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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.

How is Rwanda Transforming its Agriculture Thanks to Mechanization?

Discussion of Lessons from Policy and Program Interventions

July 12, 2019

  • 10:00 – 11:30 am (Africa/Abidjan)
  • 6:00 – 7:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 3:30 – 5:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s report, “Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains” shows what can be done to sustainably mechanize African agriculture to increase production and enhance value addition across value chain segments. The report summarizes the findings of a systematic analysis of what countries have done right in terms of policy design, institutional innovation and interventions implemented and includes a case study on Rwanda mechanization success story.