- 12:00-1:30 pmDate:August 12, 2008
The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Reform in India
The Case of Fertilizer Supply and Electricity Supply for Groundwater Irrigation
Presenter(s):Regina Birner, Surupa Gupta, and Neeru SharmaLocation:International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference FacilityAbstract
The seminar will analyze the political economy of two fields of agricultural policy in India: fertilizer supply and electricity supply for groundwater irrigation. Subsidizing fertilizer and electricity supply has been an important component of the policy interventions that launched the Green Revolution in India. The subsidies for these two inputs have become subject to increasing concerns regarding their distributional implications, their fiscal feasibility and the environmental problems they are associated with: imbalanced use of nutrients, and overuse of groundwater.
- Date:August 12, 2008 - August 14, 2008
Women in Agriculture in South Asia
IFPRI/Aga Khan Foundation Workshop
Location:New Delhi, India
Abstract
Throughout the South Asian region, women account for about 39 percent of the agricultural workforce, working as managers of land to agricultural laborers. The well-recognized low status of women in South Asia also has implications for women’s involvement in agriculture and the returns to women of their inputs into agriculture.
- 2:30-4:30pmDate:July 31, 2008
Global Alliance to Biofortify Food Staples to Improve Human Nutrition
Presenter(s):Howarth Bouis, Director, HarvestPlus Challenge ProgramLocation:Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Meeting Room 2 (1st Floor)Abstract
- 3:30-5:00 pmDate:July 16, 2008
Taking Charge of Development Through Locally Integrated Governance
The Case of the Rwenzori Region of Uganda
Presenter(s):Alex Ruhunda and John Lamb, KRCLocation:International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference FacilityAbstract
This presentation features an innovative initiative to improve governance for agricultural and allied development. The initiative, which is currently being piloted in the Rwenzori Region of Western Uganda, combines a set of coordinated local civil society interventions with best global corporate practices in improving development governance.
- 3:30-5:00 pmDate:June 18, 2008
Nanotechnology, Food, Agriculture and Development
Presenter(s):Mihail Roco, National Science Foundation, Hongda Chen, USDA/CSREES, and Guillaume Gruere, IFPRILocation:International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference FacilityAbstract
- 3:30-5:00 pmDate:June 17, 2008
Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Crisis
What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Presenter(s):Cheryl Morden, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Harold Alderman, World Bank; Agnes Quisumbing, IFPRI; Michael Usnick, World Food Programme (WFP)Location:International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference FacilityAbstract
- 3:30-5:00 pmDate:June 10, 2008
Rural Roads and Local Market Development
Impact Evaluation Approaches, Findings from Vietnam, and Policy Issues
Presenter(s):Dominique van de Walle, the World Bank and Shenggen Fan, IFPRILocation:International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference FacilityAbstract
A brief review of different methods for evaluating the impacts of rural road improvements will be followed by an assessment of the impacts of rural road rehabilitation on market development in rural Vietnam.
- 3:30-5:00 pmDate:May 28, 2008
High Food Prices
The What, Who and How of Proposed Policy Actions
Presenter(s):Joachim von Braun, Mark Rosegrant, Maximo Torero, and John HoddinottLocation:International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference FacilitySummary
Joachim von Braun, director general of IFPRI, launched the policy seminar by stating that both supply and demand factors are contributing to the current food price crisis. This crisis comes at a time when the world’s income distribution is more unequal than ever, and it compromises progress toward achieving the poverty and hunger Millennium Development Goals. In response to high food prices, von Braun noted that IFPRI has recommended two sets of policy actions. The first set is an emergency package that can yield immediate impact:
- 9:00am - 4:45pmDate:May 14, 2008
Agriculture, Development, and the Poor: Challenges, Stakes, Opportunities
An International Policy Dialogue Facilitated by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Location:Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium
Conference program and presentations are attached in PDF format.
- Date:April 7, 2008 - April 9, 2008
Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries through Knowledge and Innovation
International Conference
Location:Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Development in Sub-Saharan Africa is often perceived as being blocked by issues of inappropriate agricultural technologies, immense institutional constraints, and deep problems with the organization and management of agricultural systems. In spite of this, there are many examples of technological, institutional, and organizational innovations that are transforming agriculture and leading to growth and development. However, many countries and agricultural systems remain mired in under-development, and face major barriers to the use of knowledge and innovation for development.
