Full report Synopsis [in Chinese] 2016 GFPR Chapter 2 [in Chinese] Map and data widget Speakers: Shenggen Fan, director general, IFPRI (Presentation: English | 中文) Katrin Park, director of the communications & knowledge management division, IFPRI…
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.
Event page on Egypt Strategy Support Program website Full report Synopsis [in Arabic] Press release Map and data widget Speaker: Clemens Breisinger, Country Program Leader, IFPRI Egypt Panelists: Sherine Al-Shawarby, Professor and Vice Dean for…
Speakers: John C. Keyser, senior agriculture trade economist, the World Bank (Video | Presentation) Saharah Moon Chapotin, deputy assistant to the administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security (Video | Presentation) Ido Verhagen, executive director,…
Speakers: Shenggen Fan, director general, IFPRI Samuel Gayi, head, special unit on commodities, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Steve Godfrey, acting director general, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Lee Ann Jackson, counsellor, agriculture and commodities division, World Trade Organization (WTO) Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, chief executive officer, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Speakers: John Antle, professor of agricultural economics at Oregon State University, and AgMIP co-principal investigator. (Video | Presentation) Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, senior research scientist and lead of climate impacts at NASA Goddard Institute…
Speakers: John Coonrod, executive vice president of The Hunger Project Pierre Ferrari, president, Heifer International Nancy Lee, deputy chief executive office, Millennium Challenge Corporation Tewodaj Mogues, senior research fellow, IFPRI Nancy E. Wilson, chief executive officer, Relief International Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, head 2020 vision initiative and chief of staff, IFPRI
GCARD3 (2015-2016) is the third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development. Organized by the Global Forum on Agriculture Research (GFAR) and CGIAR, GCARD is a global conversation between the research community and civil society on the…
Speakers: Shenggen Fan, director general, IFPRI Janet Ranganathan, vice president for science and research, World Resources Institute (WRI) Maximo Torero, director of markets, trade and institutitions division, IFPRI Juergen Voegele, senior director, agriculture, The World Bank Beth Dunford, assistant to the administrator, deputy coordinator for development for Feed the Future