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G20 Ministers of Agriculture Must Focus on Smallholder Farmers to Achieve Food Security and Prevent Food Price Volatility

Press Statement Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) The first-ever official meeting of Ministers of Agriculture from G20 countries, to be held in Paris on June 22-23, presents an extraordinary ...
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G8, G20: A “Business as Unusual” Approach Must be Adopted

By Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) More information Halving Hunger IFPRI Food Policy Report Statement to Policymakers Global banking regulation, the European credit crisis, and sovereign debt ...
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IFPRI Launches Unique New Tool That Provides Early Warning of Extreme Price Variability

Washington D.C.— The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched the Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System today. This new tool measures excessive food price variability and is the only mechanism currently ...
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Moving from Rhetoric to Action: Priorities to Curtail Price Volatility & Protect the Poor

Press Statement by Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) June 23, 2011 — Paris, France Just three years after the 2007-2008 food crisis, the food security of poor and vulnerable people is ...