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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.

Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security in Africa

UNECA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

March 9, 2011

  • 11:01 – 11:01 am (US/Eastern)
  • 11:01 – 11:01 am (US/Eastern)
  • 9:31 – 9:31 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

New Challenges and Opportunities

Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in conjunction with the African Union Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Conference Subthemes

  • Science, technology, and innovation in agriculture
  • Rural service provision and access to factors and inputs for production
  • Food reserves, markets, trade, and regional integration
  • Investments, institutions, and policies for supporting agriculture
  • Agriculture, nutrition, and health linkages
  • Agriculture and climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Capacity development for agriculture through education and training
  • Role of agriculture and the rural nonfarm sector in economic growth and national poverty reduction
  • Regional value chains development as a pathway for increased agricultural productivity

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