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All seminars and workshops are held at IFPRI unless otherwise specified. See address and map

• June 18, 2008 - Policy Seminar
  Nanotechnology, Food, Agriculture and Development
  Presented by Mihail Roco (National Science Foundation), Hongda Chen (USDA/CSREES), and Guillaume Gruere (IFPRI)
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
• June 17, 2008 - IFPRI/IFAD/World Bank Seminar
  Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Crisis: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
  Presented by Cheryl Morden (IFAD), Harold Alderman (World Bank) Agnes Quisumbing (IFPRI), and Michael Usnick (WFP)
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
• June 10, 2008 - Policy Seminar
  Rural Roads and Local Market Development: Impact Evaluation Approaches, Findings from Vietnam, and Policy Issues
  Presented by Dominique van de Walle (World Bank) and Shenggen Fan (IFPRI)
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
• May 28, 2008 - Policy Seminar
  High Food Prices: The What, Who and How of Proposed Policy Actions
  Presented by Joachim von Braun, Mark Rosegrant, Maximo Torero, and John Hoddinott
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
• May 20, 2008 - NSSP Stakeholder Workshop
  Developing Evidence for Agricultural and Rural Development Policies and Strategies in Nigeria
  Abuja, Nigeria
• May 8, 2008 - EPTD/PBS Forum
  Biotechnology and Biosafety in Developing Countries
  Presented by Mark Rosegrant, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Guillaume Gruere, Greg Jaffe, and Regina Birner
  9:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
• May 1, 2008 - IFPRI/ICTSD/IPC Seminar
  Taking Stock of the Doha Round Agricultural Negotiations: Where are we and what does it really mean for the US?
  Featuring: Representative Ron Kind (invited); Former Representative Cal Dooley; Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Carl Hausmann, Bunge North America; J.B. Penn, John Deere & Co.
  Rayburn House Office Building B-318
  3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
• April 24, 2008 - Publications Review Seminar
  Measuring the Impacts of Transgenic Crops in Developing Agriculture during the First Decade
  Presented by Melinda Smale, José Falck-Zepeda, Guillaume Gruère, Indira Yerramareddy, and Patricia Zambrano
  12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
• March 24, 2008 - Policy Seminar
  Starved for Science - How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa
  Presented by Robert Paarlberg (Wellesley College and Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University) Chair: Mark Rosegrant (IFPRI). Commentator: Eija Pehu (World Bank)
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
• February 29, 2008 - Policy Seminar
  Agricultural Growth and Rural Development in Africa: Context and Prospects
  Presented by Hans Binswanger-Mkhize (Tshwane University of Technology). Chair: Joachim von Braun (IFPRI), Commentator: Nalini Kumar (World Bank)
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
• February 25, 2008 - Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
  Controversies in Reducing Undernutrition: A debate on the Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition
  Debate with Jean-Pierre Habicht (Cornell University), Marcia Griffiths (The Manoff Group), Julian Schweitzer (The World Bank)
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
• February 12, 2008 - Panel Discussion
  Rising Food Prices: Implications and Consequences
  Panel Discussion with Joachim von Braun (IFPRI), Jonathan Dworken (USAID), Daniel Gustafson (FAO), Charlotte Hebebrand (International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council)
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.