Meeting the SDGs

Representatives of major organizations grapple with our current predicament.

Revitalizing rural areas means improving infrastructure and boosting opportunities. Ultimately, sustainability depends on linking the advantages of rural economies with those of urban ones.

Developing more accurate ways to measure a crucial food system problem.

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow David Laborde Debucquet will brief members on the work that IFPRI is doing on food security and nutrition in the context of COVID-19 during the CFS Bureau and Advisory Group meeting on May 13, 2020.

IFPRI is participating in the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference (NBER) on April 30-May 1, 2020. To promote research on economic issues that involve trade and the agricultural sector, the NBER, with the support of the Economic Research Service at USDA, will convene a research conference on “Agricultural Markets and Trade Policy.” New empirical and […]

This webinar will consider several scenarios based on the current global situation and the communications on the domestic support plans submitted by countries in preparation for the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference.

Medical News reported on IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report and its findings and recommendations. Johan Swinnen, the report’s lead author and IFPRI’s director general, says that “control measures such as limited interactions that countries have been implementing since the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic last month (11 March) are interfering with economic activities worldwide.” He adds, “vulnerable groups can contribute […]

Tekk.TV (Germany) published an article on the 2020 Global Food Policy Report that states to build more resilient, climate-friendly, and healthier food systems that help people weather these types of shocks, policymakers must make sure that these systems are inclusive. Director General Johan Swinnen said, ”Food systems offer opportunities to improve food and nutrition security, generate income, and drive inclusive economic growth, but […]

Scidev.net published an article on findings and recommendations of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). The article quoted Director General Johan Swinnen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. Swinnen states, “As the world struggles to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, economies and livelihoods are disrupted, with the poor [and] vulnerable ones likely to suffer the most. For instance, smallholder farmers, market vendors, women and youth directly relying […]