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Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah

Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah is a Senior Research Associate in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Cairo. Her research interests include applied economic development, trade, and spatial economics, with a focus on topics relevant to social protection, food, nutrition, and agriculture in the Middle East and Africa. 

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Valeria Piñeiro

Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

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Valeria Piñeiro is the Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Her recent work includes modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture and reviewing the evidence on incentives for the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes. Her work in the LAC region includes development strategies and economic growth, trade policies, effects of economic downturn, migration, and tax policies to reduce obesity. She has significant experience working in the areas of economic development and growth using computable general equilibrium (CGE) models as an analytical tool and has led courses in many countries teaching the theory and application of CGE models for the last several years. Dr. Piñeiro received her PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maryland.

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Repurposing agricultural support: Modeling outcomes of different approaches

2024Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria
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Repurposing agricultural support: Modeling outcomes of different approaches

In this brief, we examine the potential impact of repurposing agricultural support. By modeling the impact of various approaches to repurposing agricultural subsidies, we can outline and compare modest reforms and bolder approaches in the current context and, assuming larger contributions by low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), see where there are benefits and identify tradeoffs that must be addressed when implementing these reforms.

Year published

2024

Authors

Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria

Citation

Laborde Debucquet, David; and Piñeiro, Valeria. 2024. Repurposing agricultural support: Modeling outcomes of different approaches. IFPRI Policy Brief September 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152005

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Modelling; Developing Countries; Funding; Reforms; Agriculture; Food Systems

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Geopolitical changes and their implications for agricultural trade negotiations

2024Piñeiro, Martin; Piñeiro, Valeria
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Geopolitical changes and their implications for agricultural trade negotiations

The dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR) in the 1990s marked a significant geopolitical shift, resulting in the clear and undisputed preeminence of the United States (USA) in global affairs. This new dominance was bolstered by the support of its closest allies, primarily the European Union (EU), Japan, Australia, and a few others. In the wake of this geopolitical shift, a new phase of global economic interdependence emerged characterized by a growing reliance on trade and the development of global value chains, which connected production processes across multiple countries. This collaborative approach to production rapidly accelerated at the beginning of the 21st century and played a crucial role in the rapid economic development of countries like China and the Republic of Korea.

Year published

2024

Authors

Piñeiro, Martin; Piñeiro, Valeria

Citation

Piñeiro, Martin; and Piñeiro, Valeria. 2024. Geopolitical changes and their implications for agricultural trade negotiations. In Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference, eds. Valeria Piñeiro, Adriana Campos, and Martin Piñeiro. Chapter 2, Pp. 11-22. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151905

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Latin America and the Caribbean; Agricultural Trade; Economics; Negotiation; Politics

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-SA-3.0-IGO

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Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view

2024Laborde Debucquet, David; Olivetti, Elsa B.; Piñeiro, Valeria
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Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view

Addressing the complex challenges facing agricultural and food systems requires a detailed and integrated approach that ensures food security, enhances nutrition, protects environmental sustainability, and supports livelihoods. Governments are crucial in guiding this transformation through a range of policy tools, including regulatory measures, market-based mechanisms, price adjustments that reflect true production costs, and the reassessment of agricultural subsidies. Achieving comprehensive solutions to these challenges across the domains of food security, nutrition, and sustainable development hinges on reforming domestic agricultural support.

Year published

2024

Authors

Laborde Debucquet, David; Olivetti, Elsa B.; Piñeiro, Valeria

Citation

Laborde Debucquet, David; Olivetti, Elsa B.; and Piñeiro, Valeria. 2024. Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view. In Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference, eds. Valeria Piñeiro, Adriana Campos, and Martin Piñeiro. Chapter 6, Pp. 60-81. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151915

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Latin America and the Caribbean; Agriculture; Sustainable Development; Food Systems; Government; Nutrition

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-SA-3.0-IGO

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Blogs

Síntesis de evidencia: Lineamientos para el diseño de programas crediticios agropecuarios condicionados para el fomento de prácticas agropecuarias sostenibles
IFPRI Blog
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September 03, 2024

Síntesis de evidencia: Lineamientos para el diseño de programas crediticios agropecuarios condicionados para el fomento de prácticas agropecuarias sostenibles

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro

Enfoques para el desarrollo de políticas del sistema alimentario.

Identifying guidelines for the design of conditional credit programs to promote sustainable agricultural practices in Latin America
IFPRI Blog
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September 03, 2024

Identifying guidelines for the design of conditional credit programs to promote sustainable agricultural practices in Latin America

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro

Tools for food system policy development.

Expanding underutilized crops in Asia: The promise of millets for improving nutrition and sustainability
IFPRI Blog
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January 26, 2024

Expanding underutilized crops in Asia: The promise of millets for improving nutrition and sustainability

By Suresh Babu, Nandita Srivastava, Valeria Piñeiro, and Brian McNamara

The many advantages of traditional food items.

Events

Navigating the Trade Landscape: A Latin American Perspective building on the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference
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September 10, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 pm

Navigating the Trade Landscape: A Latin American Perspective building on the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference

The governance of agricultural and food trade is facing unprecedented challenges in a rapidly evolving global landscape. As traditional agricultural trade issues, such as domestic support and market access, seem to lose their prominence and the feasibility of advancing with a multilateral strategy diminishes, the focus is shifting toward the environmental and nutritional dimensions of […]

2024 Global Food Policy Report LAC: Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition
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June 27, 2024, 3:00 – 4:30 pm

2024 Global Food Policy Report LAC: Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition

Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity. At the same time, our food systems contribute about a third of greenhouse gas emissions and degrade natural resources. The 2024 Global Food Policy Report examines policies, innovations, and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and […]

Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies
IFPRI at External Event

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February 28, 2024, 9:30 – 11:00 am

Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies

Webinar: February 28, 2024 – 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST. IFPRI is participating in the “Drivers of Agrifood System Transformation: Lessons from Feed-the-Future Country Studies” webinar.

News

July 28, 2023 | Press Release

Within the framework of the WTO, IFPRI, and IICA launch Latin American Network of Agrifood Trade Negotiators

San Jose. The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched a network of agricultural negotiators in Latin America, which will seek to strengthen the positioning of those countries in multilateral forums that address matters related to the agrifood sector, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). It […]

February 19, 2023 | In the News

Russia and China have a stranglehold on the world’s food security (Bloomberg) 

In an extensive report, Bloomberg discusses how Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine highlighted the role of fertilizers — and who controls them — as a strategic lever of global influence. The geopolitical fallout is being felt in the Middle East, by countries such as Malawi and Mozambique in Africa that are dependent on fertilizer imports from […]

February 10, 2023 | In the News

Top food exporter Argentina confronts rising hunger and poverty (The New Humanitarian) 

The New Humanitarian interviewed Valeria Piñeiro, IFPRI’s acting head for Latin America, for the article about the worsening situation with hunger and poverty in Argentina. Piñeiro is asking the international community not to neglect Argentina and Latin America. In the decade up to 2015, the region was hailed for outperforming others in reducing hunger and poverty, but […]