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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.

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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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.

UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4)

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

July 27 to 29, 2025

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (Africa/Addis_Ababa)
  • 2:00 – 10:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 11:30 – 7:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) will take place from July 27–29, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy. As we approach four years since the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), UNFSS+4 will provide a platform for reflecting on progress, strengthening collaboration, and unlocking finance and investments to accelerate food systems transformation.

For more information, please click HERE.

Nourishing the Future through Regenerative School Meals | July 26, 2025 | 8:00 – 17:00 (Africa/Addis_Ababa) | The Sheraton Addis, Taitu Street, Addis Ababa, 1000, Ethiopia

IFPRI Participant

The Implementation of the CAADP Strategy and Action Plan: Interactive dialogue between African Youth Agri-Food Entrepreneurs and African Leaders | July 29, 2025 | 13:30 – 14:30 (Africa/Addis_Ababa)

Led by the AU Special Envoy for Food Systems, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), IFPRI, AKADEMIYA2063, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

IFPRI Participant

Scope of Investment for transformation towards an Equitable, Resilient, and Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems: Evidence and Action // Bangladesh | 29 July | 13:00 – 14:15 (Africa/Addis_Ababa)

IFPRI Participant