Middle East and North Africa Discussion of IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report: Climate Change & Food Systems

The 2022 Global Food Policy Report on Climate Change and Food Systems highlights the urgency of tackling adaptation and mitigation in our food systems to achieve food and nutrition security, sustainability, and other global development goals. The report showcases policy priorities that can — and should — be implemented now.  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.

Welcome Notes

• Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow and MENA Regional Program Leader, IFPRI
• Aly Abousabaa, Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and CGIAR Regional Director for CWANA
• Ibrahim Adam El Dukheri, Director General, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)
• Mervyn Farroe, Mission Director, United State Agency for International Development (USAID)

Session Moderator: Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Presentation of Key Findings of the 2022 GFPR

Global Perspective

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

Regional (MENA) Perspective

• Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Sudan Strategy Support Program, IFPRI     

Session Moderator: Ali Musa, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)

Moderated Panel Discussion

• Babagana Ahamdu, Representative in Sudan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Abdelmoneim Taha, Director General, Agricultural Research Council (ARC) – Sudan
• Jawhara Kanu, Founding Director, The Sudanese Women Economists Association
• Fadia Khalil, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Khartoum

Session Moderator: Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow and MENA Regional Program Leader, IFPRI

Questions and Answers

Session Moderator: Mustapha EL Hamzaoui, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (TBC)

Closing Remarks

• Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Sudan Strategy Support Program, IFPRI

Session Moderator: Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Event Curator

• Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Moderators

• Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Sudan Strategy Support Program, IFPRI
• Ali Musa, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)