Events
Understanding the New Dynamics of Agrifood Trade, Perspectives by Pascal Lamy
Hybrid Event: May 30, 2024 at 2:30pm-4:00pm EDT. Please join us for a lecture by IFPRI Board Chair Pascal Lamy, a foremost expert in international trade matters, who served as the European Union’s Trade Commissioner and as the World Trade Organization’s Director General. The lecture will be followed by comments from a panel of international trade experts and a Q&A session.
2024 Global Food Policy Report: Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take?
Hybrid Event: May 29, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets, presents evidence-based policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition.
What does climate change mean for the future of agriculture? Insights from the IMPACT modeling system
Virtual Event: May 15, 2024 at 10:00am-11:00am EDT. This webinar, the first in the series, will focus on how IMPACT can be used to analyze how climate impacts on agrifood systems (and particularly crop productivity) may vary both across locations and over time in the coming decades, and how that can inform decisions about policies and investment today.
Globalization of the Bioeconomy: Recent Trends and Drivers of Bioeconomy Programs and Policies
Hybrid Event: May 7, 2024 at 9:00am-10:30am EDT. Please join us at IFPRI (in-person or online) for an exciting seminar on the globalization of the bioeconomy.
Sudan at a Crossroads: Food Systems, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid During Civil Conflict
Hybrid Event: May 2, 2024 at 10:00am-11:30am EDT. This IFPRI policy seminar will reflect on urgent data, analytical, and policy needs to mitigate food insecurity and revitalize food systems in Sudan. This event will bring together researchers from IFPRI’s Sudan country program, conflict analysts, humanitarian donors, and country experts in a hybrid format.
The Latest Innovations in Global Crop Mapping
Webinar: April 29, 2024 - 10:00 AM- 11:00 AM EDT. Join this webinar to hear from experts from IFPRI, the Bezos Earth Fund, Land & Carbon Lab and partners as they discuss the importance of transforming global food systems and the role that geospatial monitoring can play in this.
Dairy and Nutrition in the Global South: Potential, Progress, and Obstacles Ahead
Virtual Event: April 24, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. This policy seminar examines the potential of dairy development to improve nutrition outcomes, focusing on dairy’s sizable potential for reducing child stunting and other forms of malnutrition, and how dairy systems are being developed to help meet this potential.
Nourish the Dialogue: Investing in nutrition and diets as significant determinants of health
Hybrid Special Event: April 19, 2024 - 11:30 PM- 12:30 PM EDT. This special event will convene nutrition and climate experts to discuss the vital role of healthy diets; showcase a suite of proven solutions across the agrifood value chain for improving diets in low- and middle-income countries; and examine how best to scale these solutions so that everyone can reap the benefits of sustainable healthy diets.
Deepening Social Protection Systems: Enhancing livelihoods and health in Ethiopia
Hybrid Event: April 17, 2024 at 10:30am-12:00pm EDT. This event will present findings from a randomized controlled trial of Strengthening PSNP Institutions and Resilience (SPIR), a graduation model program embedded within the PSNP that is led by World Vision, in collaboration with CARE and ORDA, and with support from the Ethiopian government and USAID.
High-Level Partners Roundtable: Keys to strengthening institutions and investments in climate-smart agri-food systems to improve smallholder livelihoods in Africa
In-Person Special Event: April 9, 2024 - 4:30 PM- 6:00 PM EDT. In this roundtable, speakers will reflect on the broader context of food systems transformation, emphasizing the importance of partnerships, learning, and actionable insights in addressing food insecurity and climate resilience in Africa.
5th Global Food Security Conference
Conference: April 9-12, 2024 - 7:30 AM- 6:00 PM CET. Building on the momentum from the UN Food System Summit and recognizing that the 2030 target year of the Sustainable Development Goals is on the horizon, this 5th Global Food Security Conference will bring together science, business, and policy to address this need.
Post COP28 Priorities for Advancing Food Systems Transformation
Virtual Event: March 27, 2024 - 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM EDT. This virtual event will take stock of food systems–related outcomes from COP28 and outline priorities for advancing them at both the international and country level in a concrete and meaningful manner.
2023 PNG Rural Household Survey: Report Launch
In-person Event: March 7, 2024 - 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM GMT+10. This seminar will provide results of the rural household survey and discuss opportunities for promoting agricultural transformation for economic growth and food security in PNG.
Global Food 50/50 Launch Event
Virtual Event: March 7, 2024 at 9:00am-10:30am EST. This launch event seminar will present key findings from the report and explore how this new accountability mechanism can empower a broader movement to demand more equitable and inclusive organizations across the global food system.
Agricultural Innovation for Food Security in the Context of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
Seminar: March 7, 2024 - 08:00 AM to 09:00 AM EST. IFPRI is participating 2024 Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the IDB.
Navigating Sudan’s Conflict: Research Insights and Policy Implications
Hybrid Event: March 5, 2024 at 8:00am-6:00pm EAT / 12:00am - 10:00am EST. IFPRI and UNDP have partnered for this event on wide-ranging and in-depth analysis to better understand the socioeconomic impact of the war in Sudan, and to inform policy and programmatic recommendations.
Reforming Agricultural Policies and Farm Support to Advance Sustainable Food System Transformation
Virtual Event: February 29, 2024 - 9:00 AM- 10:45 AM EST. The seminar will present available evidence on promising technological innovations from CGIAR and elsewhere, identify associated tradeoffs, and examine how policies can shape greater uptake of such innovations.
Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies
Webinar: February 28, 2024 - 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST. IFPRI is participating in the "Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies" webinar.
Introducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
Virtual Event: February 22, 2024 at 9:00am-10:30am EST. This event will present the WEMNS metric, review the development of the tool, and discuss its use to advance women’s empowerment. A panel of stakeholders from government and national statistical offices and from multilateral organizations will discuss the potential of WEMNS for promoting and monitoring women’s empowerment as part of national statistical surveys.