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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.

Abhijeet Mishra

Abhijeet Mishra is a Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. Abhijeet’s research interests include future sustainable pathways for the global land-use system and the trade-offs between land-based mitigation, food security, and other sustainable development goals.

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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.

2026 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting

Kansas City Marriott Downtown

Kansas City

Missouri, United States

July 26 to 28, 2026

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (America/Chicago)
  • 10:00 – 6:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 7:30 – 3:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the 2026 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting on July 26– July 28, 2026. Taking place in Kansas City, Missouri at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, the 2026 AAEA Annual Meeting is made up of Invited Paper Sessions, Invited Case Study Papers, Organized Symposia, Selected Presentations (Lightning Sessions, Paper Sessions, and a Poster Session) as well as Track Sessions sponsored by the AAEA Sections. 

The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics. AAEA members are primarily employed by academic departments and government agencies in the field of agricultural and applied economics. Their work focuses on a combination of teaching, research, and cooperative extension programs. Their research covers a broad range of topics, including commercial agriculture, natural resource and environmental economics, and economic and rural development.

July 28, 2026


Structural Transformation in Africa: Youth, Gender, Climate, and Labor Reallocation | 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM (America/Chicago)

  • Are the youth driving structural transformation in Africa?: Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI