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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.

Kinya Kaibung’a

Kinya Kaibung’a is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She has a keen interest in leveraging machine learning, AI, and other cutting-edge technologies to boost climate resilience and food security in smart agriculture systems.

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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.

Baking Resilience into the Food System

March 24, 2021

  • 10:00 – 11:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 4:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 7:30 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI’s Director General Johan Swinnen is participating as a speaker in the Baking Resilience Into Food System webinar hosted by Knowable Magazine.

This webinar will highlight how food supply chains fare in different regions, what safety nets exist for those at risk of food insecurity, and what the benefits and drawbacks of local food-based systems are versus global supply chains. Along with, what can people and institutions do from farmers to processors to government to build more resilient food supply chains in the face of climate change and future pandemics.