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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Danielle Resnick

Danielle Resnick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit and a Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on the political economy of agricultural policy and food systems, governance, and democratization, drawing on extensive fieldwork and policy engagement across Africa and South Asia.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

South-South Knowledge Sharing on Agricultural Mechanization

Hilton Hotel

Menelik II Ave

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

October 31 to November 1, 2017

  • 9:00 – 5:30 pm (Africa/Addis_Ababa)
  • 2:00 – 10:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 11:30 – 8:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

 IFPRICIMMYT and the Ethiopian Agricultural Mechanization Forum are jointly organizing the conference on “South-South Knowledge Sharing on Agricultural Mechanization”, which will bring together national and international researchers, policy makers, donors and implementers to exchange experiences and promote cross-country learning on agricultural mechanization.

The conference will address experiences on agricultural mechanization in twelve countries in Asia and Africa (Bangladesh, India, China, Ethiopia, Sir Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Kenya, Myanmar, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana) and feature a number of sessions for presentations and discussion including:

  • Diverse models of mechanization and custom-hiring services
  • Cross-country experiences of mechanization growth
  • Emerging issues for agricultural mechanization in Africa
  • Mechanization issues in Ethiopia