external events

The SUN Movement Lead Group has the overall responsibility for the Movements progress towards achieving its objectives. They ensure the alignment of all actors with the Movements Principles of Engagement and aim to preserve the Movements unique country…

On September 12th, Homi Kharas, Interim Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution delivered the keynote address at IFPRI's annual staff retreat during which he explored the implications for policy research of t…

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 …

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 rapi…

IFPRI is participating in the annual interdisciplinary conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development (TROPENTAG). The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4…

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…

IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018 at the global and country levels. The specific focus of this year’s report is on the …

World Water Week is the annual focal point of water issues across the globe, organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).

This year, World Water Week (August 26-31) will address the theme “Water, ecosystems, and human development."

Discussants

• Ruth Meinzen-Dick, IFPRI
• Agnes Quisumbing, IFPRI
• Cheryl Doss, PIM/University of Oxford

Moderator

• Sophie Theis, IFPRI

For most rural households, land is the most valuable asset and the foundation for agricultural production. While a large li…

IFPRI staff are participating in the 2018 Annual Scientific Gender Conference and Capacity Development Workshop convened by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research taking place September 25-28 at the International Livestock Research Instit…

IFPRI is participating in the Think 20 Summit (T20), which takes place September 16-18, 2018 in Buenos Aires as part of the Engagement Group Track for the 2018 G20 Leaders' Summit.

The Engagement Group tracks comprise civil society organizations fro…

IFPRI will participate in the African Green Revolution Forum 2018 on September 5-8 at Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda.

First established in 2010, the AGRF is considered the world's most important and impactful forum for African agriculture, pulling …

IFPRI is participating in the SDG Conference "Towards Zero Hunger - Partnerships for Impact" which takes place on August 30-31,2018 at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The conference brings together key stakeholders to discuss their views and …

Keynote Speaker

• Barry M. Popkin, W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Chair

• Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator

• Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFP…

IFPRI will participate in the 2018 AAEA meeting. The AAEA  addresses agricultural economics, international and rural development, and more.

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 also reduce the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrit…

Rural Transformation refers to the change (usually as part of an economy-wide process of structural transformation) of rural areas that are poor and largely based on agriculture to more diversified and prosperous ones. Countries undergoing the process …

IFPRI-ESSP is co-organizing the 16th annual conference of the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA), which will take place at EEA's conference hall from July 19-22, 2018. 

ESSP has organized four sessions in the conference including the launch of its b…

IFPRI is participating extensively in the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) 30th Conference of Agricultural Economists.

The (IAAE) is a worldwide association of agricultural economists and others concerned with agricultural ec…

IFPRI's Director General, Shenggen Fan, gave a statement (A Sustainable Food Future for Human and Planetary Health) at the upcoming 'Group of Twenty (G20)' Agricultural Ministerial Meeting --a leading forum of the world's major economies that seeks to …