, that describes actions to accelerate cross-sectoral solutions.

Case Studies: Understanding variability in benefits from rural energy access for the Low-Carbon and Clean Air Challenge: Lydia Olander, Director, Ecosystem Services Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University; Secretariat Member, Bridge Collaborative

From climate change to malnutrition, poverty to biodiversity loss, air pollution to humanitarian crises—the problems facing our world today are deeply interconnected. Holistic initiatives to address these challenges, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming more common. But efforts siloed within the development, health, or environment communities remain the norm.

This seminar discusses the findings of the Bridge Collaborative-UN Development Programme report ( https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/bigger-change-faster--.html), Bigger Change Faster: Integrated Development, Health, and Environment Actions for a Sustainable Future, that describes actions to accelerate cross-sectoral solutions.

Case Studies: Alternative proteins to improve health, development and environmental outcomes under the Transforming Food System Challenge: Katharine Kreis, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Lead for Nutrition Innovation, PATH; Secretariat Member, Bridge Collaborative

From climate change to malnutrition, poverty to biodiversity loss, air pollution to humanitarian crises—the problems facing our world today are deeply interconnected. Holistic initiatives to address these challenges, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming more common. But efforts siloed within the development, health, or environment communities remain the norm.

This seminar discusses the findings of the Bridge Collaborative-UN Development Programme report ( https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/bigger-change-faster--.html), Bigger Change Faster: Integrated Development, Health, and Environment Actions for a Sustainable Future, that describes actions to accelerate cross-sectoral solutions.

Report Overview: Overview of Bridge Collaborative and introduction to the Bigger Change Faster report co-authored by Bridge and UNDP: Josh Goldstein, Bridge Collaborative Director, The Nature Conservancy

From climate change to malnutrition, poverty to biodiversity loss, air pollution to humanitarian crises—the problems facing our world today are deeply interconnected. Holistic initiatives to address these challenges, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming more common. But efforts siloed within the development, health, or environment communities remain the norm.

This seminar discusses the findings of the Bridge Collaborative-UN Development Programme report ( https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/bigger-change-faster--.html), Bigger Change Faster: Integrated Development, Health, and Environment Actions for a Sustainable Future, that describes actions to accelerate cross-sectoral solutions.

Moderator: Claudia Ringler , Deputy Division Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI; Secretariat Member, Bridge Collaborative

From climate change to malnutrition, poverty to biodiversity loss, air pollution to humanitarian crises—the problems facing our world today are deeply interconnected. Holistic initiatives to address these challenges, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming more common. But efforts siloed within the development, health, or environment communities remain the norm.

This seminar discusses the findings of the Bridge Collaborative-UN Development Programme report ( https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/bigger-change-faster--.html), Bigger Change Faster: Integrated Development, Health, and Environment Actions for a Sustainable Future, that describes actions to accelerate cross-sectoral solutions.

This PIM Webinar recorded on October 24, 2019, features a presentation by and a discussion with Dr. Thomas Jayne, University Foundation Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University.

The rise of medium-scale farms is affecting Africa in diverse ways that are difficult to generalize. Findings presented in this seminar indicate that medium-scale commercialized farms can be a dynamic driver of agricultural transformation but this does not reduce the importance of agricultural ministries maintaining a clear commitment to supporting smallholder farms. Strengthening land tenure security of indigenous rural people to maintain land rights and support productivity investments by smallholder farm household remains crucial. More: http://bit.ly/2oQkyBi

The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: http://bit.ly/PIM-Webinars

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Speaker: Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

How can information be harnessed to improve rural service delivery and governance? The articles in the new special issue ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/world-development/special-issue/10HB9DTV77Q ) of the journal World Development on “Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery,” coedited by Katrina Kosec (IFPRI) and Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University), seek to answer this question.

In this seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/information-governance-and-rural-service-delivery ), speakers will give an overview of the special issue and discuss the importance of institutional contexts, types of information, and information transmission mechanisms in terms of improving rural well-being.

Speaker: Tewodaj Mogues, Senior Economist and Technical Assistance Advisor, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

How can information be harnessed to improve rural service delivery and governance? The articles in the new special issue ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/world-development/special-issue/10HB9DTV77Q ) of the journal World Development on “Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery,” coedited by Katrina Kosec (IFPRI) and Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University), seek to answer this question.

In this seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/information-governance-and-rural-service-delivery ), speakers will give an overview of the special issue and discuss the importance of institutional contexts, types of information, and information transmission mechanisms in terms of improving rural well-being.

Speaker: Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

How can information be harnessed to improve rural service delivery and governance? The articles in the new special issue ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/world-development/special-issue/10HB9DTV77Q ) of the journal World Development on “Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery,” coedited by Katrina Kosec (IFPRI) and Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University), seek to answer this question.

In this seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/information-governance-and-rural-service-delivery ), speakers will give an overview of the special issue and discuss the importance of institutional contexts, types of information, and information transmission mechanisms in terms of improving rural well-being.

Speaker: David K. Evans, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development (CGD)

How can information be harnessed to improve rural service delivery and governance? The articles in the new special issue ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/world-development/special-issue/10HB9DTV77Q ) of the journal World Development on “Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery,” coedited by Katrina Kosec (IFPRI) and Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University), seek to answer this question.

In this seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/information-governance-and-rural-service-delivery ), speakers will give an overview of the special issue and discuss the importance of institutional contexts, types of information, and information transmission mechanisms in terms of improving rural well-being.

Speaker: Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

How can information be harnessed to improve rural service delivery and governance? The articles in the new special issue ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/world-development/special-issue/10HB9DTV77Q ) of the journal World Development on “Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery,” coedited by Katrina Kosec (IFPRI) and Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University), seek to answer this question.

In this seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/information-governance-and-rural-service-delivery ), speakers will give an overview of the special issue and discuss the importance of institutional contexts, types of information, and information transmission mechanisms in terms of improving rural well-being.

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI

How can information be harnessed to improve rural service delivery and governance? The articles in the new special issue ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/world-development/special-issue/10HB9DTV77Q ) of the journal World Development on “Information, Governance, and Rural Service Delivery,” coedited by Katrina Kosec (IFPRI) and Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University), seek to answer this question.

In this seminar ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/information-governance-and-rural-service-delivery ), speakers will give an overview of the special issue and discuss the importance of institutional contexts, types of information, and information transmission mechanisms in terms of improving rural well-being.

Discussant: Simeon Ehui, Director, Sustainable Development, Africa, The World Bank Group

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Discussant: Edward Brown, Senior Director of Research & Policy Engagements, African Center for Economic Transformation, Ghana

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Moderator: Peter Hazell, Independent Consultant

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Speaker: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Speaker: Shashidhara Kolavalli, Development Strategist

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Speaker: Xinshen Diao, Deputy Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Moderator: Peter Hazell, Independent Consultant

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Opening remarks: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs Division; & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation ( https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 ) reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the past four decades, the recently published book offers key insights into harnessing agriculture’s potential for transformation in the country.

Discussant: Simeon Ehui, Director, Sustainable Development, Africa, World Bank

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Discussant: Manish Bapna, Managing Director, World Resources Institute

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Rapid Fire Presentation/Speaker: Implications by Channing Arndt, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Rapid Fire Presentation/Speaker: New ideas on sustainable pest management: It takes a village by Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Rapid Fire Presentation/Speaker: New innovations in agricultural extension and rural advisory services by Simrin Makhija, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Rapid Fire Presentation/Speaker: Better at strengthening women’s and men's resilience by Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Rapid Fire Presentation/Speaker: Better risk management by Claudia Ringler, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Rapid Fire Presentation/Speaker: More R&D to increase agricultural productivity by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Introduction: Neil Watkins, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development & Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI

The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Nurul Islam’s contribution to development reflects his remarkable career—which ranged from research and university teaching, to heading a prestigious research institute, to becoming a freedom fighter, to running the first Planning Commission in Bangladesh, to serving as Assistant Director General at FAO.

Speaker: Nurul Islam, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI

PIM Webinar with Dr. Steven Lawry (CIFOR) exploring how community tenure is facilitating investment in the commons for inclusive growth, with focus on cases from Guatemala and Nepal. More information about the webinar, including recording and presentation, at http://bit.ly/2k2s6yQ

PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: http://bit.ly/PIM-Webinars

Discussant: Jacob Kurtzer, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow of Humanitarian Agenda, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce.

This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Discussant: Dominique van de Walle, Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce.

This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Presenter: Sikandra Kurdi, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce.

This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Presenter: Yashodhan Ghorpade, Economist, The World Bank Group

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce.

This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Presenter: Lamis Al-Iryani, Evaluation Manager, Yemen Social Fund for Development

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce.

This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Opening Remarks: Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce.

This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Moderator: Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce.

This event (http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

IFPRI Special Event: Discussion on the Key Findings of FAO’s 2019 SOFI Report - 7/18/2019 - Promo Audio

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Panelist: Kimberly Ann Elliott, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Keynote Speaker: Robert Johansson, Chief Economist, US Department of Agriculture

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Special Remarks: Congressman Jim McGovern, 2nd District of Massachusetts and Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Presentation of Report's Key Findings: Máximo Torero, Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Please join us for a presentation of the report, keynote address and panel discussion on the key findings of the 2019 SOFI report.

Welcome Remarks: Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO’s Liaison Office for North America

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Please join us for a presentation of the report, keynote address and panel discussion on the key findings of the 2019 SOFI report.

Welcome Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Discussant: Cindy Huang, Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development

More than 600,000 Rohingya people fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 and crossed into southeastern Bangladesh, joining 200,000 to 400,000 other forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.

This seminar will include analysis of incomes, employment, food security, and nutrition based on a household survey conducted in camps housing Rohingyas and in neighboring host communities. Model simulations of potential effects of this population influx on the local economy will also be presented. Panelists will discuss future policy options.

This research was jointly funded by WFP and by the CGIAR Research Program of Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI.

Discussant: Ruth Vargas Hill, Lead Economist, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, The World Bank Group

More than 600,000 Rohingya people fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 and crossed into southeastern Bangladesh, joining 200,000 to 400,000 other forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.

This seminar will include analysis of incomes, employment, food security, and nutrition based on a household survey conducted in camps housing Rohingyas and in neighboring host communities. Model simulations of potential effects of this population influx on the local economy will also be presented. Panelists will discuss future policy options.

This research was jointly funded by WFP and by the CGIAR Research Program of Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI.

Comments: Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

More than 600,000 Rohingya people fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 and crossed into southeastern Bangladesh, joining 200,000 to 400,000 other forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.

This seminar will include analysis of incomes, employment, food security, and nutrition based on a household survey conducted in camps housing Rohingyas and in neighboring host communities. Model simulations of potential effects of this population influx on the local economy will also be presented. Panelists will discuss future policy options.

This research was jointly funded by WFP and by the CGIAR Research Program of Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI.

Speaker: Mohammad Yunus, Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

More than 600,000 Rohingya people fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 and crossed into southeastern Bangladesh, joining 200,000 to 400,000 other forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.

This seminar will include analysis of incomes, employment, food security, and nutrition based on a household survey conducted in camps housing Rohingyas and in neighboring host communities. Model simulations of potential effects of this population influx on the local economy will also be presented. Panelists will discuss future policy options.

This research was jointly funded by WFP and by the CGIAR Research Program of Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI.

Speaker: John Hoddinott, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy, Cornell University; Non-resident Fellow, IFPRI

More than 600,000 Rohingya people fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 and crossed into southeastern Bangladesh, joining 200,000 to 400,000 other forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.

This seminar will include analysis of incomes, employment, food security, and nutrition based on a household survey conducted in camps housing Rohingyas and in neighboring host communities. Model simulations of potential effects of this population influx on the local economy will also be presented. Panelists will discuss future policy options.

This research was jointly funded by WFP and by the CGIAR Research Program of Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI.

Introduction: Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

More than 600,000 Rohingya people fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 and crossed into southeastern Bangladesh, joining 200,000 to 400,000 other forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.

This seminar will include analysis of incomes, employment, food security, and nutrition based on a household survey conducted in camps housing Rohingyas and in neighboring host communities. Model simulations of potential effects of this population influx on the local economy will also be presented. Panelists will discuss future policy options.

This research was jointly funded by WFP and by the CGIAR Research Program of Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI.

Land tenure and perceived tenure security in the era of social and economic transformation in Africa

PIM Webinar with Dr. Hosaena Ghebru (IFPRI) presenting findings from a recent set of studies in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Nigeria that examined land access and perceived tenure security across various market, ecological, demographic, and cultural dynamics. More information about the webinar, including recording and presentation, at http://bit.ly/31NeMzp

PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: http://bit.ly/PIM-Webinars

Remarks: Anne M. Peniston, Deputy Director, Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition and Chief, Nutrition and Environmental Health Division, Bureau of Global Health, USAID

There is extensive evidence that reducing undernutrition brings considerable economic benefits, often far greater than the costs of investing in nutrition programs. But the evidence on a global scale offers only a first step toward guidance on priorities for investing in young children’s nutrition.

The 29th annual Martin J. Forman Memorial lecture will explore the pathways from improved nutrition to economic growth, looking at the broad goals of investing in nutrition that go far beyond reducing stunting. In particular, the lecture will address the potential of integrating nutrition and early childhood interventions into a life-cycle approach to personal and economic development.

The annual lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Keynote Speaker: Harold Alderman, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

There is extensive evidence that reducing undernutrition brings considerable economic benefits, often far greater than the costs of investing in nutrition programs. But the evidence on a global scale offers only a first step toward guidance on priorities for investing in young children’s nutrition.

The 29th annual Martin J. Forman Memorial lecture will explore the pathways from improved nutrition to economic growth, looking at the broad goals of investing in nutrition that go far beyond reducing stunting. In particular, the lecture will address the potential of integrating nutrition and early childhood interventions into a life-cycle approach to personal and economic development.

The annual lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Remarks: Kenan Forman, Son of Martin J. Forman

There is extensive evidence that reducing undernutrition brings considerable economic benefits, often far greater than the costs of investing in nutrition programs. But the evidence on a global scale offers only a first step toward guidance on priorities for investing in young children’s nutrition.

The 29th annual Martin J. Forman Memorial lecture will explore the pathways from improved nutrition to economic growth, looking at the broad goals of investing in nutrition that go far beyond reducing stunting. In particular, the lecture will address the potential of integrating nutrition and early childhood interventions into a life-cycle approach to personal and economic development.

The annual lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Chair: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

There is extensive evidence that reducing undernutrition brings considerable economic benefits, often far greater than the costs of investing in nutrition programs. But the evidence on a global scale offers only a first step toward guidance on priorities for investing in young children’s nutrition.

The 29th annual Martin J. Forman Memorial lecture will explore the pathways from improved nutrition to economic growth, looking at the broad goals of investing in nutrition that go far beyond reducing stunting. In particular, the lecture will address the potential of integrating nutrition and early childhood interventions into a life-cycle approach to personal and economic development.

The annual lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Discussant: Manish Bapna, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resources Institute

Large and rapid declines in costs for renewable energy systems, particularly solar and wind power, and efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions are reshaping energy systems globally. Expanding renewable energy systems have great potential to achieve widespread electricity access, improve food security, and reduce emissions. Developing countries with high solar potential have a significant opportunity to leapfrog directly to more advanced energy technologies that are low cost, reliable, environmentally more benign, and well-suited to serving dispersed rural populations.

This seminar will discuss the broad changes occurring in renewable energy and the implications and opportunities for developing countries.

This research was supported by the Towards Inclusive Economic Development in Southern Africa program and by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Keynote Speaker: Channing Arndt, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

Large and rapid declines in costs for renewable energy systems, particularly solar and wind power, and efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions are reshaping energy systems globally. Expanding renewable energy systems have great potential to achieve widespread electricity access, improve food security, and reduce emissions. Developing countries with high solar potential have a significant opportunity to leapfrog directly to more advanced energy technologies that are low cost, reliable, environmentally more benign, and well-suited to serving dispersed rural populations.

This seminar will discuss the broad changes occurring in renewable energy and the implications and opportunities for developing countries.

This research was supported by the Towards Inclusive Economic Development in Southern Africa program and by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Discussant: Uma Lele, International Policy Expert, President Elect, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis.

Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India ( https://tci.cornell.edu/food-systems-book ) explores the opportunities and challenges to achieving a nutrition-secure future through more diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene, and greater individual access to balanced diets. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence to map out the current state of Indian food systems.

The seminar will review these findings and discuss the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system and address the triple burden of malnutrition as we look ahead to 2050.

Concluding Remarks: Prabhu Pingali, Director, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis.

Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India ( https://tci.cornell.edu/food-systems-book ) explores the opportunities and challenges to achieving a nutrition-secure future through more diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene, and greater individual access to balanced diets. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence to map out the current state of Indian food systems.

The seminar will review these findings and discuss the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system and address the triple burden of malnutrition as we look ahead to 2050.

Presenter: Mathew Abraham, Assistant Director, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis.

Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India ( https://tci.cornell.edu/food-systems-book ) explores the opportunities and challenges to achieving a nutrition-secure future through more diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene, and greater individual access to balanced diets. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence to map out the current state of Indian food systems.

The seminar will review these findings and discuss the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system and address the triple burden of malnutrition as we look ahead to 2050.

Presenter: Anaka Aiyar, Post-Doctoral Associate, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis.

Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India ( https://tci.cornell.edu/food-systems-book ) explores the opportunities and challenges to achieving a nutrition-secure future through more diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene, and greater individual access to balanced diets. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence to map out the current state of Indian food systems.

The seminar will review these findings and discuss the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system and address the triple burden of malnutrition as we look ahead to 2050.

Presenter: Andaleeb Rahman, Post-Doctoral Associate, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis.

Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India ( https://tci.cornell.edu/food-systems-book ) explores the opportunities and challenges to achieving a nutrition-secure future through more diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene, and greater individual access to balanced diets. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence to map out the current state of Indian food systems.

The seminar will review these findings and discuss the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system and address the triple burden of malnutrition as we look ahead to 2050.

Presenter: Prabhu Pingali, Director, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis.

Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India ( https://tci.cornell.edu/food-systems-book ) explores the opportunities and challenges to achieving a nutrition-secure future through more diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene, and greater individual access to balanced diets. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence to map out the current state of Indian food systems.

The seminar will review these findings and discuss the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system and address the triple burden of malnutrition as we look ahead to 2050.

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director of Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis.

Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India ( https://tci.cornell.edu/food-systems-book ) explores the opportunities and challenges to achieving a nutrition-secure future through more diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene, and greater individual access to balanced diets. The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence to map out the current state of Indian food systems.

The seminar will review these findings and discuss the interventions needed to promote a nutrition-sensitive food system and address the triple burden of malnutrition as we look ahead to 2050.

Discussant: Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow & Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI

Ten years ago, plant pathologists Richard Strange and Peter Scott founded the journal "Food Security—the Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food" in response to Norman Borlaug’s challenge to "do more for food security." (https://link.springer.com/journal/12571)

This seminar will take a look back over the last decade to identify some key trends in publishing on food security, including geographic reach and topics covered. Presenters will also discuss the importance of publishing research and analysis from a wide range of disciplines and ask how interdisciplinary the journal has been so far. This systematic review will help guide the journal to make even greater contributions to food security in the years to come.

Discussant: Catherine Ragasa, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Ten years ago, plant pathologists Richard Strange and Peter Scott founded the journal "Food Security—the Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food" in response to Norman Borlaug’s challenge to "do more for food security." (https://link.springer.com/journal/12571)

This seminar will take a look back over the last decade to identify some key trends in publishing on food security, including geographic reach and topics covered. Presenters will also discuss the importance of publishing research and analysis from a wide range of disciplines and ask how interdisciplinary the journal has been so far. This systematic review will help guide the journal to make even greater contributions to food security in the years to come.

Speaker: Serge Savary, Director of Research, INRA, Université de Toulouse, Editor-in-Chief, Food Security

Ten years ago, plant pathologists Richard Strange and Peter Scott founded the journal "Food Security—the Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food" in response to Norman Borlaug’s challenge to "do more for food security." (https://link.springer.com/journal/12571)

This seminar will take a look back over the last decade to identify some key trends in publishing on food security, including geographic reach and topics covered. Presenters will also discuss the importance of publishing research and analysis from a wide range of disciplines and ask how interdisciplinary the journal has been so far. This systematic review will help guide the journal to make even greater contributions to food security in the years to come.

Speaker: Richard Strange, Founder and former Editor-in-Chief, Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food

Ten years ago, plant pathologists Richard Strange and Peter Scott founded the journal "Food Security—the Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food" in response to Norman Borlaug’s challenge to "do more for food security." (https://link.springer.com/journal/12571)

This seminar will take a look back over the last decade to identify some key trends in publishing on food security, including geographic reach and topics covered. Presenters will also discuss the importance of publishing research and analysis from a wide range of disciplines and ask how interdisciplinary the journal has been so far. This systematic review will help guide the journal to make even greater contributions to food security in the years to come.

Moderator Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director of Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI

Ten years ago, plant pathologists Richard Strange and Peter Scott founded the journal "Food Security—the Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food" in response to Norman Borlaug’s challenge to "do more for food security."

This seminar will take a look back over the last decade to identify some key trends in publishing on food security, including geographic reach and topics covered. Presenters will also discuss the importance of publishing research and analysis from a wide range of disciplines and ask how interdisciplinary the journal has been so far. This systematic review will help guide the journal to make even greater contributions to food security in the years to come.

Discussant: Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panelist: Daniel Sarpong, Associate Professor and Dean, School of Agriculture, University of Ghana

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panelist: Kalyani Raghunathan, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panelist: Fantu Nisrane Bachewe, Research Coordinator, IFPRI

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panelist: Fulgence Mishili, Senior Lecturer, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panelist: Stevier Kaiyatsa, Economist, Ministry of Finance, Planning & Development, Malawi

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panelist: Kate Schneider, PhD Candidate, Tufts University

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panelist: Yan Bai, PhD Candidate, Tufts University

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Speaker: Anna Herforth, Independent Consultant

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Speaker: William A. Masters, Professor, Tufts University

Interventions and innovation can lower the price of individual foods, but healthy eating depends on access to a mix of foods from diverse sources. How has the overall cost of meeting dietary needs changed over time worldwide, and in Africa and South Asia specifically? What determines the cost of a healthy diet? And how does affordability affect dietary intake and health status in different locales?

To answer these questions, Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) (https://sites.tufts.edu/candasa) has been using new food price indexes that account for food substitutions to meet nutritional needs to evaluate food systems all over the world, including in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

This seminar will present the outcomes of CANDASA’s work to date, with a panel discussion featuring field researchers from each country to discuss the local and global implications of their results.

Research by Tufts and IFPRI on this topic is supported by UKAid and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Discussant: David Tschirley, Professor of International Development in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University (MSU)

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Discussant: Simeon Ehui, Director of Agricultural Global Practice, World Bank

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Discussants: David Atwood, Food Policy Advisor for Food Security Bureau, USAID

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Discussants: Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Speakers: Peter Hazell, External Coordinator of Impact Assessment, IFPRI

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Speakers: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM)

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Moderator: Karen Brooks, Adjunct Professor Global Human Development, Georgetown University

IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) recently completed a joint stock taking study of IFPRI’s experience with country programs and its more general policy of outposting research staff to developing countries. Several reports have been produced as part of the study and placed on the IFPRI website along with a summary blog (http://www.ifpri.org/blog/lessons-ifpri-country-programs-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity).

This seminar will present and discuss the findings and recommendations, and panel members from other organizations that outpost staff for similar reasons (World Bank, USAID, MSU) will share and compare their experiences.

The evaluation of IFPRI country strategy programs was conducted and co-financed by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Perspectives: Aira Htenas, Agriculture Economist, Food and Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank Group

The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in diets, with serious consequences for the health and nutrition of the urban poor, especially in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.

To reverse this trend, we must take into account the realities of urban life and understand what role urban food systems and environments play in shaping food choices. For example, what are the urban poor eating, and where do they source their food—from informal markets, supermarkets, or urban gardens? And how do gender, household structure, time constraints, and personal preferences, among other things, shape these patterns? Designing effective urban food systems policies for healthier diets and optimal nutrition among the urban poor requires answers to these and many other questions. Building this evidence base—in addition to documenting, evaluating, and learning from current and past initiatives and policies—will enrich the dialogue and enhance our efforts to improve the well-being of poor urban dwellers.

IFPRI speakers will be presenting the Institute’s new research program, Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition, and Health ( http://www.ifpri.org/program/urban-food-systems-better-diets-nutrition-and-health ). Invited guests will share experiences and provide examples of ongoing initiatives, policies, and partnerships that are successfully tackling issues of urban diets, nutrition, and health among the urban poor.

IFPRI Presenter: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in diets, with serious consequences for the health and nutrition of the urban poor, especially in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.

To reverse this trend, we must take into account the realities of urban life and understand what role urban food systems and environments play in shaping food choices. For example, what are the urban poor eating, and where do they source their food—from informal markets, supermarkets, or urban gardens? And how do gender, household structure, time constraints, and personal preferences, among other things, shape these patterns? Designing effective urban food systems policies for healthier diets and optimal nutrition among the urban poor requires answers to these and many other questions. Building this evidence base—in addition to documenting, evaluating, and learning from current and past initiatives and policies—will enrich the dialogue and enhance our efforts to improve the well-being of poor urban dwellers.

IFPRI speakers will be presenting the Institute’s new research program, Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition, and Health ( http://www.ifpri.org/program/urban-food-systems-better-diets-nutrition-and-health ). Invited guests will share experiences and provide examples of ongoing initiatives, policies, and partnerships that are successfully tackling issues of urban diets, nutrition, and health among the urban poor.

IFPRI Presenter: James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in diets, with serious consequences for the health and nutrition of the urban poor, especially in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.

To reverse this trend, we must take into account the realities of urban life and understand what role urban food systems and environments play in shaping food choices. For example, what are the urban poor eating, and where do they source their food—from informal markets, supermarkets, or urban gardens? And how do gender, household structure, time constraints, and personal preferences, among other things, shape these patterns? Designing effective urban food systems policies for healthier diets and optimal nutrition among the urban poor requires answers to these and many other questions. Building this evidence base—in addition to documenting, evaluating, and learning from current and past initiatives and policies—will enrich the dialogue and enhance our efforts to improve the well-being of poor urban dwellers.

IFPRI speakers will be presenting the Institute’s new research program, Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition, and Health ( http://www.ifpri.org/program/urban-food-systems-better-diets-nutrition-and-health ). Invited guests will share experiences and provide examples of ongoing initiatives, policies, and partnerships that are successfully tackling issues of urban diets, nutrition, and health among the urban poor.

IFPRI Presenters: Jef Leroy, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in diets, with serious consequences for the health and nutrition of the urban poor, especially in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.

To reverse this trend, we must take into account the realities of urban life and understand what role urban food systems and environments play in shaping food choices. For example, what are the urban poor eating, and where do they source their food—from informal markets, supermarkets, or urban gardens? And how do gender, household structure, time constraints, and personal preferences, among other things, shape these patterns? Designing effective urban food systems policies for healthier diets and optimal nutrition among the urban poor requires answers to these and many other questions. Building this evidence base—in addition to documenting, evaluating, and learning from current and past initiatives and policies—will enrich the dialogue and enhance our efforts to improve the well-being of poor urban dwellers.

IFPRI speakers will be presenting the Institute’s new research program, Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition, and Health ( http://www.ifpri.org/program/urban-food-systems-better-diets-nutrition-and-health ). Invited guests will share experiences and provide examples of ongoing initiatives, policies, and partnerships that are successfully tackling issues of urban diets, nutrition, and health among the urban poor.

Overview: Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in diets, with serious consequences for the health and nutrition of the urban poor, especially in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.

To reverse this trend, we must take into account the realities of urban life and understand what role urban food systems and environments play in shaping food choices. For example, what are the urban poor eating, and where do they source their food—from informal markets, supermarkets, or urban gardens? And how do gender, household structure, time constraints, and personal preferences, among other things, shape these patterns? Designing effective urban food systems policies for healthier diets and optimal nutrition among the urban poor requires answers to these and many other questions. Building this evidence base—in addition to documenting, evaluating, and learning from current and past initiatives and policies—will enrich the dialogue and enhance our efforts to improve the well-being of poor urban dwellers.

IFPRI speakers will be presenting the Institute’s new research program, Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition, and Health ( http://www.ifpri.org/program/urban-food-systems-better-diets-nutrition-and-health ). Invited guests will share experiences and provide examples of ongoing initiatives, policies, and partnerships that are successfully tackling issues of urban diets, nutrition, and health among the urban poor.

Introductory Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in diets, with serious consequences for the health and nutrition of the urban poor, especially in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia.

To reverse this trend, we must take into account the realities of urban life and understand what role urban food systems and environments play in shaping food choices. For example, what are the urban poor eating, and where do they source their food—from informal markets, supermarkets, or urban gardens? And how do gender, household structure, time constraints, and personal preferences, among other things, shape these patterns? Designing effective urban food systems policies for healthier diets and optimal nutrition among the urban poor requires answers to these and many other questions. Building this evidence base—in addition to documenting, evaluating, and learning from current and past initiatives and policies—will enrich the dialogue and enhance our efforts to improve the well-being of poor urban dwellers.

IFPRI speakers will be presenting the Institute’s new research program, Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition, and Health ( http://www.ifpri.org/program/urban-food-systems-better-diets-nutrition-and-health ). Invited guests will share experiences and provide examples of ongoing initiatives, policies, and partnerships that are successfully tackling issues of urban diets, nutrition, and health among the urban poor.

Presenter: Alan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The decision of whether to migrate or not is one of many important decisions that young men and women make throughout the developing world. In this PIM Webinar we discuss determinants of internal migration by youth within five countries: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania. More: http://bit.ly/2Wozd2i

The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Archive: https://pim.cgiar.org/resource/webinars/

Moderator: Radha Rajkotia, Chief Research and Policy Officer, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

In low-income countries, disasters induced by climate change are giving rise to new risks, shocks, and stresses among already vulnerable households. Well-designed financial products and services could play a role in increasing low-income families’ resilience by helping them prepare for the uncertain: financial inclusion can facilitate efforts to reduce risks, increase investments, and bounce back from shocks more quickly.

Yet, neither the potential of financial products and services for increasing resilience, nor the most effective designs and delivery mechanisms, are fully understood. Closer collaborations between researchers and decision-makers in the resilience space could shed new light on these questions.

This seminar will therefore provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge.

Research by IFPRI and IPA on this topic is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/), the CGIAR Research Programs on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) (https://ccafs.cgiar.org/), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) (https://pim.cgiar.org/).

Panelists: Jordi Renart, Strategic Coordination Advisor, World Food Program (WFP)

In low-income countries, disasters induced by climate change are giving rise to new risks, shocks, and stresses among already vulnerable households. Well-designed financial products and services could play a role in increasing low-income families’ resilience by helping them prepare for the uncertain: financial inclusion can facilitate efforts to reduce risks, increase investments, and bounce back from shocks more quickly.

Yet, neither the potential of financial products and services for increasing resilience, nor the most effective designs and delivery mechanisms, are fully understood. Closer collaborations between researchers and decision-makers in the resilience space could shed new light on these questions.

This seminar will therefore provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge.

Research by IFPRI and IPA on this topic is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/), the CGIAR Research Programs on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) (https://ccafs.cgiar.org/), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) (https://pim.cgiar.org/).

Panelist: Olga Petryniak, Senior Director for Resilience, Mercy Corps

In low-income countries, disasters induced by climate change are giving rise to new risks, shocks, and stresses among already vulnerable households. Well-designed financial products and services could play a role in increasing low-income families’ resilience by helping them prepare for the uncertain: financial inclusion can facilitate efforts to reduce risks, increase investments, and bounce back from shocks more quickly.

Yet, neither the potential of financial products and services for increasing resilience, nor the most effective designs and delivery mechanisms, are fully understood. Closer collaborations between researchers and decision-makers in the resilience space could shed new light on these questions.

This seminar will therefore provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge.

Research by IFPRI and IPA on this topic is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/), the CGIAR Research Programs on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) (https://ccafs.cgiar.org/), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) (https://pim.cgiar.org/).

Panelist: Mayada El-Zoghbi, Lead of Strategy, Research, and Development, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)

In low-income countries, disasters induced by climate change are giving rise to new risks, shocks, and stresses among already vulnerable households. Well-designed financial products and services could play a role in increasing low-income families’ resilience by helping them prepare for the uncertain: financial inclusion can facilitate efforts to reduce risks, increase investments, and bounce back from shocks more quickly.

Yet, neither the potential of financial products and services for increasing resilience, nor the most effective designs and delivery mechanisms, are fully understood. Closer collaborations between researchers and decision-makers in the resilience space could shed new light on these questions.

This seminar will therefore provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge.

Research by IFPRI and IPA on this topic is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/), the CGIAR Research Programs on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) (https://ccafs.cgiar.org/), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) (https://pim.cgiar.org/).

Overview of Evidence and Research Gaps: Berber Kramer, Research Fellow, IFPRI

In low-income countries, disasters induced by climate change are giving rise to new risks, shocks, and stresses among already vulnerable households. Well-designed financial products and services could play a role in increasing low-income families’ resilience by helping them prepare for the uncertain: financial inclusion can facilitate efforts to reduce risks, increase investments, and bounce back from shocks more quickly.

Yet, neither the potential of financial products and services for increasing resilience, nor the most effective designs and delivery mechanisms, are fully understood. Closer collaborations between researchers and decision-makers in the resilience space could shed new light on these questions.

This seminar will therefore provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge.

Research by IFPRI and IPA on this topic is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/), the CGIAR Research Programs on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) (https://ccafs.cgiar.org/), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) (https://pim.cgiar.org/).

Opening Remarks: Frank Place, Director of CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets, IFPRI

In low-income countries, disasters induced by climate change are giving rise to new risks, shocks, and stresses among already vulnerable households. Well-designed financial products and services could play a role in increasing low-income families’ resilience by helping them prepare for the uncertain: financial inclusion can facilitate efforts to reduce risks, increase investments, and bounce back from shocks more quickly.

Yet, neither the potential of financial products and services for increasing resilience, nor the most effective designs and delivery mechanisms, are fully understood. Closer collaborations between researchers and decision-makers in the resilience space could shed new light on these questions.

This seminar will therefore provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge.

Research by IFPRI and IPA on this topic is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the CGIAR Research Programs on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).

Presenter: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Growing interest by the development community in stimulating transformation throughout the agri-food system in Africa implies a more complex role for the region’s governments. Such roles include not only creating an enabling environment for the private sector but re-orienting public expenditures, resolving coordination failures, and regulating food safety. This PIM webinar with Danielle Resnick (IFPRI) draws on case studies from Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia to show how electoral incentives, overlapping ministerial mandates, and relations between central and local authorities structure the ability of governments to fulfill these roles in the food system. The webinar summarizes research findings relevant to different policy domains of the food system, including fertilizer subsidies, agricultural extension services, land governance, and urban informal food trade. More: http://bit.ly/2UI3Hjb

About PIM Webinars The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: https://pim.cgiar.org/resource/webinars/

Discussant: Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Africa has the world’s largest proportion of poor and hungry people, but the lowest rate of coverage by social protection programs. Demand for social protection is growing in Africa, reflecting faster economic growth, rapid urbanization, and more open and pluralistic societies. In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders called for integrating social protection with measures to increase agricultural productivity to help achieve the goal of ending hunger by 2025.

The 2017–2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report ( www.ifpri.org/publication/boosti…-social-protection ): Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025—The Role of Social Protection takes an in-depth look at the state of social protection in Africa. Seminar speakers will discuss findings and recommendations on successful implementation, filling knowledge gaps, and policy implications for the design and roll-out of social protection programs in Africa.

The report is produced by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System, a program that provides data and analyses to inform the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). ReSaKSS is supported by United States Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Discussant: Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa, Lawrence I. Gilbert Distinguished Professor, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina (UNC)

Africa has the world’s largest proportion of poor and hungry people, but the lowest rate of coverage by social protection programs. Demand for social protection is growing in Africa, reflecting faster economic growth, rapid urbanization, and more open and pluralistic societies. In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders called for integrating social protection with measures to increase agricultural productivity to help achieve the goal of ending hunger by 2025.

The 2017–2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report ( www.ifpri.org/publication/boosti…-social-protection ): Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025—The Role of Social Protection takes an in-depth look at the state of social protection in Africa. Seminar speakers will discuss findings and recommendations on successful implementation, filling knowledge gaps, and policy implications for the design and roll-out of social protection programs in Africa.

The report is produced by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System, a program that provides data and analyses to inform the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). ReSaKSS is supported by United States Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Speaker: Natalia Winder Rossi, Senior Adviser and Social Protection Team Leader, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Africa has the world’s largest proportion of poor and hungry people, but the lowest rate of coverage by social protection programs. Demand for social protection is growing in Africa, reflecting faster economic growth, rapid urbanization, and more open and pluralistic societies. In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders called for integrating social protection with measures to increase agricultural productivity to help achieve the goal of ending hunger by 2025.

The 2017–2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report ( www.ifpri.org/publication/boosti…-social-protection ): Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025—The Role of Social Protection takes an in-depth look at the state of social protection in Africa. Seminar speakers will discuss findings and recommendations on successful implementation, filling knowledge gaps, and policy implications for the design and roll-out of social protection programs in Africa.

The report is produced by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System, a program that provides data and analyses to inform the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). ReSaKSS is supported by United States Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Speakers Fleur Wouterse, Senior Research Fellow, Africa Regional Office; and Co-Editor of the 2017-2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report, IFPRI

Africa has the world’s largest proportion of poor and hungry people, but the lowest rate of coverage by social protection programs. Demand for social protection is growing in Africa, reflecting faster economic growth, rapid urbanization, and more open and pluralistic societies. In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders called for integrating social protection with measures to increase agricultural productivity to help achieve the goal of ending hunger by 2025.

The 2017–2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report ( www.ifpri.org/publication/boosti…-social-protection ): Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025—The Role of Social Protection takes an in-depth look at the state of social protection in Africa. Seminar speakers will discuss findings and recommendations on successful implementation, filling knowledge gaps, and policy implications for the design and roll-out of social protection programs in Africa.

The report is produced by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System, a program that provides data and analyses to inform the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). ReSaKSS is supported by United States Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Welcome Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, IFPRI

Africa has the world’s largest proportion of poor and hungry people, but the lowest rate of coverage by social protection programs. Demand for social protection is growing in Africa, reflecting faster economic growth, rapid urbanization, and more open and pluralistic societies. In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders called for integrating social protection with measures to increase agricultural productivity to help achieve the goal of ending hunger by 2025.

The 2017–2018 Annual Trends and Outlook Report ( http://www.ifpri.org/publication/boosting-growth-end-hunger-2025-role-social-protection) : Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025—The Role of Social Protection takes an in-depth look at the state of social protection in Africa. Seminar speakers will discuss findings and recommendations on successful implementation, filling knowledge gaps, and policy implications for the design and roll-out of social protection programs in Africa.

The report is produced by the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System, a program that provides data and analyses to inform the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). ReSaKSS is supported by United States Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Panel: Global Responses: Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Program

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Panel: Global Responses: Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergencies, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Panel: Global Responses Dina Umali-Deininger, Practice Manager, World Bank

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Panel: Country Experiences Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, IFPRI

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Panel: Country Experiences Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Panel: Country Experiences Sikandra Kurdi, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Report Overview: Anne-Claire Mouilliez, Secretariat Coordinator, Food Security Information Network

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Report Overview: Luca Russo, Senior Strategic Advisor on Resilience, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); and Steering Committee Member, Food Security Information Network (FSIN)

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Moderator: Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis.

The report's findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links prevention, preparedness, and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and for addressing the root causes of the problem, including climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and displacement

Keynote Addresses: Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Rapid-Fire Presentation: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Channing Arndt, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Rapid-Fire Presentation: James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Rapid-Fire Presentation: Jamison Ervin, Manager for Global Programme on Nature for Development, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Keynote Addresses: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

Introduction: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director of Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the DGO IFPRI

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

How best to secure land tenure for pastoralists is an ongoing challenge for governments, practitioners, lawyers, academics, and communities themselves. In this PIM Webinar recorded on March 28, 2019, Fiona Flintan from ILRI / International Land Coalition's Rangelands Initiative describes innovations, successful practices, and lessons learned from her work on pastoral land tenure and governance over the past 15 years, with special focus on how research and technical support to governments used as entry point can lead to policy-impacting results. More: http://bit.ly/2CmCZ4k

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019 at the global and regional levels.

Discussant: Joe Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

India’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth is averaging 7 to 8 percent, and cities are expanding rapidly. Growing food, feed, and fiber needs are increasing pressure on India’s agriculture.

With limited land and falling water tables, can India produce enough food for her population or will the country become a major importer of food? What agricultural policies has India been following? And what have been their impacts, especially on poverty, malnutrition, and farmers’ incomes?

This presentation and panel discussion will look at the challenges and opportunities ahead for Indian agriculture and examine how agricultural policies have hindered the changes needed in the sector. A tectonic shift in food and agricultural policies is overdue if India is to remain a competitive producer of agricultural goods, improve the livelihoods of India’s small farmers, and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Discussant: Uma Lele, International Policy Expert, President Elect, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

India’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth is averaging 7 to 8 percent, and cities are expanding rapidly. Growing food, feed, and fiber needs are increasing pressure on India’s agriculture.

With limited land and falling water tables, can India produce enough food for her population or will the country become a major importer of food? What agricultural policies has India been following? And what have been their impacts, especially on poverty, malnutrition, and farmers’ incomes?

This presentation and panel discussion will look at the challenges and opportunities ahead for Indian agriculture and examine how agricultural policies have hindered the changes needed in the sector. A tectonic shift in food and agricultural policies is overdue if India is to remain a competitive producer of agricultural goods, improve the livelihoods of India’s small farmers, and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Discussants: Devesh Kapur, Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies and Director of Asia Programs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

India’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth is averaging 7 to 8 percent, and cities are expanding rapidly. Growing food, feed, and fiber needs are increasing pressure on India’s agriculture.

With limited land and falling water tables, can India produce enough food for her population or will the country become a major importer of food? What agricultural policies has India been following? And what have been their impacts, especially on poverty, malnutrition, and farmers’ incomes?

This presentation and panel discussion will look at the challenges and opportunities ahead for Indian agriculture and examine how agricultural policies have hindered the changes needed in the sector. A tectonic shift in food and agricultural policies is overdue if India is to remain a competitive producer of agricultural goods, improve the livelihoods of India’s small farmers, and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Introduction: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director of Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the DGO IFPRI

India’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth is averaging 7 to 8 percent, and cities are expanding rapidly. Growing food, feed, and fiber needs are increasing pressure on India’s agriculture.

With limited land and falling water tables, can India produce enough food for her population or will the country become a major importer of food? What agricultural policies has India been following? And what have been their impacts, especially on poverty, malnutrition, and farmers’ incomes?

This presentation and panel discussion will look at the challenges and opportunities ahead for Indian agriculture and examine how agricultural policies have hindered the changes needed in the sector. A tectonic shift in food and agricultural policies is overdue if India is to remain a competitive producer of agricultural goods, improve the livelihoods of India’s small farmers, and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Speaker: Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

India’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth is averaging 7 to 8 percent, and cities are expanding rapidly. Growing food, feed, and fiber needs are increasing pressure on India’s agriculture.

With limited land and falling water tables, can India produce enough food for her population or will the country become a major importer of food? What agricultural policies has India been following? And what have been their impacts, especially on poverty, malnutrition, and farmers’ incomes?

This presentation and panel discussion will look at the challenges and opportunities ahead for Indian agriculture and examine how agricultural policies have hindered the changes needed in the sector. A tectonic shift in food and agricultural policies is overdue if India is to remain a competitive producer of agricultural goods, improve the livelihoods of India’s small farmers, and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Welcome and Moderator: Marshall M. Bouton, Acting Director and Visiting Scholar, Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), University of Pennsylvania; President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

India’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth is averaging 7 to 8 percent, and cities are expanding rapidly. Growing food, feed, and fiber needs are increasing pressure on India’s agriculture.

With limited land and falling water tables, can India produce enough food for her population or will the country become a major importer of food? What agricultural policies has India been following? And what have been their impacts, especially on poverty, malnutrition, and farmers’ incomes?

This presentation and panel discussion will look at the challenges and opportunities ahead for Indian agriculture and examine how agricultural policies have hindered the changes needed in the sector. A tectonic shift in food and agricultural policies is overdue if India is to remain a competitive producer of agricultural goods, improve the livelihoods of India’s small farmers, and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Discussant: Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor and Director of the Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Speaker: Robel Alemu, PhD Student, Tufts University

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Speaker: David Stifel, Professor, Lafayette College

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Speaker: Sofia Vielma, PhD Student, Purdue University

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Speaker: Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Overview: Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Welcome and Moderator Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs Division; & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

Markets play a key role in delivering food and nutrition, even for poor and remote rural households. But nutrient-rich foods, especially animal-sourced foods, are very expensive in poor countries, suggesting that markets for perishable but nutritious foods are not functioning well. Both scientific research and real-world programs have largely focused on farm-level interventions to diversify household production and consumption, not recognizing the important role of market purchases.

This policy seminar will present innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.

Welcome Remarks: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs Division; & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

SPECIAL EVENT Reducing Food Loss and Waste – Making it Personal Co-Organized by IFPRI, Stop Wasting Food / Selina Juul, World Resources Institute (WRI), Champions 12.3, and the Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC MAR 12, 2019 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Esben Lunde Larsen, Food Program Fellow, World Resources Institute

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Closing Remarks: Manish Bapna, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, WRI

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Dipti Thapa, Economist, The World Bank Group

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Victoria Prowse, Relationship Manager, Rabobank

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Daniel Ratner, Partner & Head of Growth, YourLocal

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Amy Bachman, Director of Procurement and Sustainability, DC Central Kitchen

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Rapid-Fire Presentations: Denise Osterhues, Senior Director for Corporate Affairs, The Kroger Company

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Rapid-Fire Presentation: Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Setting the Scene: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Moderator: Troels Mandel Vensild, Minister Counsellor of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC

An astounding one-third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and the fork. What can people-from farmers to consumers-do to address this challenge? Join us to learn about innovative solutions and share your perspectives on how to take them to scale.

Speaker: Noora-Lisa Aberman, Associate Research Fellow, Ghana Strategy Support Program, IFPRI

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Speaker: Ruthie Musker, Strategic Projects and Partnerships Lead, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Polling results: Sivan Yosef, Senior Program Manager, Director’s General’s Office, IFPRI

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Speaker: Mathew Abraham, Assistant Director, Tata-Cornell Institute

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Download the book @ https://www.ifpri.org/publication/agriculture-improved-nutrition-seizing-momentum

Speaker: Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Download the book @ https://www.ifpri.org/publication/agriculture-improved-nutrition-seizing-momentum

Speaker: Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Download the book @ https://www.ifpri.org/publication/agriculture-improved-nutrition-seizing-momentum

Speaker Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Download the book @ https://www.ifpri.org/publication/agriculture-improved-nutrition-seizing-momentum

Welcome and Moderator Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs Division; & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition.

This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and India’s and Malawi’s successes and challenges in linking agriculture to nutrition.

Download the book @ https://www.ifpri.org/publication/agriculture-improved-nutrition-seizing-momentum

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies - 2/14/2019

Introduction: Volker ter Meulen, President, InterAcademy Partnership

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today.

This seminar will provide details on the scope and priorities of the IAP project, the regional perspectives of participants, and a global synthesis. During the discussion, participants will explore mutual interests in increasing the sciences’ contribution to informed policy development, innovation, and practice.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies - 2/14/2019

Speaker: Sheryl L Hendriks, Head, Department and Professor of Food Security, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa; & Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria, South Africa

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today.

This seminar will provide details on the scope and priorities of the IAP project, the regional perspectives of participants, and a global synthesis. During the discussion, participants will explore mutual interests in increasing the sciences’ contribution to informed policy development, innovation, and practice.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies - 2/14/2019

Speaker: Paul James Moughan, Distinguished Professor, Massey University, New Zealand

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today.

This seminar will provide details on the scope and priorities of the IAP project, the regional perspectives of participants, and a global synthesis. During the discussion, participants will explore mutual interests in increasing the sciences’ contribution to informed policy development, innovation, and practice.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies - 2/14/2019

Speaker: Michael T. Clegg, Professor Emeritus, University of California Irvine; & Chair, Council for the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today.

This seminar will provide details on the scope and priorities of the IAP project, the regional perspectives of participants, and a global synthesis. During the discussion, participants will explore mutual interests in increasing the sciences’ contribution to informed policy development, innovation, and practice.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies - 2/14/2019

Overview: Joachim von Braun, Director, Center for Development and Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Bonn University; & President, Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Vatican), Germany

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today.

This seminar will provide details on the scope and priorities of the IAP project, the regional perspectives of participants, and a global synthesis. During the discussion, participants will explore mutual interests in increasing the sciences’ contribution to informed policy development, innovation, and practice.

Presenters: Karen Brooks, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University and Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Climate change matters for all people. Does it matter particularly for young people? If so, where and how?

Countries with a high proportion of young job seekers (for example, those projected in 2030 to have 15% or more of their populations in the age group between 15 and 24 years old) are on average more dependent on agriculture than are countries with more mature population profiles. Regions with many rural young people (South Asia) and rapidly growing numbers (Africa south of the Sahara) are likely to remain reliant on agriculture in the coming decades. Of the projected slightly more than 500 million rural young people globally in 2030, two-thirds will be in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia. In many African countries farming still employs over half of a rapidly growing labor force, and the absolute number of agricultural workers is still rising. Where agriculture is called upon to deliver job security as well as food security, vulnerability to climate change presents major risk. The risk falls disproportionately on young people because it will affect their job prospects in agri-food systems. How can we envisage the impact of climate change on livelihood opportunities for young people, and what can be done to improve their prospects?

https://pim.cgiar.org/2019/01/28/webinar-climate-resilience-job-prospects-young-people-agriculture/

Speaker: Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

What are aspirations, why do they matter, and how are they formed? How can they be affected by development interventions, or by negative shocks—which the poor frequently face? And how are aspirations and trust in government linked? Abd what can policymakers do to blunt the negative psychological effects of poverty and shocks, and to more broadly bolster aspirations and trust? In this PIM webinar on December 19, 2018 Dr. Katrina Kosec (IFPRI) shared recent novel findings with examples from case studies in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Pakistan.

More: http://bit.ly/AspirationsWebinar

Discussants Kimberly Ann Elliott, Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.

Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this seminar will launch the two-volume analysis of farm policy, Agricultural Policy in Disarray: Reforming the US Farm Bill, published by AEI press. The study’s three coeditors, Vincent Smith, Joseph Glauber, and Barry Goodwin, will be discussing the proposed bill and the farm safety net.

Discussant: David Orden, Professor, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, Virginia Tech University

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.

Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this seminar will launch the two-volume analysis of farm policy, Agricultural Policy in Disarray: Reforming the US Farm Bill, published by AEI press. The study’s three coeditors, Vincent Smith, Joseph Glauber, and Barry Goodwin, will be discussing the proposed bill and the farm safety net.

Speaker: Erik Lichtenberg, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.

Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this seminar will launch the two-volume analysis of farm policy, Agricultural Policy in Disarray: Reforming the US Farm Bill, published by AEI press. The study’s three coeditors, Vincent Smith, Joseph Glauber, and Barry Goodwin, will be discussing the proposed bill and the farm safety net.

Speaker: Barry Goodwin, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, NC State University

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.

Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this seminar will launch the two-volume analysis of farm policy, Agricultural Policy in Disarray: Reforming the US Farm Bill, published by AEI press. The study’s three coeditors, Vincent Smith, Joseph Glauber, and Barry Goodwin, will be discussing the proposed bill and the farm safety net.

Speaker: Vincent H. Smith, Professor, Department of Economics, Montana State University and Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.

Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this seminar will launch the two-volume analysis of farm policy, Agricultural Policy in Disarray: Reforming the US Farm Bill, published by AEI press. The study’s three coeditors, Vincent Smith, Joseph Glauber, and Barry Goodwin, will be discussing the proposed bill and the farm safety net.

Moderator: Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.

Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this seminar will launch the two-volume analysis of farm policy, Agricultural Policy in Disarray: Reforming the US Farm Bill, published by AEI press. The study’s three coeditors, Vincent Smith, Joseph Glauber, and Barry Goodwin, will be discussing the proposed bill and the farm safety net.

Welcome Remarks: Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.

Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this seminar will launch the two-volume analysis of farm policy, Agricultural Policy in Disarray: Reforming the US Farm Bill, published by AEI press. The study’s three coeditors, Vincent Smith, Joseph Glauber, and Barry Goodwin, will be discussing the proposed bill and the farm safety net.

Discussants Jesus Zorrilla, Minister Counsellor Agriculture, Delegation of the European Union to the USA

US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural policy?

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States are pleased to co-host this seminar, featuring distinguished experts who will look at how these debates will shape US and EU agricultural policies

Discussants Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural policy?

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States are pleased to co-host this seminar, featuring distinguished experts who will look at how these debates will shape US and EU agricultural policies.

Speaker: Jerzy Plewa, Director-General - European Commission, Directorate-General (DG) for Agriculture and Rural Development

US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural policy?

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States are pleased to co-host this seminar, featuring distinguished experts who will look at how these debates will shape US and EU agricultural policies.

Speaker: Bill Northey, Under Secretary, Farm Production and Conservation, US Department of Agriculture US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural policy?

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States are pleased to co-host this seminar, featuring distinguished experts who will look at how these debates will shape US and EU agricultural policies.

Welcome Remarks: David O’Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States

US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural policy?

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States are pleased to co-host this seminar, featuring distinguished experts who will look at how these debates will shape US and EU agricultural policies.

Welcome Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural policy?

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States are pleased to co-host this seminar, featuring distinguished experts who will look at how these debates will shape US and EU agricultural policies.

Moderator: Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural policy?

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States are pleased to co-host this seminar, featuring distinguished experts who will look at how these debates will shape US and EU agricultural policies.

Closing Remarks Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Panelist: Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Panelist: Artavazd Hakobyan, Senior Agricultural Economist, World Bank, Moscow, Russian Federation

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Panelist: Kamiljon Akramov, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Keynote Speaker: Johan Swinnen, Professor of Economics and Director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the Catholic University of Leuven; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Opening Remarks Simeon Ehui, Director, Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Do medium and large-scale farms generate income spillovers for rural households?

Presenter: Jordan Chamberlin, Spatial Economist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

Q&A Panelist and Study Co-author: Thomas Jayne, University Foundation Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University and Co-Director of the Alliance for African Partnership,

Description: Land acquisitions by foreign and local investors has generated much speculation about the impacts on smallholder households and rural communities. In this PIM webinar (November 6, 2018), Jordan Chamberlin (CIMMYT) presents a study that aims to determine the impact of farm structure on rural household incomes in Tanzania.

Introduction: Kenan Forman of the Forman Family

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to host the 28th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture. The Annual Lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Over recent decades, as global food systems have changed rapidly, so has the face of malnutrition. Obesity and the double burden of malnutrition have risen dramatically, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Many of these countries are using fiscal and regulatory tools to address these issues, with little evidence on their effectiveness.

This lecture will discuss findings from our evaluations of these public health efforts around the world. Some surprising new results—including impressive findings on the impact of marketing and front-of-the-package profiling options—may shift the focus of our actions. However, we still have much to learn about what works and how we can sustain dietary improvements. To date, no country has successfully arrested or even slowed the rise in overweight and obesity. Our challenge is assembling a set of effective programs and policies to address the new face of malnutrition.

Keynote Speaker: Barry M. Popkin, W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to host the 28th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture. The Annual Lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Over recent decades, as global food systems have changed rapidly, so has the face of malnutrition. Obesity and the double burden of malnutrition have risen dramatically, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Many of these countries are using fiscal and regulatory tools to address these issues, with little evidence on their effectiveness.

This lecture will discuss findings from our evaluations of these public health efforts around the world. Some surprising new results—including impressive findings on the impact of marketing and front-of-the-package profiling options—may shift the focus of our actions. However, we still have much to learn about what works and how we can sustain dietary improvements. To date, no country has successfully arrested or even slowed the rise in overweight and obesity. Our challenge is assembling a set of effective programs and policies to address the new face of malnutrition.

Introduction: Elaine Gray, Nutrition Advisor, USAID

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to host the 28th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture. The Annual Lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Over recent decades, as global food systems have changed rapidly, so has the face of malnutrition. Obesity and the double burden of malnutrition have risen dramatically, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Many of these countries are using fiscal and regulatory tools to address these issues, with little evidence on their effectiveness.

This lecture will discuss findings from our evaluations of these public health efforts around the world. Some surprising new results—including impressive findings on the impact of marketing and front-of-the-package profiling options—may shift the focus of our actions. However, we still have much to learn about what works and how we can sustain dietary improvements. To date, no country has successfully arrested or even slowed the rise in overweight and obesity. Our challenge is assembling a set of effective programs and policies to address the new face of malnutrition.

Opening remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to host the 28th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture. The Annual Lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition.

Over recent decades, as global food systems have changed rapidly, so has the face of malnutrition. Obesity and the double burden of malnutrition have risen dramatically, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Many of these countries are using fiscal and regulatory tools to address these issues, with little evidence on their effectiveness.

This lecture will discuss findings from our evaluations of these public health efforts around the world. Some surprising new results—including impressive findings on the impact of marketing and front-of-the-package profiling options—may shift the focus of our actions. However, we still have much to learn about what works and how we can sustain dietary improvements. To date, no country has successfully arrested or even slowed the rise in overweight and obesity. Our challenge is assembling a set of effective programs and policies to address the new face of malnutrition.

Presenters: Audrey Pereira, Research Analyst, IFPRI Elena Martinez, Research Analyst, IFPRI Emily Myers, Research Analyst, IFPRI

The pro-WEAI is a new survey-based index that builds on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and is adapted for project use with a closer focus on aspects of empowerment related to health and nutrition. The index is being developed by IFPRI’s Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), a learning and capacity-building initiative working with 13 agricultural development projects, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Feed the Future (led by USAID), and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).

The GAAP2 team will introduce the latest version of the pro-WEAI as a measure of women’s empowerment and orient potential users to the WEAI Resource Center. Panelists representing organizations that are potential users of pro-WEAI will discuss how the tool can support knowledge management in their projects. The discussion will also solicit feedback from the broader development community, including donors, NGOs, and the private sector, about pro-WEAI’s usefulness in promoting women’s empowerment in agricultural projects and as part of national statistical surveys, and further discuss what policy implications can be derived from these analyses.

Presentation ( GAAP2 for pro-WEAI, empowerment and measurement and Pro-WEAI health and nutrition module):

Presenters: Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI Jessica Heckert, Research Fellow, IFPRI

The pro-WEAI is a new survey-based index that builds on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and is adapted for project use with a closer focus on aspects of empowerment related to health and nutrition. The index is being developed by IFPRI’s Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), a learning and capacity-building initiative working with 13 agricultural development projects, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Feed the Future (led by USAID), and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).

The GAAP2 team will introduce the latest version of the pro-WEAI as a measure of women’s empowerment and orient potential users to the WEAI Resource Center. Panelists representing organizations that are potential users of pro-WEAI will discuss how the tool can support knowledge management in their projects. The discussion will also solicit feedback from the broader development community, including donors, NGOs, and the private sector, about pro-WEAI’s usefulness in promoting women’s empowerment in agricultural projects and as part of national statistical surveys, and further discuss what policy implications can be derived from these analyses.

Panelists: Farzana Ramzan, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, USAID Jenn Williamson, Senior Director of Gender and Social Inclusion, ACDI/VOCA Florence Santos, Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Oxfam America Anuja Kar, Economist/ Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Impact Evaluation Specialist, World Bank Lina Salazar, Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank

Presenter: Caren Grown, Senior Director of Gender, World Bank

The pro-WEAI is a new survey-based index that builds on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and is adapted for project use with a closer focus on aspects of empowerment related to health and nutrition. The index is being developed by IFPRI’s Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), a learning and capacity-building initiative working with 13 agricultural development projects, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Feed the Future (led by USAID), and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).

The GAAP2 team will introduce the latest version of the pro-WEAI as a measure of women’s empowerment and orient potential users to the WEAI Resource Center. Panelists representing organizations that are potential users of pro-WEAI will discuss how the tool can support knowledge management in their projects. The discussion will also solicit feedback from the broader development community, including donors, NGOs, and the private sector, about pro-WEAI’s usefulness in promoting women’s empowerment in agricultural projects and as part of national statistical surveys, and further discuss what policy implications can be derived from these analyses.

Presenters: Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health and Nutrition, IFPRI

The pro-WEAI is a new survey-based index that builds on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and is adapted for project use with a closer focus on aspects of empowerment related to health and nutrition. The index is being developed by IFPRI’s Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), a learning and capacity-building initiative working with 13 agricultural development projects, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Feed the Future (led by USAID), and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).

The GAAP2 team will introduce the latest version of the pro-WEAI as a measure of women’s empowerment and orient potential users to the WEAI Resource Center. Panelists representing organizations that are potential users of pro-WEAI will discuss how the tool can support knowledge management in their projects. The discussion will also solicit feedback from the broader development community, including donors, NGOs, and the private sector, about pro-WEAI’s usefulness in promoting women’s empowerment in agricultural projects and as part of national statistical surveys, and further discuss what policy implications can be derived from these analyses.

Presenters: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, IFPRI

The pro-WEAI is a new survey-based index that builds on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and is adapted for project use with a closer focus on aspects of empowerment related to health and nutrition. The index is being developed by IFPRI’s Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), a learning and capacity-building initiative working with 13 agricultural development projects, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Feed the Future (led by USAID), and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH).

The GAAP2 team will introduce the latest version of the pro-WEAI as a measure of women’s empowerment and orient potential users to the WEAI Resource Center. Panelists representing organizations that are potential users of pro-WEAI will discuss how the tool can support knowledge management in their projects. The discussion will also solicit feedback from the broader development community, including donors, NGOs, and the private sector, about pro-WEAI’s usefulness in promoting women’s empowerment in agricultural projects and as part of national statistical surveys, and further discuss what policy implications can be derived from these analyses.

Discussant Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Security, USAID

Agricultural development has traditionally been among the most effective tools for reducing poverty and central to development efforts. But does this still stand today, as countries have urbanized and the world has opened up?

This seminar will present key results from a recent Special Issue of World Development that add important nuances to our understanding of the critical relationship between agriculture, structural transformation and poverty reduction. Using a variety of analytical techniques, the authors, including IFPRI researchers, address the relative effectiveness of agricultural growth in reducing poverty, who benefits, where it works best, and how financing affects the outcomes.

Agricultural development has traditionally been among the most effective tools for reducing poverty and central to development efforts. But does this still stand today, as countries have urbanized and the world has opened up?

This seminar will present key results from a recent Special Issue of World Development that add important nuances to our understanding of the critical relationship between agriculture, structural transformation and poverty reduction. Using a variety of analytical techniques, the authors, including IFPRI researchers, address the relative effectiveness of agricultural growth in reducing poverty, who benefits, where it works best, and how financing affects the outcomes.

Agricultural development has traditionally been among the most effective tools for reducing poverty and central to development efforts. But does this still stand today, as countries have urbanized and the world has opened up?

This seminar will present key results from a recent Special Issue of World Development that add important nuances to our understanding of the critical relationship between agriculture, structural transformation and poverty reduction. Using a variety of analytical techniques, the authors, including IFPRI researchers, address the relative effectiveness of agricultural growth in reducing poverty, who benefits, where it works best, and how financing affects the outcomes.

Agricultural development has traditionally been among the most effective tools for reducing poverty and central to development efforts. But does this still stand today, as countries have urbanized and the world has opened up?

This seminar will present key results from a recent Special Issue of World Development that add important nuances to our understanding of the critical relationship between agriculture, structural transformation and poverty reduction. Using a variety of analytical techniques, the authors, including IFPRI researchers, address the relative effectiveness of agricultural growth in reducing poverty, who benefits, where it works best, and how financing affects the outcomes.

Policy distortions to agricultural incentives can affect different value chain actors in different ways. For example, an export tax may help domestic maize consumers by decreasing the price of maize and increasing the availability of supply in the domestic market, but such a policy may hurt smallholder producers by decreasing their profit margins. In this webinar, Dr. Simla Tokgoz (IFPRI) is sharing new research findings on the analysis of policy distortions to agricultural incentives along selected value chains in four countries: Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Tanzania. More about the webinar: http://bit.ly/DistortionsValueChainsWebinar

Speaker: Jim McGovern, Congressman for the 2nd District of Massachusetts and Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus joins the Policy Event.

FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

Panelists Tonya Rawe, Global Policy Lead for Food and Nutrition Security, CARE International

FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

Panelists Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

Panelists John McArthur, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution

FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

Keynote Speaker Martien van Nieuwkoop, Director, Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank

FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

Presentation of the Report’s Key Findings: Marco Sanchez Cantillo, Deputy-Director, Agricultural Development Economics, FAO

FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

Remarks Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO’s Liaison Office for North America

FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger.

According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

Discussant: Thea Hilhorst, Senior Land Governance Specialist, Development Research Group, World Bank

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garret Hardin. Its widely accepted message about the inevitable degradation of shared resources prompted privatization or nationalization of much common property. Yet sustainable management of the commons has a long history, and new evidence is increasing our understanding of effective governance of these resources for the future.

This policy seminar will discuss recent developments in research and policy on the commons, with particular attention to tenure and governance. Following an overview of key issues, speakers will present the factors that led to the adoption of the UK Commons Act to protect the commons; results of an international review of tenure security of land-based commons, particularly forests and rangelands held by communities and indigenous peoples; new evidence on how tenure can affect investment in shared resources by community members and outsiders; and factors shaping national policies on common resources and implications for the future.

Speaker: Iliana Monterroso, Consultant, The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garret Hardin. Its widely accepted message about the inevitable degradation of shared resources prompted privatization or nationalization of much common property. Yet sustainable management of the commons has a long history, and new evidence is increasing our understanding of effective governance of these resources for the future.

This policy seminar will discuss recent developments in research and policy on the commons, with particular attention to tenure and governance. Following an overview of key issues, speakers will present the factors that led to the adoption of the UK Commons Act to protect the commons; results of an international review of tenure security of land-based commons, particularly forests and rangelands held by communities and indigenous peoples; new evidence on how tenure can affect investment in shared resources by community members and outsiders; and factors shaping national policies on common resources and implications for the future.

Speaker: John Powell, President, International association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garret Hardin. Its widely accepted message about the inevitable degradation of shared resources prompted privatization or nationalization of much common property. Yet sustainable management of the commons has a long history, and new evidence is increasing our understanding of effective governance of these resources for the future.

This policy seminar will discuss recent developments in research and policy on the commons, with particular attention to tenure and governance. Following an overview of key issues, speakers will present the factors that led to the adoption of the UK Commons Act to protect the commons; results of an international review of tenure security of land-based commons, particularly forests and rangelands held by communities and indigenous peoples; new evidence on how tenure can affect investment in shared resources by community members and outsiders; and factors shaping national policies on common resources and implications for the future.

Speaker: Peter Veit, Director, Land and Resource Rights Initiative, World Resources Institute (WRI)

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garret Hardin. Its widely accepted message about the inevitable degradation of shared resources prompted privatization or nationalization of much common property. Yet sustainable management of the commons has a long history, and new evidence is increasing our understanding of effective governance of these resources for the future.

This policy seminar will discuss recent developments in research and policy on the commons, with particular attention to tenure and governance. Following an overview of key issues, speakers will present the factors that led to the adoption of the UK Commons Act to protect the commons; results of an international review of tenure security of land-based commons, particularly forests and rangelands held by communities and indigenous peoples; new evidence on how tenure can affect investment in shared resources by community members and outsiders; and factors shaping national policies on common resources and implications for the future.

Introduction: Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garret Hardin. Its widely accepted message about the inevitable degradation of shared resources prompted privatization or nationalization of much common property. Yet sustainable management of the commons has a long history, and new evidence is increasing our understanding of effective governance of these resources for the future.

This policy seminar will discuss recent developments in research and policy on the commons, with particular attention to tenure and governance. Following an overview of key issues, speakers will present the factors that led to the adoption of the UK Commons Act to protect the commons; results of an international review of tenure security of land-based commons, particularly forests and rangelands held by communities and indigenous peoples; new evidence on how tenure can affect investment in shared resources by community members and outsiders; and factors shaping national policies on common resources and implications for the future.

In this webinar conducted by Dr. Hiroyuki Takeshima (International Food Policy Research Institute) we summarize major lessons about mechanization learned from the South-South knowledge exchange. First, we discuss some key messages that have come out of a compilation and synthesis of the mechanization growth experience in Asia and Africa. We share new research findings on the determinants and impacts of mechanization. We then talk about our engagement with government officials in Africa and how that helped to facilitate the mindset shift that was necessary before any mechanization development policy reforms could be started. Finally, we discuss why agricultural mechanization should be seen as an important area for promoting private investment in rural transformation in general.

Read more and access slides from the presentation: http://bit.ly/AgMechanizationWebinar

Moderator Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

Development of cooled storage and transportation is critical for increasing agricultural productivity and reducing food loss and waste and price volatility. But development of “cold chains” is often hampered by lack of organization, access to credit and energy, and markets. In Nigeria, ColdHubs has built a successful business providing walk-in, solar-powered cold stations for use on-farm and in markets.

This policy seminar will reflect on Nigeria’s “cold hub” experience and discuss how cold chain development can work for rural communities, women’s empowerment, food loss prevention, and broader agri-food system development.

Panelist: Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

Development of cooled storage and transportation is critical for increasing agricultural productivity and reducing food loss and waste and price volatility. But development of “cold chains” is often hampered by lack of organization, access to credit and energy, and markets. In Nigeria, ColdHubs has built a successful business providing walk-in, solar-powered cold stations for use on-farm and in markets.

This policy seminar will reflect on Nigeria’s “cold hub” experience and discuss how cold chain development can work for rural communities, women’s empowerment, food loss prevention, and broader agri-food system development.

Panelist: Catherine Ragasa, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Development of cooled storage and transportation is critical for increasing agricultural productivity and reducing food loss and waste and price volatility. But development of “cold chains” is often hampered by lack of organization, access to credit and energy, and markets. In Nigeria, ColdHubs has built a successful business providing walk-in, solar-powered cold stations for use on-farm and in markets.

This policy seminar will reflect on Nigeria’s “cold hub” experience and discuss how cold chain development can work for rural communities, women’s empowerment, food loss prevention, and broader agri-food system development.

Panelist: Gene Moses, Senior Strategy & Knowledge Officer, Agribusiness Department, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group

Development of cooled storage and transportation is critical for increasing agricultural productivity and reducing food loss and waste and price volatility. But development of “cold chains” is often hampered by lack of organization, access to credit and energy, and markets. In Nigeria, ColdHubs has built a successful business providing walk-in, solar-powered cold stations for use on-farm and in markets.

This policy seminar will reflect on Nigeria’s “cold hub” experience and discuss how cold chain development can work for rural communities, women’s empowerment, food loss prevention, and broader agri-food system development.

Panelist: Richard Tracy, Vice President of International Programs, Global Cold Chain Alliance

Development of cooled storage and transportation is critical for increasing agricultural productivity and reducing food loss and waste and price volatility. But development of “cold chains” is often hampered by lack of organization, access to credit and energy, and markets. In Nigeria, ColdHubs has built a successful business providing walk-in, solar-powered cold stations for use on-farm and in markets.

This policy seminar will reflect on Nigeria’s “cold hub” experience and discuss how cold chain development can work for rural communities, women’s empowerment, food loss prevention, and broader agri-food system development.

Presenter Nnaemeka C. Ikegwuonu, Founder and CEO, ColdHubs

Development of cooled storage and transportation is critical for increasing agricultural productivity and reducing food loss and waste and price volatility. But development of “cold chains” is often hampered by lack of organization, access to credit and energy, and markets. In Nigeria, ColdHubs has built a successful business providing walk-in, solar-powered cold stations for use on-farm and in markets.

This policy seminar will reflect on Nigeria’s “cold hub” experience and discuss how cold chain development can work for rural communities, women’s empowerment, food loss prevention, and broader agri-food system development.

Discussant: Hanan Jacoby, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank

Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda?

This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

Discussant: Louise Fox, Chief Economist, USAID

Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda?

This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

Discussant: Daria Taglioni, Lead Economist, International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group

Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda?

This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

Keynote Speaker: Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda?

This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

Speaker: Caroline Smith DeWaal, International Food Safety Policy Manager, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

The global food system is the largest sector of the world's economy, and critical for the health of our planet—from land and water resources to plants, animals, and people. Managing this system is a huge responsibility, requiring women and men who are efficient, creative, and caring. Public, private, and not-for-profit managers are recognizing the need to produce nourishing and safe products sustainably.

Perspective: John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The global food system is the largest sector of the world's economy, and critical for the health of our planet—from land and water resources to plants, animals, and people. Managing this system is a huge responsibility, requiring women and men who are efficient, creative, and caring. Public, private, and not-for-profit managers are recognizing the need to produce nourishing and safe products sustainably.

Speaker: Ray Goldberg, Professor of Agriculture and Business, Harvard Business School

The global food system is the largest sector of the world's economy, and critical for the health of our planet—from land and water resources to plants, animals, and people. Managing this system is a huge responsibility, requiring women and men who are efficient, creative, and caring. Public, private, and not-for-profit managers are recognizing the need to produce nourishing and safe products sustainably.

Dr. Goldberg reflects on his interviews with change-makers of today's food system who provide a panoramic and in-depth look at a revolution in progress.

The PIM Webinar “Helping smallholder farmers manage risks: Innovations to improve agricultural insurance” was conducted on September 19, 2018 by Berber Kramer (IFPRI) and Patrick Ward (Duke Kunshan University). We discussed two research-based innovations in the agricultural insurance: (1) bundling of index-based insurance products with novel climate-smart risk-reducing agricultural technologies and practices, and (2) a new technology that uses smartphone photo data over time to create a new picture-based insurance product. The major advantage of field-based monitoring is that it can be used to reduce basis risk. Findings from research in India and Bangladesh were presented. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/AgInsuranceWebinar

Speaker: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

Speaker: Letitia Obeng, Global Water Partnership

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

Speaker: Mark Rosegrant, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

Speaker: Steven Schonberger, Global Lead for Water in Agriculture, Water Global Practice, World Bank

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

Speaker: Betsy Otto, Global Director, Water, World Resources Institute

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

Speaker: Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Security, US Agency for International Development (USAID)

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

Speaker: Meredith Giordano, Principal Researcher and IWMI Representative (USA)

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

Speaker: Claudia Sadoff, Director General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most.

Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Addressing gender and social barriers to resilience - 6/27/2018

Speaker: Yeva Avakyan, Associate Vice President, Gender Equality, Save the Children

The concept of resilience is catching on among humanitarian and development actors seeking to help individuals, households, and communities prepare for, adapt to, and recover from severe shocks and stresses. Many organizations are recognizing that individuals’ resilience capacities and vulnerabilities differ significantly and are shaped by their gender, class, caste, ethnicity, marital status, and other forms of social identity. What lessons can we learn from efforts so far that aim to address gender and social barriers to resilience?

This seminar will bring a focus on how three organizations are working to study and shift intra-household decision-making dynamics to strengthen resilience. Presentations will draw on research and programmatic learning from IFPRI’s Gender, Climate, and Nutrition (G-CAN) Initiative and new project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), Mercy Corps’ Building Resilience through the Integration of Gender and Empowerment (BRIGE) program, and Save the Children’s Livelihoods, Agriculture, Health Interventions in Action (LAHIA) Program.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Addressing gender and social barriers to resilience - 6/27/2018

Speaker: Audrey Anderson, Technical Program Director for the BRIGE Program, Mercy Corps

The concept of resilience is catching on among humanitarian and development actors seeking to help individuals, households, and communities prepare for, adapt to, and recover from severe shocks and stresses. Many organizations are recognizing that individuals’ resilience capacities and vulnerabilities differ significantly and are shaped by their gender, class, caste, ethnicity, marital status, and other forms of social identity. What lessons can we learn from efforts so far that aim to address gender and social barriers to resilience?

This seminar will bring a focus on how three organizations are working to study and shift intra-household decision-making dynamics to strengthen resilience. Presentations will draw on research and programmatic learning from IFPRI’s Gender, Climate, and Nutrition (G-CAN) Initiative and new project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), Mercy Corps’ Building Resilience through the Integration of Gender and Empowerment (BRIGE) program, and Save the Children’s Livelihoods, Agriculture, Health Interventions in Action (LAHIA) Program.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Addressing gender and social barriers to resilience - 6/27/2018

Speaker: Greg Seymour, Associate Research Fellow, pro-WEAI and GCAN, IFPRI

The concept of resilience is catching on among humanitarian and development actors seeking to help individuals, households, and communities prepare for, adapt to, and recover from severe shocks and stresses. Many organizations are recognizing that individuals’ resilience capacities and vulnerabilities differ significantly and are shaped by their gender, class, caste, ethnicity, marital status, and other forms of social identity. What lessons can we learn from efforts so far that aim to address gender and social barriers to resilience?

This seminar will bring a focus on how three organizations are working to study and shift intra-household decision-making dynamics to strengthen resilience. Presentations will draw on research and programmatic learning from IFPRI’s Gender, Climate, and Nutrition (G-CAN) Initiative and new project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), Mercy Corps’ Building Resilience through the Integration of Gender and Empowerment (BRIGE) program, and Save the Children’s Livelihoods, Agriculture, Health Interventions in Action (LAHIA) Program.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Addressing gender and social barriers to resilience - 6/27/2018

Speaker: Sophie Theis, Research Analyst and Gender Specialist for GCAN, IFPRI

The concept of resilience is catching on among humanitarian and development actors seeking to help individuals, households, and communities prepare for, adapt to, and recover from severe shocks and stresses. Many organizations are recognizing that individuals’ resilience capacities and vulnerabilities differ significantly and are shaped by their gender, class, caste, ethnicity, marital status, and other forms of social identity. What lessons can we learn from efforts so far that aim to address gender and social barriers to resilience?

This seminar will bring a focus on how three organizations are working to study and shift intra-household decision-making dynamics to strengthen resilience. Presentations will draw on research and programmatic learning from IFPRI’s Gender, Climate, and Nutrition (G-CAN) Initiative and new project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), Mercy Corps’ Building Resilience through the Integration of Gender and Empowerment (BRIGE) program, and Save the Children’s Livelihoods, Agriculture, Health Interventions in Action (LAHIA) Program.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Addressing gender and social barriers to resilience - 6/27/2018

Speaker: Tom Spangler, Director of Resilience and Livelihoods, Save the Children and Consortium Lead for the REAL Award

The concept of resilience is catching on among humanitarian and development actors seeking to help individuals, households, and communities prepare for, adapt to, and recover from severe shocks and stresses. Many organizations are recognizing that individuals’ resilience capacities and vulnerabilities differ significantly and are shaped by their gender, class, caste, ethnicity, marital status, and other forms of social identity. What lessons can we learn from efforts so far that aim to address gender and social barriers to resilience?

This seminar will bring a focus on how three organizations are working to study and shift intra-household decision-making dynamics to strengthen resilience. Presentations will draw on research and programmatic learning from IFPRI’s Gender, Climate, and Nutrition (G-CAN) Initiative and new project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), Mercy Corps’ Building Resilience through the Integration of Gender and Empowerment (BRIGE) program, and Save the Children’s Livelihoods, Agriculture, Health Interventions in Action (LAHIA) Program.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Addressing gender and social barriers to resilience - 6/27/2018

Speaker: Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

The concept of resilience is catching on among humanitarian and development actors seeking to help individuals, households, and communities prepare for, adapt to, and recover from severe shocks and stresses. Many organizations are recognizing that individuals’ resilience capacities and vulnerabilities differ significantly and are shaped by their gender, class, caste, ethnicity, marital status, and other forms of social identity. What lessons can we learn from efforts so far that aim to address gender and social barriers to resilience?

This seminar will bring a focus on how three organizations are working to study and shift intra-household decision-making dynamics to strengthen resilience. Presentations will draw on research and programmatic learning from IFPRI’s Gender, Climate, and Nutrition (G-CAN) Initiative and new project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), Mercy Corps’ Building Resilience through the Integration of Gender and Empowerment (BRIGE) program, and Save the Children’s Livelihoods, Agriculture, Health Interventions in Action (LAHIA) Program.

Speaker: Marcos Sawaya Jank, President, Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance and IFPRI Board member

Successful agricultural transformations around the world provide critical lessons and offer insights into opportunities for other countries seeking to take this step forward.

At this special event, we will learn about Brazil’s agricultural transformation from Embrapa’s President, Maurício Lopes. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan will share insights from Asian countries, ERS Administrator Mary Bohman will review the experience of the United States, and Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance President Marcos Jank will discuss the role of the food industry in agricultural transformation.

Speaker: Mary Bohman, Administrator, Economic Research Service, USDA

Successful agricultural transformations around the world provide critical lessons and offer insights into opportunities for other countries seeking to take this step forward.

At this special event, we will learn about Brazil’s agricultural transformation from Embrapa’s President, Maurício Lopes. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan will share insights from Asian countries, ERS Administrator Mary Bohman will review the experience of the United States, and Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance President Marcos Jank will discuss the role of the food industry in agricultural transformation.

Speaker: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Successful agricultural transformations around the world provide critical lessons and offer insights into opportunities for other countries seeking to take this step forward.

At this special event, we will learn about Brazil’s agricultural transformation from Embrapa’s President, Maurício Lopes. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan will share insights from Asian countries, ERS Administrator Mary Bohman will review the experience of the United States, and Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance President Marcos Jank will discuss the role of the food industry in agricultural transformation.

Speaker: Maurício Antônio Lopes, President, Embrapa

Successful agricultural transformations around the world provide critical lessons and offer insights into opportunities for other countries seeking to take this step forward.

At this special event, we will learn about Brazil’s agricultural transformation from Embrapa’s President, Maurício Lopes. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan will share insights from Asian countries, ERS Administrator Mary Bohman will review the experience of the United States, and Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance President Marcos Jank will discuss the role of the food industry in agricultural transformation.

Introductory Remarks by Geraldo B. Martha Jr., Coordinator, Embrapa, Labex-USA

Successful agricultural transformations around the world provide critical lessons and offer insights into opportunities for other countries seeking to take this step forward.

At this special event, we will learn about Brazil’s agricultural transformation from Embrapa’s President, Maurício Lopes. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan will share insights from Asian countries, ERS Administrator Mary Bohman will review the experience of the United States, and Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance President Marcos Jank will discuss the role of the food industry in agricultural transformation.

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs.

Successful agricultural transformations around the world provide critical lessons and offer insights into opportunities for other countries seeking to take this step forward.

At this special event, we will learn about Brazil’s agricultural transformation from Embrapa’s President, Maurício Lopes. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan will share insights from Asian countries, ERS Administrator Mary Bohman will review the experience of the United States, and Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance President Marcos Jank will discuss the role of the food industry in agricultural transformation.

Presenter: Eduardo Nakasone, Assistant Research Fellow, IFPRI and Assistant Professor, Michigan State University.

The United Nations has recognized the importance of reducing food loss and waste in the Sustainable Development Goal target 12.3 to “halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses” by 2030. Despite broad interest in the problem, measurement of food loss and waste is problematical, especially in developing countries. In this webinar, we discuss a methodology to measure food losses developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) team working under the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). The survey-based methodology has three main innovations. First, it allows measurement across different nodes of agricultural value chains to pinpoint the locus of loss. Second, it includes the economic value of loss due to quality deterioration as well as physical reduction in quantity. And finally, it characterizes and identifies particular processes in the value chain where food losses occur. We present the results of the application of the method in the value chains of maize and beans (in Guatemala and Honduras), teff (in Ethiopia), wheat (in China), and potatoes (in Ecuador and Peru). We also discuss ongoing work to assess interventions to reduce loss.

See more: http://bit.ly/FoodLossWebinar

Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

Panelist: Luca Russo, Senior Strategic Advisor on Resilience, FAO and Steering Committee Member, Food Security Information Network (FSIN)

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

Panelist: Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergencies, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

Panelist: Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Program (WFP)

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

Panelist: Beth Dunford, Assistant to the Administrator, Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed The Future , USAID

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

Report Overview: Luca Russo, Senior Strategic Advisor on Resilience, FAO and Steering Committee Member, Food Security Information Network (FSIN)

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

Special Remarks: Neven Mimica, Commissioner, International Cooperation and Development, European Commission

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

Special Remarks: David O'Sullivan, Ambassador and Head of European Union Delegation to the United States

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Washington, DC Launch--2018 Global Report on Food Crises- 4/27/2018 - RVos

Moderator: Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI

The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

The 2018 Report provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world. Conflict and insecurity continued to be the primary drivers of food insecurity in 18 countries, where almost 74 million food-insecure people remain in need of urgent assistance.

PIM Webinar on April 11, 2018, conducted by Cheryl Doss (University of Oxford), Agnes Quisumbing (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)) and Ruth Meinzen-Dick (IFPRI).

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality and women’s rights and at least 11 of the 17 SDGs require indicators related to gender dynamics. Despite the need for reliable indicators, stylized facts on women, agriculture, and the environment persist. During this webinar, presenters focused on four gender myths:

70% of the world’s poor are women
Women produce 60 to 80% of the world’s food;
Women own 1% of the world’s land; and
Women are better stewards of the environment.

More at http://bit.ly/GenderinAgMythsWebinar

Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI.

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Discussant: Stanley Wood, Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development, ‎Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Reflections: Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Rapid Fire Presenter:Saharah Moon Chapotin, Executive Director, United States Botanic Garden

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Rapid Fire Presenter: Prabhu Pingali, Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Rapid Fire Presenter: Jikun Huang, Professor of Agricultural Economics, China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP)，Peking University

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Rapid Fire Presenter: James A. Roumasset, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai'i-Monoa

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Rapid Fire Presenter: Morven McLean, Executive Director, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Research Foundation

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Rapid Fire Presenter: - James W. Jones, Distinguished Professor and Director, Florida Climate Institute (currently at the National Science Foundation)

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

Panelist Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures.

This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018.

Panelist Dan Glickman, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Congressional Program

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures.

This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018.

Panelist: Shanta Devarajan, Acting Chief Economist and Senior Director for Development Economics (DEC), World Bank Group

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures.

This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018.

KEYNOTE: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures.

This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018.

Panelist: Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; and Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures.

This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: The cocoa coast: The board-managed cocoa sector in Ghana – 3/8/2018

Speaker: Shashidhara Kolavalli, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

After almost 20 years of declining cocoa production, Ghana has been able in the last decade to increase the share of export prices going to producers, more than doubling production. Contrary to Washington Consensus prescriptions, these accomplishments were achieved through reforms but without liberalization of domestic and export marketing.

The Cocoa Coast: The Board-Managed Cocoa Sector in Ghana seeks to understand the success of a sector that was not liberalized.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: The cocoa coast: The board-managed cocoa sector in Ghana – 3/8/2018

Panelist: Simran Sethi, Fellow, Institute for Food and Development Policy

After almost 20 years of declining cocoa production, Ghana has been able in the last decade to increase the share of export prices going to producers, more than doubling production. Contrary to Washington Consensus prescriptions, these accomplishments were achieved through reforms but without liberalization of domestic and export marketing.

The Cocoa Coast: The Board-Managed Cocoa Sector in Ghana seeks to understand the success of a sector that was not liberalized.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: The cocoa coast: The board-managed cocoa sector in Ghana – 3/8/2018

Panelist: Bill Guyton, Founder, Guyton Strategies International

After almost 20 years of declining cocoa production, Ghana has been able in the last decade to increase the share of export prices going to producers, more than doubling production. Contrary to Washington Consensus prescriptions, these accomplishments were achieved through reforms but without liberalization of domestic and export marketing.

The Cocoa Coast: The Board-Managed Cocoa Sector in Ghana seeks to understand the success of a sector that was not liberalized.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: The cocoa coast: The board-managed cocoa sector in Ghana – 3/8/2018

Panelist: His Excellency Dr. Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to the United States of America

After almost 20 years of declining cocoa production, Ghana has been able in the last decade to increase the share of export prices going to producers, more than doubling production. Contrary to Washington Consensus prescriptions, these accomplishments were achieved through reforms but without liberalization of domestic and export marketing.

The Cocoa Coast: The Board-Managed Cocoa Sector in Ghana seeks to understand the success of a sector that was not liberalized.

Karen Macours, Professor, Paris School of Economics and Chair, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the ISPC

In 2015-16, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment commissioned a set of studies to document the adoption and impact of five well-recognized natural resource practices that were developed, adapted, and promoted by CGIAR centers, research programs and its partners. The practices—conservation agriculture, fertilizer tree systems, alternate wetting and drying (AWD), integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), and micro-dosing of fertilizer—were all expected to enjoy large-scale acceptance among smallholder farmers where they were promoted in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Results have landed and they are sobering. The low adoption rates reported by these studies provide an important reality check on the returns to some natural resources management (NRM) research investments, and suggests the need to rethink the impact pathways through which NRM research is expected to contribute to sustainable development outcomes—outcomes that nonetheless depend acutely on changes in the way we manage scarce natural resources.

This policy seminar provides insights from economics, integrated landscape strategies, and geospatial analytics to recommend ways forward for NRM research that most effectively contribute to the development of sustainable production systems, while also highlighting innovative methods and tools to evaluate adoption and impact more precisely.

Sara Scherr, President and CEO, EcoAgriculture Partners

In 2015-16, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment commissioned a set of studies to document the adoption and impact of five well-recognized natural resource practices that were developed, adapted, and promoted by CGIAR centers, research programs and its partners. The practices—conservation agriculture, fertilizer tree systems, alternate wetting and drying (AWD), integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), and micro-dosing of fertilizer—were all expected to enjoy large-scale acceptance among smallholder farmers where they were promoted in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Results have landed and they are sobering. The low adoption rates reported by these studies provide an important reality check on the returns to some natural resources management (NRM) research investments, and suggests the need to rethink the impact pathways through which NRM research is expected to contribute to sustainable development outcomes—outcomes that nonetheless depend acutely on changes in the way we manage scarce natural resources.

This policy seminar provides insights from economics, integrated landscape strategies, and geospatial analytics to recommend ways forward for NRM research that most effectively contribute to the development of sustainable production systems, while also highlighting innovative methods and tools to evaluate adoption and impact more precisely.

James Stevenson, Agricultural Research Officer, CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment Secretariat, based in FAO

In 2015-16, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment commissioned a set of studies to document the adoption and impact of five well-recognized natural resource practices that were developed, adapted, and promoted by CGIAR centers, research programs and its partners. The practices—conservation agriculture, fertilizer tree systems, alternate wetting and drying (AWD), integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), and micro-dosing of fertilizer—were all expected to enjoy large-scale acceptance among smallholder farmers where they were promoted in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Results have landed and they are sobering. The low adoption rates reported by these studies provide an important reality check on the returns to some natural resources management (NRM) research investments, and suggests the need to rethink the impact pathways through which NRM research is expected to contribute to sustainable development outcomes—outcomes that nonetheless depend acutely on changes in the way we manage scarce natural resources.

This policy seminar provides insights from economics, integrated landscape strategies, and geospatial analytics to recommend ways forward for NRM research that most effectively contribute to the development of sustainable production systems, while also highlighting innovative methods and tools to evaluate adoption and impact more precisely.

Frank Place, Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

In 2015-16, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment commissioned a set of studies to document the adoption and impact of five well-recognized natural resource practices that were developed, adapted, and promoted by CGIAR centers, research programs and its partners. The practices—conservation agriculture, fertilizer tree systems, alternate wetting and drying (AWD), integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), and micro-dosing of fertilizer—were all expected to enjoy large-scale acceptance among smallholder farmers where they were promoted in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Results have landed and they are sobering. The low adoption rates reported by these studies provide an important reality check on the returns to some natural resources management (NRM) research investments, and suggests the need to rethink the impact pathways through which NRM research is expected to contribute to sustainable development outcomes—outcomes that nonetheless depend acutely on changes in the way we manage scarce natural resources.

This policy seminar provides insights from economics, integrated landscape strategies, and geospatial analytics to recommend ways forward for NRM research that most effectively contribute to the development of sustainable production systems, while also highlighting innovative methods and tools to evaluate adoption and impact more precisely.

The agricultural sector has long been viewed as a major driver of poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, but is now increasingly asked to contribute to reducing the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex, however, and not well informed by a strong and relevant evidence base.

This seminar presented results from an IFPRI-led project - “Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA)” - designed to advance this evidence base and address strategic policy questions on how agricultural policies can help improve human nutrition.

Closing Remarks Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

The agricultural sector has long been viewed as a major driver of poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, but is now increasingly asked to contribute to reducing the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex, however, and not well informed by a strong and relevant evidence base.

This seminar presented results from an IFPRI-led project - “Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA)” - designed to advance this evidence base and address strategic policy questions on how agricultural policies can help improve human nutrition.

Panelist • Leslie K. Elder, Senior Nutrition Specialist, Global Financing Facility, World Bank Group

The agricultural sector has long been viewed as a major driver of poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, but is now increasingly asked to contribute to reducing the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex, however, and not well informed by a strong and relevant evidence base.

This seminar presented results from an IFPRI-led project - “Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA)” - designed to advance this evidence base and address strategic policy questions on how agricultural policies can help improve human nutrition.

Panelist William A. Masters, Professor, Tufts University

The agricultural sector has long been viewed as a major driver of poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, but is now increasingly asked to contribute to reducing the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex, however, and not well informed by a strong and relevant evidence base.

This seminar presented results from an IFPRI-led project - “Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA)” - designed to advance this evidence base and address strategic policy questions on how agricultural policies can help improve human nutrition.

Panelist James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Advancing Research (and Policy) on Nutrition and Agric. – 2/22/2018 - Heady

The agricultural sector has long been viewed as a major driver of poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, but is now increasingly asked to contribute to reducing the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex, however, and not well informed by a strong and relevant evidence base.

This seminar presented results from an IFPRI-led project - “Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA)” - designed to advance this evidence base and address strategic policy questions on how agricultural policies can help improve human nutrition.

Speaker

Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The agricultural sector has long been viewed as a major driver of poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, but is now increasingly asked to contribute to reducing the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex, however, and not well informed by a strong and relevant evidence base.

This seminar presented results from an IFPRI-led project - “Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA)” - designed to advance this evidence base and address strategic policy questions on how agricultural policies can help improve human nutrition.

Welcome Remarks: Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

What should we expect from Argentina’s G20 presidency? This roundtable event will highlight the challenges and expectations for 2018, focusing on trade, food security, and sustainable agriculture. Participants will look at the new presidency’s priorities, the outcomes of the Think20 (T20) inception workshop, and the lessons learned from the German presidency.

Argentine president Mauricio Macri has said that his country will place development, fairness, and sustainability at the forefront of the G20 agenda. As reflected in this year’s theme, “Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development,” Argentina’s presidency is aiming to build consensus among the world’s major powers for fair and sustainable development to help generate equal opportunities for all people and advance efforts to eradicate poverty.

To that end, the T20 task force on food security and sustainable agriculture is working to identify themes and ideas that could improve sustainable food production systems and enhance food security and nutrition. The task force is also investigating which agricultural practices best support sustainable management of natural resources.

Speakers

• Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head, Latin American and Caribbean Program , IFPRI • Astrid Jakobs de Padua, Minister Counselor, Food and Agriculture, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany--Washington • David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI • Agustín Tejeda Rodriguez, Chief Economist, Buenos Aires Grain Exchange • Maximo Torero, Executive Director for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, World Bank Group

Moderator

Valeria Pineiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Investment for Nutrition - Feb 8, 2018 - Rachel Nugent

This event aimed to raise attention to the many entry points the food systems offers as well as the numerous opportunities for investments to positively impact nutrition. The UN General Assembly declared 2016-2025 the Decade of Action on Nutrition and called on all actors to join forces to improve nutrition and eliminate all forms of malnutrition.

The policy seminar focused on the discussion about how investments can be best nudged to improve nutrition:

Healthy food system investments tailored to specific contexts
Nutrition sensitive agricultural investments

Speaker: • Rachel Nugent, Vice President, Global NCD Initiative, Research Triangle Institute International

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Investment for Nutrition - Feb 8, 2018 - Preeti Ahuja

This event aimed to raise attention to the many entry points the food systems offers as well as the numerous opportunities for investments to positively impact nutrition. The UN General Assembly declared 2016-2025 the Decade of Action on Nutrition and called on all actors to join forces to improve nutrition and eliminate all forms of malnutrition.

The policy seminar focused on the discussion about how investments can be best nudged to improve nutrition:

Healthy food system investments tailored to specific contexts
Nutrition sensitive agricultural investments

Speaker: • Preeti Ahuja, Practice Manager for Agriculture in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, World Bank

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Investment for Nutrition - Feb 8, 2018 - Stineke Oenema

This event aimed to raise attention to the many entry points the food systems offers as well as the numerous opportunities for investments to positively impact nutrition. The UN General Assembly declared 2016-2025 the Decade of Action on Nutrition and called on all actors to join forces to improve nutrition and eliminate all forms of malnutrition.

The policy seminar focused on the discussion about how investments can be best nudged to improve nutrition:

Healthy food system investments tailored to specific contexts
Nutrition sensitive agricultural investments

Speaker: • Stineke Oenema, United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) Coordinator

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Investment for Nutrition - Feb 8, 2018 - Marie Ruel

This event aimed to raise attention to the many entry points the food systems offers as well as the numerous opportunities for investments to positively impact nutrition. The UN General Assembly declared 2016-2025 the Decade of Action on Nutrition and called on all actors to join forces to improve nutrition and eliminate all forms of malnutrition.

The policy seminar focused on the discussion about how investments can be best nudged to improve nutrition:

Healthy food system investments tailored to specific contexts
Nutrition sensitive agricultural investments

Speaker: • Marie Ruel, Division Director, Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Investment for Nutrition - Feb 8, 2018 - David Laborde

This event aimed to raise attention to the many entry points the food systems offers as well as the numerous opportunities for investments to positively impact nutrition. The UN General Assembly declared 2016-2025 the Decade of Action on Nutrition and called on all actors to join forces to improve nutrition and eliminate all forms of malnutrition.

The policy seminar focused on the discussion about how investments can be best nudged to improve nutrition:

Healthy food system investments tailored to specific contexts
Nutrition sensitive agricultural investments

Speaker: David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation (Book Launch) - February 6, 2018

Dr. John Mellor shares his thoughts on what is needed to accelerate agricultural growth and poverty reduction.

Book launch: Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation: Promoting Growth with Poverty Reduction

This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative agricultural growth rates and land tenure systems, and impact on cereal consumption and food security.

The book provides detailed analysis of each element of agricultural modernization, emphasizing the central role of government in accelerated growth in private sector dominated agriculture. The book differs from the bulk of current conventional wisdom in its placement of the non-poor small commercial farmer at the center of growth, and explains how growth translates into poverty reduction. It is a follow up to Mellor’s classic, prize-winning text, The Economics of Agricultural Development.

Speaker: Dr. John Mellor, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University and President, John Mellor Associates

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) presents a two-part podcast exploring what it means to take a global perspective on food systems, and how this is changing the way we look at hunger and malnutrition.

Interviewees: • Dr. Namukolo Covic of the International Food Policy Research Institute and Dr. Ruerd Ruben of Wageningen University in The Netherlands

Credits:

Producers • Melissa Cooperman • Janet Hodur

Editor: • Melissa Cooperman

Music: • Vittoro by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) presents a two-part podcast exploring what it means to take a global perspective on food systems, and how this is changing the way we look at hunger and malnutrition.

Interviewees: • Dr. Namukolo Covic of the International Food Policy Research Institute and Dr. Ruerd Ruben of Wageningen University in The Netherlands

Credits:

Producers: • Melissa Cooperman • Janet Hodur

Editor: • Melissa Cooperman

Music: • Vittoro by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)

IFPRI/UM Podcast Series on Ending Hunger and Malnutrition: (Episode 11) Just 12 spoons of sugar

The stranger-than-fiction tale of how Mexico took the first step in tackling its skyrocketing obesity rates—complete with political intrigue and run-ins with mega corporations.

Interviewee: • Elisabeth Donaldson, Social Scientist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Credits:

Interviewer: • Natalie Manitius

Producers: • Natalie Manitius • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

An intriguing experiment: what works better for improving kids’ nutrition in poor countries? Food, cold hard cash, or something else? Researchers in Bangladesh may have just discovered the answer. And it may surprise you.

Interviewee: • Akhter Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Credits:

Interviewer: • Isa Kujawski

Producers: • Nosheen Hayat • Isa Kujawski • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

Soil and water are essential for agriculture. But what if they’re not? We learn about a startup that is using modular hydroponics to address food insecurity in underserved, remote areas around the world.

Interviewee: • Corey Ellis, Co-founder and CEO, The Growcer

Credits:

Interviewer: • Isa Kujawski

Producers: • Nosheen Hayat • Isa Kujawski • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

Big agriculture is getting, well, bigger. Thanks to recent mergers, 60 percent of the world’s seed supply and 70 percent of its agricultural chemicals could soon be controlled by just three companies. We learn about big farmers, small farmers, and everyone in between.

Interviewee: • Danielle Nierenberg, Co-founder and President, Food Tank

Credits:

Interviewer: • Rina Hisamatsu

Producers: • Natalie Manitius • Rina Hisamatsu • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

How do you get extra boosts of vitamin A, iron, or zinc to 20 million people, without a pill? It’s called biofortification, and the scientists behind it just won the World Food Prize. We talk with one of them about how biofortification could soon feed 1 billion people.

Interviewee: • Howdy Bouis, Founder, HarvestPlus and 2016 World Food Prize Laureate

Credits:

Interviewer: • Hollie Kicinski

Producers: • Grace Heymsfield • Hollie Kicinski • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

China’s economic growth during the past few decades has been stunning, pulling half of its undernourished citizens out of poverty and hunger. But what about the remaining 150 million people living in the countryside? We find out what the future holds for them.

Interviewee: • Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Credits:

Interviewer: • Bella Herold

Producers: • Erika Shaver • Bella Herold • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

The year is 2002. Malawi is experiencing widespread hunger, and hundreds of thousands of children are malnourished. The country’s solution? Instead of taking kids to faraway health clinics, bring the treatment to them.

Interviewee: • Regine Kopplow, Senior Nutrition and Food Security Adviser, Concern Worldwide • Meghan Anson, Nutrition Advocacy Officer, Concern Worldwide

Credits:

Interviewer: • Grace Heymsfield

Producers: • Rina Hisamatsu • Grace Heymsfield • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

The planet is heating up, but what does climate change mean for our world’s food? We talk to a leading researcher who has bad news about what rising levels of carbon dioxide are doing to the nutrients in our most important crops.

Interviewee: • Sam Myers, Senior Research Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health and Director, Planetary Health Alliance

Credits:

Interviewer: • Erika Shaver

Producers: • Nathalie Lambrecht • Erika Shaver • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

For good and bad, private companies play a huge role in determining our nutrition and health, and they are teaming up more and more with governments. Is this a silver bullet to global malnutrition or a terrible development? We ponder the answer as we explore the world of public-private partnerships.

Interviewee: • Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN

Interviewer: • Nosheen Hayat

Producers: • Hollie Kicinski • Nosheen Hayat • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

Women play a huge role in producing our world’s food but are still marginalized in many countries. We find out how to create opportunities for women and girls in agriculture. One solution? Keep them in school.

Interviewee: • Catherine Bertini, Professor, Syracuse University and 2003 World Food Prize Laureate

Credits:

Interviewer: • Nathalie Lambrecht

Producers: • Bella Herold • Nathalie Lambrecht • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

Entomophagy is the practice of eating insects. We talk to a scientist from Ghana who has one mission: to put edible insects on every dining table around the world in the next 10 years.

Interviewee: • Jacob Anankware, Post-doctoral Scholar in environmental sciences and Founder and CEO, AnePaare Farms.

Credits:

Interviewer: • Isa Kujawski

Producers: • Isa Kujawski • Andrew Jones • Zak Rosen • Sivan Yosef (executive producer)

Editor: • Zak Rosen

Music: • Free Music Archive

Can we really rid the world of hunger and malnutrition in under a decade? This podcast series reports on the successes that can get us there, like how one country recruited communities to locally treat child malnutrition or biofortification’s road to reaching 20 million people with healthy crops. It also explores exciting ideas, like putting insects on every dining room table or keeping every girl in school. Together, the episodes tell the story of how small and large movements—and everyday people—can help us achieve a food- and nutrition-secure world.

Presentation by Margaret McMillan, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Professor of Economics, Tufts University, at the IFPRI Book Launch, "Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth: A Framework and Case Studies", held May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC.

About the book: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/structural-change-fundamentals-and-growth-framework-and-case-studies

Presentation by Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University at the IFPRI Book Launch, " Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth: A Framework and Case Studies", held May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC.

About the book: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/structural-change-fundamentals-and-growth-framework-and-case-studies