IFPRI, in partnership with AUC, is convening the 2016 ReSAKSS Annual Conference to promote review and dialogue on the CAADP implementation agenda among policymakers, development partners, researchers, advocacy groups, farmers’ organizations, private sector, and other key stakeholders from within and outside Africa.
Global demand for pulses is rapidly increasing. Pulses are emerging as ‘future food’ in developed and many African countries. For South Asia region, pulses are traditionally important food commodities and cheap sources of protein. The region is now experiencing shortages of pulses and causing increase in imports. The challenge is to increase pulses production efficiently not only to meet the domestic requirement in the region but also supply for new consumers in developed and African countries. Celebrating the International Year of Pulses 2016, the two day conference is spread across the themes: Theme 1: Pulses production, consumption and environmental services Theme 2: Pulses prices and markets Theme 3: Policies and institutions Theme 4: Pulses for human health
Sustainable agricultural growth is critical to ensure food and nutrition security in a country like Nepal. Agriculture still contributes about one-third to the country’s GDP and provides direct livelihood to two-thirds of its population. However, the agriculture sector faces several challenges in Nepal, which includes low productivity, high instability, shocks due to climate change, lack of adequate infrastructure and investment. This conference is being organized to address the challenges and explore possible options for sustainable and accelerated agriculture growth.
The International Conference on Eurasian Food Security and Nutrition Network and Eurasian Soil Partnership will be held on February 29- March 2, 2016 in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and is jointly organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security…
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), the World Bank, and the CGIAR Research Programs on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) are…
The Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) provides an important forum for economic professionals, policymakers, businessmen, and various schools of interested observers to debate development…
Hosted by the World Food Center at the University of California, Davis and the International Food Policy Research Institute, the conference will address key issues on the global level down to the individual basin scale. It will analyze the extreme…
2015 ReSAKSS Annual Conference- Addis Ababa, September 1-3, 2015 Visit conference website
World Bank-IFPRI conference held June 15, 2015.
Transform Nutrition, IFPRI’s Ethiopia Strategy Support Program and POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India) are organising this one day conference in Addis Ababa. Bringing together national…