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Sep 5, 2019 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EDT Yemen Policy Seminar Nutrition Conflict and Migration Impacts of Cash Transfers on Preventing Malnutrition in Yemen

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 will review t…

Sep 19, 2019 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EDT Policy Seminar Climate Change Environment and Natural Resources Gender Agriculture Production Resilience Agricultural Extension Adapting to New Climate Realities: Doing More, Better, and New

The Global Commission on Adaptation 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…

Aug 27, 2019 - 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm JST Japan Conference Meeting the SDGs Nutrition Health Globalization Food Security Science, Technology, and Innovation Food loss and waste The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7)

IFPRI is organizing a side-event at TICAD7 entitled, "Are Japanese Advanced Technologies and Know-How Effective for Addressing Food and Nutrition Challenges in Africa".

The event will discuss how effective Japanese advanced technologies and know-how ar…

Aug 7, 2019 - 11:00 am EDT to Aug 28, 2019 - 11:30 am EDT Kenya Liberia Nigeria Uganda India Ghana Ethiopia Guatemala Special Event Research Divisions Inside Track with IFPRI

Join us each week in August for a summer conversation series where IFPRI researchers share stories on getting started, current research, and how they hope to contribute to a sustainable future.

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 

• Angga Pradesha, Senior Research…

Jul 18, 2019 - 08:30 am GMT to Jul 19, 2019 - 05:00 pm GMT Conference Gender Science, Technology, and Innovation Global Forum on Women in Scientific Research

IFPRI is participating in the Global Forum on Women in Scientific Research (GoFoWiSeR). 

With ongoing concern about the low numbers of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and in the wake of the #MeToo movement, there is a…

Jul 23, 2019 - 09:00 am to 12:00 pm +06 Bangladesh Seminar Food Safety Agriculture Production Nutrition Meeting the SDGs Poverty Health Gender Changes of selected indicators from 2011/12 baseline to 2018/19 endline for the Feed the Future (FTF) Zone of Influence in Bangladesh

On July 23, 2019, the Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are co-organizing an interactive review of changes of selected indicators from 2011/12 baseline to 2018/19 end…

Jul 12, 2019 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am GMT Rwanda Webinar Agricultural Extension Agriculture Production How is Rwanda Transforming its Agriculture Thanks to Mechanization?

The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s report, "Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains" shows what can be done to sustainably mechanize African agriculture to increase production and enhance value addition across value chain segments. The r…

Jul 9, 2019 - 09:00 am EDT to Jul 18, 2019 - 06:00 pm EDT Conference Globalization Climate Change Nutrition Health Environment and Natural Resources Meeting the SDGs High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

IFPRI is participating in the 2019 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sust…

Jun 12, 2019 - 09:00 am to 12:30 pm +10 Papua New Guinea Workshop Agricultural Extension Agriculture Production Nutrition Health Poverty Resilience Linkages of Agriculture, Nutrition and Economic Development

Approximately 80 percent of the population in PNG is semi-dependent on subsistence agriculture, however limited economic analysis exists to inform policy priorities aimed at sustainable growth and poverty reduction in rural areas. Renewed efforts to in…

Jul 17, 2019 - 01:15 pm to 05:15 pm EDT Conference Water Policy Resilience Nutrition Agricultural Extension Agriculture Production Environment and Natural Resources Science, Technology, and Innovation Addressing Water Variability and Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Research

The Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the ILSI Research Foundation are co-organizing the symposium Addressing Water Variability and Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Research at IF…

Jul 18, 2019 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EDT Special Event Meeting the SDGs Poverty Nutrition Health Globalization Discussion on the Key Findings of FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report

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 hu…

May 28, 2019 - 09:00 am to 02:00 pm CST China Policy Seminar Food Security Globalization Nutrition Investment Requirements to Achieve Food Security in Asia and the Pacific in 2030

Session 1. Opening Session and Research Presentations
Chair

• Mark Rosegrant, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI

Opening/Welcome Remarks

• Akmal Siddiq, Chief of Rural Development and Food Security (Agriculture), Thematic Group: Sustainable Development and Cli…

Jul 2, 2019 - 10:00 am to 11:00 am EDT Ethiopia Malawi Mozambique Nigeria Webinar Environment and Natural Resources Governance Agriculture Production Land Tenure and Perceived Tenure Security in the Era of Social and Economic Transformation in Africa

Access to land and land tenure security are increasingly important for young people in Africa where population pressure has reduced the land frontier.

In this webinar, we will discuss findings from a recent set of studies in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambiq…

Jul 17, 2019 - 09:00 am to 01:00 pm EDT Special Event Food Security Food loss and waste Nutrition Health Globalization Meeting the SDGs How to Feed the World Without Destroying It

IFPRI's Director General is participating in the event, "How to Feed the World Without Destroying It" on the World Resources Report: Creating a Sustainable Food Future.

By 2050, nearly 10 billion people will live on the planet. Can we produce enough fo…

Jul 10, 2019 - 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm EDT Bangladesh Policy Seminar Nutrition Poverty Food Security The Forced Exile of Rohingyas into Bangladesh: Economic and Nutritional Outcomes and Future Policy Options

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 secur…

Jul 1, 2019 - 01:30 pm -05 to Jul 5, 2019 - 05:00 pm -05 Peru India Brazil Canada Cote D'Ivoire Mexico Indonesia Japan Argentina Tanzania China Nepal Guatemala Uruguay Malawi Colombia Uganda Nicaragua Ecuador Democratic People's Republic of Korea Ghana Myanmar Bhutan Chile Bolivia Burkina Faso Namibia Pakistan Iran Argentina Bangladesh Conference Globalization Environment and Natural Resources Climate Change Gender XVII Biennial IASC Conference

IFPRI is participating in the XVII Biennial IASC conference, "In Defense of the Commons: Challenges, Innovation, and Action.  The conference will bring together experiences and lessons from around the world to reflect on the multiple ways in which diff…

Jun 25, 2019 - 08:00 am to 06:00 pm CAT Special Event Agriculture Production Nutrition Science, Technology, and Innovation The Malabo Montpellier Forum

The 2019 Malabo Montpellier (MaMo) Forum will focus on Digitalization in African agriculture and is supported by a technical report analyzing the experience of African countries, which are at the forefront of the application of digital innovations in t…

Jun 17, 2019 - 09:00 am +07 to Jun 18, 2019 - 05:00 pm +07 Policy Roundtable Food Security Nutrition Globalization Meeting the SDGs Science, Technology, and Innovation High Impact and Underrepresented Nutrition Sensitive Food Systems in South Asia

IFPRI is participating in a roundtable discussion hosted by South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI).

The roundtable will draw on the latest evidence and experience from current nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific programs, wh…

Jun 18, 2019 - 11:00 am to 02:00 pm EEST Global Food Policy Report Globalization Food Security Nutrition Health Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon & Soft Launch of WBG’s DigitalAG4MENA

The Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report

Welcoming Remarks

• Rabi H. Mohtar, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)
• Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Constantin Salameh, Senior Coa…

Jun 12, 2019 - 02:15 pm CEST to Jun 13, 2019 - 02:15 pm CEST Special Event Globalization Meeting the SDGs Nutrition EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019

IFPRI is participating in the 2019 EAT Stockholm Food Forum.

The forum will explore a range of solutions available for achieving healthy and sustainable diets for a growing global population. It will confront some of the hard questions head on, such as…