external events
Tackling Famine in the Twenty-First Century
Moderator:
- Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI (Video)
Speakers:
- David Beasley, Executive Director, U.N. World Food Programme (Video)
- Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI (Video)
- …
Taking It to Scale: Insights from IFPRI’s Research on Improving Nutrition Behaviors in Multiple Contexts
This seminar presents the key findings from the set of studies, shares insights on the policy and contextual relevance of the results, and discusses the factors that led to the Alive & Thrive successful long-term research partnership.
Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda
A meeting was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire April 4 and 5, 2017, co-hosted by IFPRI and AfricaRice, to strengthen linkages and forge stronger partnerships around new ideas, tools and technologies that contribute to developments in agricultural…
Food Security and Nutrition in an Urbanizing World
Hyper-urbanization and its implications for food security and nutrition in urban and rural areas is an urgent concern that has gained increasing attention over the years. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), SNV Netherlands…
Better Targeting Food Safety Investments in Low and Middle Income Countries
Recent work by the WHO shows the health burden of foodborne disease is comparable to that of malaria, HIV/AIDS or tuberculosis. To further expose and explore the massively under-estimated burden of foodborne disease and its likely causes, the CGIAR…
Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth: A Framework and Case Studies
Speakers:
- Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Presentation | Video)
- Margaret McMillan, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Professor of Economics, Tufts…
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