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Who we are

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.

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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What we do

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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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

ICTforAg 2023: Cultivating Inclusion

Co-organized by CGIAR, USAID Feed the Future, DAI and DevGlobal

November 7 to 9, 2023

  • 6:30 – 5:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 12:30 – 11:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:00 – 3:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in ICTforAg 2023. During this 3-day virtual event, agricultural stakeholders and technology experts will come together to share knowledge, find solutions, and form partnerships to address challenges in agri-food systems across low- and middle-income countries.

The main goal of ICTforAg is to grow communities and catalyze meaningful conversations, insights, and collaborations, increase participation of participants from the developing world, promote knowledge sharing and learning, and inspire practitioners to develop inclusive and sustainable ICT solutions.

IFPRI Organizers

Breakout session: Digital transformation – Catalyzing a more nutritious food system | Tuesday, November 7 | 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM (EST)

  • Jenny Walton, Head of Commercialization and Scaling, IFPRI HarvestPlus CGIAR

Lightning Talks: Gender digital divide in rural Kenya | Thursday, Nov 9 | 12:30 – 01:00 PM (EST)