Climate change threatens poor people, especially farmers, in developing countries.
Chair: Joachim von Braun, Director General, IFPRI
Lunch served from 11.45 am, panel begins at 12.15 pm
Regional Commentators: Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Executive Director for Argentina and Haiti, Inter-American Development Bank; Stephen Mink, Lead Economist, Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
Including agriculture in the international climate change negotiations leading up to the meeting of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP-15) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December 2009 is essential if fu
The purpose of this workshop is to present the findings and discuss the policy implications of a longitudinal study which IFPRI, CPRC and DATA conducted during the past thirty months.
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.
Conference program and presentations are attached in PDF format.
Despite much progress reducing poverty worldwide, a substantial number of the world’s poorest people are being left behind.
The Crawford Fund’s annual conferences highlight an important aspect of feeding and greening the world.
Bioenergy is the subject of increasing attention around the world. It appears to offer hope for environment-friendly energy that would also be a boon to the world’s farmers. Can bioenergy fulfill the promise claimed by its proponents?