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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Food Systems Futures: Launch of IFPRI and CAAS Flagship Reports

Co-organized by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and IFPRI

Lecture Hall of National Agricultural Library

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

China

June 10, 2026

  • 9:00 – 11:00 am (Asia/Shanghai)
  • 9:00 – 11:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 6:30 – 8:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

The contemporary global economic environment is characterized by heightened complexity and volatility, presenting significant challenges to the sustainable evolution of food systems worldwide.  The International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) report, What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?, adopts a comprehensive, globally oriented analytical framework to examine viable pathways for transforming food systems by 2050. Complementing this global perspective, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) China Agricultural Sector Development Report 2026 offers an evidence-based, context-specific analysis grounded in China’s socioeconomic realities. This joint launch event provides a strategic foresight and actionable policy insights to strengthen the scientific foundation for evidence-informed transformation of agricultural and food systems.

Opening remarks

  • Johan Swinnen (video), Director General of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Launch of Foresight Book – What do we know about the future of food systems?

  • Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Moderator

  • Kevin Chen, Senior Fellow and Head of East and Central Asia Office of IFPRI

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