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Eliot Jones-Garcia

Eliot Jones-Garcia is a Senior Research Analyst with the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on human-AI interaction, user-centered design, and the ethical and responsible development of AI. Eliot is currently finalizing a PhD on the digitalization of agricultural advisory services at Wageningen University & Research.

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Reducing Food Loss and Waste: A Food Systems Perspective

Co-organized by IFPRI and the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

Hybrid Event at IFPRI-HQ

1201 Eye St NW

12th floor conference room

Washington, D.C., United States

January 13, 2026

  • 9:30 – 11:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 3:30 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 8:00 – 9:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

Reducing food loss and waste is essential for building more efficient value chains, lowering the climate footprint of agri‑food systems, and improving farmer livelihoods. This seminar brings together new insights and emerging evidence on how to tackle this challenge from multiple angles.

In the first segment, Jocelyn Boiteau and Prabhu Pingali will share key findings from their new book, Wasted Potential: Tackling Food Loss and Waste Across Transforming Food Systems. Their work takes a holistic view of where losses occur from production through consumption, and how smarter policies and investments can meaningfully reduce them. The book importantly also highlights the need for better metrics and approaches to understanding where and why losses occur.

This book launch will be followed by presentations on new IFPRI research on innovative approaches to measuring and reducing food loss and waste in perishable foods. This includes research on the use of artificial intelligence to improve food loss measurement accuracy, reducing spoilage in meat supply chains, and other emerging tools for understanding and addressing losses in highly perishable products.

The seminar will conclude with an open Q&A exploring promising directions for future research and practical, cost‑effective strategies to reduce food loss and waste at scale.

Moderator & Opening Remarks

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  • Prabhu Pingali, Professor, Charles Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, & Director, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture & Nutrition, Cornell University
  • Jocelyn Boiteau, Senior Nutrition Impact and Innovation Director, Food Systems for the Future
  • Vivian Hoffmann, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
  • Carolyne Maina, Program Director, Technoserve
  • Assan Ng’ombe, Resilience Officer, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Closing Remarks

  • Ruth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI



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