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2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative Director General's Office
R.Pandya-Lorch@cgiar.org

Rajul Pandya-Lorch, a Kenyan citizen of Indian origin, is head of IFPRI's 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative, a global initiative that seeks to identify solutions for meeting world food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. She concurrently serves as Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office.

Before taking her current position, Pandya-Lorch was special assistant to IFPRI's former director general, Per Pinstrup-Andersen. An IFPRI staff member since 1987, she has focused her research on trends in and prospects for global food security and on policies to alleviate and prevent food insecurity and poverty, with particular emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa. She has facilitated three major international policy consultations and conferences on (1) "Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People," in Beijing, China on October 17-19, 2007; (2) "Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020", in Kampala, Uganda on April 1-3, 2004; and (3) "Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020", in Bonn, Germany on September 4-6, 2001.

In recognition of her achievements, the American Agricultural Economics Association presented Pandya-Lorch, along with Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Mark Rosegrant, with its 2002 award for Distinguished Policy Contribution. Pandya-Lorch earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Wellesley College and a master's degree in public and international affairs from Princeton University.

• 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment

• Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People: Synopsis of an International Consultation
  Joachim von Braun, Rajul Pandya-Lorch. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 2007.
• Food Policy for the Poor: Expanding the Research Frontiers (Highlights from 30 years of IFPRI Research)
  Joachim von Braun, Rajul Pandya-Lorch (eds). Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 2005.
• New Risks and Opportunities for Food Security: Scenario Analyses for 2015 and 2050
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Joachim von Braun, Mark W. Rosegrant, Marc J. Cohen, Sarah A. Cline, Mary Ashby Brown, and Maria Soledad Bos. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 2005.
  (PDF 211K)
• Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020: Proceedings of an All-Africa Conference
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch, April 1-3, 2004, Kampala, Uganda. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 2004.
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• Six Billion and Counting: Population and Food Security in the 21st Century
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Klaus M. Leisinger, Karin M. Schmitt. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 2001.
• The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch and Per Pinstrup-Andersen. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 2001.
• World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Mark W. Rosegrant. 2020 Food Policy Report. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 1999.
  (PDF 717K)
• Food Security and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: A 2020 Vision
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch and Per Pinstrup-Andersen. Ecological Economics Volume 26,1998.
• Alleviating Poverty, Intensifying Agriculture, and Effectively Managing Natural Resources
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch and Per Pinstrup-Andersen. 2020 Discussion Paper 1. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 1994.
• Aid to Agriculture: Reversing the Decline
  Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Joachim von Braun, Raymond F. Hopkins, and Detlev Puetz. Food Policy Report. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 1993.

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