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Global Food Policy Report
Series/Special Event
Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition: Africa Regional Launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report
In collaboration with University of Nairobi and part of the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) Seminar Series
November 14, 2024
Despite significant progress in addressing hunger and undernutrition in the early 2000s, malnutrition, in all its forms, remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets remain the primary drivers of many forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Today, the number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet is as high as 3.1 billion people. The imperative for meaningful solutions to help achieve better nutrition for people and a better future for the planet have never been stronger; meaningful impact will require that we deploy high-impact, evidence-based solutions in context-specific and adaptable, dynamic, and equitable ways.
IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets, presents evidence-based policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition. Reflecting on a long history of research on diets, agriculture and food systems by IFPRI and the CGIAR, in partnership with many around the world, the report emphasizes the critical need to focus our attention on diets that promote health and well-being for both people and the planet. It examines how demand- and supply-side approaches can support healthy dietary choices, how critical it is to invest in efforts to improve affordability, and to strengthen food environments in ways that can improve diets. The report also highlights ways to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, explores the role of animal-sourced foods, and discusses the role of effective governance in achieving change. Last, but not least, the report highlights critical challenges for several regions around the world – where contextually-relevant actions must come together to deliver impact.
Following opening remarks and presentations of the report’s key findings and recommendations by IFPRI’s researchers, a distinguished panel of partners and experts will discuss the report. Expert remarks will focus on challenges and opportunities to transform food systems so that everyone everywhere can reap the benefits of sustainable healthy diets. This will be followed by a question-and-answer session and closing reflection/vote of thanks.
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Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take? A Dialogue on IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report
Co-organized by IFPRI, the Netherlands Food Partnership, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Nature
Supported by the Director General for International Partnerships – Sustainable Agri-Food systems and fisheries from the European Commission and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, represented by the Special Envoy for nutrition and Secretary General of Nutrition for Growth Paris.
November 6, 2024
IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy flagship publication arrives at a pivotal moment, as the importance of addressing food systems for better nutrition continues to gain global recognition. With United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 29th Conference of the Parties taking place in November, the SUN Global Gathering on the horizon and the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2025, this report offers valuable evidence and insights that can help guide policy and investment decisions for improving nutrition at the national, regional and global levels.
In addition to a presentation of the report’s key findings and recommendations by IFPRI’s leading researchers in diets and nutrition, a distinguished panel of European and country partner policy makers, and representatives of multilateral institutions will discuss the report. Expert remarks will focus on key challenges and opportunities for EU stakeholders to support the transformation of food systems to advance nutrition and healthy diets in low and middle-income countries.
This event and strategic discussion is co-organized by IFPRI, the Netherlands Food Partnership, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Nature. The organizers were supported by the Director General for International Partnerships – Sustainable Agri-Food systems and fisheries from the European Commission and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, represented by the Special Envoy for nutrition and Secretary General of Nutrition for Growth Paris.
To view the full program, please click https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024_GFPR-Europe-draft-agenda_10-30-24.pdf
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IFPRI Policy Seminar
Learning Support for a Multi-Country Climate Resilience Programme for Food Security
Organized by CGIAR with support from World Food Programme (WFP) and The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
November 5, 2024
The Learning Support for a Sub-Saharan Africa Multi-Country Climate Resilience Program for Food Security, launched in 2023, aims to enhance food security and climate resilience across 14 African countries. This collaboration among CGIAR, the World Food Programme, and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has three pillars: scaling disaster risk financing, transforming food systems with sustainable school meals and clean cooking, and supporting smallholder farmers. This work leverages CGIAR’s extensive experience in strategic program support, impact evaluations, and knowledge product development, and integrates the CGIAR’s Fragility, Conflict, and Migration (FCM) and Seed Equal initiatives. Ongoing efforts include strategic reviews, resilience assessments, and evaluations of WFP’s nutritional and crisis resilience interventions.
The event aims to disseminate research findings and showcase the partnership’s significant contributions to food security and climate resilience. Speakers from CGIAR, WFP, and Norad will present an overview of the program and highlights of research projects and findings, followed by a panel discussion by experts from several African countries.
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
Arif Husain, Chief Economist and Director of Analysis, Planning and Performance, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Daniel van Gilst, Senior Agriculture Adviser, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
An Overview of the CGIAR-WFP Activities Funded by Norway
Daniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), IFPRI
Highlights of Selected Research Projects and Findings
Jessica Leight, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Alan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Peter Läderach, Program Leader, Co-lead CGIAR Climate Security / Principal Climate Scientist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (ABC)
Wolde Mekuria, Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Panel Discussion
Moderated by: Sandra Ruckstuhl, Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
David Kamau, Programme Officer, World Food Programme (WFP), Kenya
Lynett Ochuma, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, Kenya
Christian Grassini, World Food Programme (WFP), Mozambique
Serene Philip, Social Protection Specialist, World Food Programme (WFP), Somalia
Adeyinka Jacob Timothy, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer, World Food Programme (WFP), Nigeria
Closing Remarks
Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Moderator
Mulugeta Bayeh, Web Communications Manager, IFPRI
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Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
IFPRI Policy Seminar
Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact
34th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
October 30, 2024
This year’s Forman Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. She served as the Director of IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division from 2004 to 2023, after serving as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow in that division beginning in 1996.
Dr. Ruel will reflect on the role of research in supporting and shaping the evolution of the global nutrition agenda over the last three decades. Drawing on examples from her journey in research leadership, she will present the case for how investments in rigorous research and partnerships with development actors around the world have supported this evolution. Her case studies will highlight the importance of evidence in shaping agendas for maternal and child nutrition and nutrition-sensitive programming, and in positioning nutrition and healthy diets within agriculture and food systems. Dr. Ruel’s lecture will focus on the role of researchers in sustaining and guiding major global development trends. Her lecture will conclude by discussing implications for investments in research and their critical importance in supporting effective action to solve the malnutrition crisis that the world continues to face today.
The annual lecture commemorates Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years and made a significant impact on international nutrition. The lecturer is invited to present personal views about major issues related to malnutrition.
Welcome Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
Remarks
Kenan Forman, Son of Martin J. Forman
Dan Sinclair, Director, Center for Nutrition in the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow, Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, IFPRI
Reflections and Tributes from Panelists
Shawn K. Baker, MPH, Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller International
Namukolo Covic, Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Omar Dary, Senior Nutrition Science Specialist, Bureau of Global Health, MCHN, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Patrick Webb, Chief Nutritionist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Closing Remarks and Moderator
Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI
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Debt Distress and the Right to Food in AfricaCo-organized by IFPRI and Welthungerhilfe (WHH)October 2, 2024More than half of low-income countries are at risk of debt distress or have already defaulted. The debt crisis, while exacerbated by recent crises, has been looming for several years. According to the United Nations, 3.3 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest repayments than on education or health, and in sub-Saharan Africa, governments are spending 53 percent of revenue on debt servicing.What do these debt trends mean for efforts to address food insecurity and uphold citizensâ right to food? Twenty years after the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Food (RtF) by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, many countries that adopted RtF in their constitutions still face high levels of food and nutrition insecurity. Although the Guidelines incorporate clear guidance on pursuing debt relief to allow for the progressive realization of the RtF, debt repayments and austerity measures, combined with insufficient local revenue mobilization, force governments to re-prioritize scarce resources and undermine investments in food system transformation.In the run-up to the International Development Association (IDA) Replenishment Forum in October 2024 and the release of the African Unionâs post-Malabo agenda in early 2025, this policy seminar brings together speakers from international and African organizations to examine the impacts of the debt crisis on realizing the RtF in Africa and consider solutions to protect and progressively realize those rights.Opening RemarksDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)Panel DiscussionMichael Windfuhr, Deputy Director, German Institute for Human Rights; Member of Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Presentation)Diana Gichengo, Executive Director, The Institute for Social Accountability, Kenya; Member of African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)Geeta Sethi, Global Lead for Food Systems, The World Bank GroupJennifer Clapp, University Professor & Canada Research Chair, IPES-Food and University of Waterloo, Canada (Presentation)Nick Jacobs, Consulting Director, IPES-Food (Presentation)Closing RemarksMichael Gabriel, Director of Strategic Partnerships, US and Canada, Welthungerhilfe (WHH)ModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks:More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/debt-distress-and-the-right-to-food-in-africa/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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Agronomy and Policy Solutions for Effective Implementation of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan
Co-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI)
September 10, 2024
CGIAR is pleased to support our regional and national partners in their implementation of the action plan emerging from the May 2024 African Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit. As the seventh policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this event will examine the outcomes of the AFSH Summit and consider how to achieve the goals of the 10-year AFSH Action Plan. Bringing together diverse set of speakers, it will provide a platform for expertise exchange, collaboration, and actionable progress in advancing soil health and agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Featured speakers from the research, policy, nongovernmental, and private sectors will highlight agronomy solutions and policy frameworks that can bolster stakeholder resilience. These experts will draw on the work of two CGIAR research initiatives, Excellence in Agronomy and National Policies and Strategies, to explore the potential of agronomy at scale solutions and present strategies for developing effective policy frameworks in support of soil health, balanced plant nutrition, and increased agricultural productivity and livelihoods.
Opening Remarks
Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI
Antony Chapoto, Executive Director, Secretariat, Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI)
Outcome of the AFSH and Next Steps
Wole Fatunbi, Ag. Director of Research and Innovation, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Oumou Camara, Vice President of Programs, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
Bernard Vanlauwe, Deputy Director General, Research for Development, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Felicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, Division “Agriculture, rural development”, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Habiba Mouttaki, Chief Commercial Officer, Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) Africa
Supporting Agronomic Solutions at Scale and Enabling Policy Frameworks for Sustainable Fertilizer Management and Soil Health
Job Kihara, Agronomist, Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT; Excellence in Agronomy (EiA), CGIAR
John Olwande, Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development; National Policies and Strategies, CGIAR
Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI
Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Madhur Gautam, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Discussion
Richard Mkandawire, Africa Director, Alliance for African Partnership, Michigan State University (MSU); National Planning Commissioner, Malawi
Maria Wanzala, Vice President, Policy Services, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)
Moderator
Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI
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Policy Dialogue/Series/Special EventAgainst the grain: Could farmers feed the world and heal the planet?Co-organized by IFPRI and The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive SolutionsVirtual EventAugust 27, 2024Humanity relies on agriculture to provide nourishment, yet there is an urgent need to reduce the agricultural sectorâs environmental footprint. Meeting these two goals is crucial for both people and the planet to thrive. Please join us for a conversation featuring Roger Thurow, award-winning author and journalist, whose recently released book argues it is possible for farmers to meet these two critical objectives. This seminar will discuss the importance of heeding the wisdom and experiences of the worldâs smallholder, Indigenous, and family farmers, who are facing the effects of climate change and environmental degradation firsthand as they endeavor to earn a living and feed their families and communities. Perspectives from farmers will highlight how the practices of agroforestry, agroecology, and regenerative agriculture can provide food to nourish humanity while also protecting the environment. The seminar will also discuss how science and research, including the work of CGIAR, and investment and financing has contributed to enhancing the work of these farmers and transforming food systems for people and the planet.Welcome RemarksCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRISpeakersRoger Thurow, Award-winning author and journalist; Former Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global AffairsJackson Kinyanjui Koimbori, Senior Circular Economy and Climate Change Coordinator, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, IFPRI; Co-lead of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+)Evalyne Okoth, Farmer, The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions, Nyando, KenyaJonathan Mockshell, Senior Agricultural Economist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIATClosing RemarksCarlo Fadda, Director, Agrobiodiversity, Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT; Lead, Nature-Positive Solutions Research InitiativeModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRILinks:Purchase the book:https://www.amazon.com/Against-Grain-Farmers-Transforming-Agriculture/dp/1572843403More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/against-the-grain-could-farmers-feed-the-world-and-heal-the-planet/Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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IFPRI Policy Seminar
The Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth
Co-organized by IFPRI, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
June 18, 2024
9:30 – 11:00 am (America/New York)
3:30 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
7:00 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
More intense and frequent climate events are increasingly disrupting agriculture-based livelihoods, with disproportionate effects on marginalized groups, including women farmers. Yet there is a lack of empirical research on the adverse effects of these extreme weather events, making it even more challenging to build smallholders’ resilience and address rising gender inequalities.
In a recent report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations quantified the negative impacts of certain extreme climate events on poor rural households. The report, which included contributions from the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (https://www.ifpri.org/project/g-can-gender-responsive-and-climate-resilient-agriculturefor-nutrition), found that both floods and heat stress have already widened the income gap between poor and non-poor households by US$20 billion a year. Among other findings, it also showed that each day with extremely high temperatures reduces the total value of crops produced by women farmers by 3 percent relative to men.
Please join us to discuss key results from the report and hear from policymakers, practitioners, and partners on how they are working to generate relevant evidence and make a difference on the ground.
Opening Remarks
Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Key Findings from the Report
Nicholas Sitko, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Resilience to Climate Change and Gender
Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI
Importance of Data
Carlo Azzarri, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Priorities for Inclusive Climate Action in Asia
Mansi Shah, Program Manager for the Future of Work Activities, Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA)
Priorities for Inclusive Climate Action in Africa
Faith Gikunda, Communications Director, Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa (ICCASA)
Donor Perspectives on Addressing Social and Economic Inequalities Through Climate Action
Aslihan Kes, Senior Gender Advisor, Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Closing Remarks
Aditi Mukherji, Director, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform of the CGIAR
Moderator
Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI
Links:
The Unjust Climate: http://the%20unjust%20climate/
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CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESFamines and Fragility: Making humanitarian, developmental, and peacebuilding responses workCo-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germanyâs Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)14:30 TO 16:15 CETJUN 11, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:15AM EDTGlobally, the number of people facing crisis-level or worse acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2017. The 2024 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), which informs the Global Network Against Food Crises on where humanitarian and developmental assistance is most needed, reported 282 million people in 59 food crisis countries faced crisis-levels of acute food insecurity and more than 700,000 people suffered famine in 2023. These numbers have increased with the crises in Gaza, Sudan, and Haiti.Conflict and fragility are major drivers of food crises, often compounded by weather extremes and economic shocks. Sound understanding of these drivers and of the structural factors underlying fragility is needed for timely and appropriate crisis responses and for preventative action. However, no one size fits all. Food crisis conditions and drivers vary greatly across countries, and crisis responders continue to face challenges to effective action along the humanitarian-development-peacebuilding (HDP) nexus.As the sixth policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this seminar will take stock of what we know about key drivers of protracted food crises and persistent fragility and about the obstacles to successful HDP action. Speakers will discuss: recent trends in acute food insecurity and their causes; the severity and dynamics of acute malnutrition in rapidly developing food crises, with a focus on new methods of collecting evidence; building resilience to economic shocks in fragile, conflict-affected food crisis countries; and ways to adapt humanitarian assistance, social protection, and livelihood rebuilding programs for fragile contexts with vast numbers of displaced people.Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIARHendrik Denker, Deputy Head of Division 123, Food and Nutrition Security, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Panel I - Protracted Food Crises: How to break the vicious circle of conflict, climate shocks and economic crises?Global Food Crises and Fragility: Trends and driversSara McHattie, Global Coordinator, Food Security Information Network (FSIN)Anticipating and Dealing with Food Crisis Risks: The role of preventative lending windowsSarah Simons, Program Manager, Partnerships & Quality Team, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World BankAddressing Food Crises Through the Humanitarian-Development-Peacebuilding (HDP) Nexus: Challenges and opportunitiesMia Beers, Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Panel II â Lessons for Research and Policy from Four Hotspots of Hunger, Famine, and Fragility Famine in Gaza: Questions for food crisis risk monitoring and preventive action in fragile and conflict-ridden contextsRob Vos, Director Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRIMethodological Innovations for Understanding Myanmarâs Current Food Crisis and Post-Conflict ReconstructionDerek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRISudanâs Imminent Famine: What do we know and what can be done to prevent a major humanitarian disaster?Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow, and Sudan Country Strategy Support Program Leader, IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/famines-and-fragility-making-humanitarian-developmental-and-peacebuilding-responses-workSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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HYBRID POLICY SEMINAR
Tackling the Hidden Costs of our Food Systems
Co-organized by IFPRI, The Food System Economics Commission (FSEC), and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
JUN 6, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT
Food systems provide important benefits to the global population, not only providing food but also supporting livelihoods for more than one billion people around the globe. However, food systems also encompass hidden environmental, health, and social costs, estimated to be at least $10 trillion per year, as mapped out in two separate seminal reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC).
Please join us for a discussion on these hidden costs of food systems and the remedies to reduce this economic burden, while moving toward more sustainable, health-promoting, and socially inclusive food systems.
Speakers include experts involved in FAO’s report, The State of Food and Agriculture 2023, and FSEC’s Global Policy Report, The Economics of the Food System Transformation. Additional food system experts will delineate the hidden costs of food systems and examine transformative approaches for reducing them.
Open and Welcome Remarks | Setting the Scene
Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIAR
Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
FAO SOFA report
Andrea Cattaneo, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
FSEC Global Policy Report Findings
Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Director, Food System Economics Commission (FSEC)
The Role of Diets in Reducing Food System's Hidden Costs
Jessica Fanzo, Professor of Climate and Food at Columbia University
Addressing Obstacles to Food Systems Transformation
Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRI
Moderator
Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI
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SPECIAL EVENTUnderstanding the New Dynamics of Agrifood Trade, Perspectives by Pascal LamyCo-hosted jointly by IFPRI and Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)MAY 30, 2024 - 2:30 TO 4:00PM EDTGeopolitical tensions, as well as conflicts at the regional, national, and local levels, climate change and sustainability challenges, and the troubling rise in the number of malnourished people worldwide form part of the complex web of factors shaping agrifood dynamics, and in turn, trade policies and negotiations.Please join us for a lecture by IFPRI Board Chair Pascal Lamy, a foremost expert in international trade matters, who served as the European Unionâs Trade Commissioner and as the World Trade Organizationâs Director General. In examining past, present, and possible future dynamics of agrifood trade, Lamy will focus on evolving implications for developing countries and set forth potential approaches to aligning trade policies with the imperatives of sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, and poverty reduction.The lecture will be followed by comments from a panel of international trade experts and a Q&A session.Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIARMarcus Noland, Director General, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Keynote SpeakerPascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (2005â2013); President emeritus, Jacques Delors InstituteInternational Trade Expert PanelMary Lovely, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Mari Elka Pangestu, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIAnabel GonzĂĄlez, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)Sherman Robinson, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/understanding-new-dynamics-agri-food-trade-perspectives-pascal-lamySubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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Despite significant progress in addressing hunger, malnutrition remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Worldwide, as many as 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. The imperative to transform our food systems to ensure sustainable healthy diets for all has never been stronger; meaningful change will require that we deploy high-impact, evidence-based solutions in context-specific ways that are adaptable, dynamic, and equitable.IFPRIâs 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition presents policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition. Drawing on a substantial body of research on diets, agriculture, and food systems from IFPRI and CGIAR, in partnership with colleagues around the world, the report emphasizes the critical need to focus on diets that benefit both people and the planet. It explores how demand-side approaches can support healthy dietary choices, the need to invest in improving affordability, and ways to strengthen food environments to support healthy diets. The report also highlights supply-side ways to improve diets, including increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables and assessing the role of animal-source foods, and discusses how effective governance can help achieve change. For each of the worldâs major regions, the report identifies critical challenges and opportunities for contextually relevant actions to deliver healthy diets and nutrition for all.Following a presentation of the reportâs key findings and recommendations by IFPRIâs leading researchers in diets and nutrition, a distinguished panel of partners and experts will discuss the report. Remarks will focus on challenges and opportunities to transform food systems so that everyone everywhere can reap the benefits of sustainable healthy diets. Opening and Report LaunchJohan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIARDeanna Olney, Director, Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH), IFPRISelected findings from the 2024 GFPROpportunities and Challenges of Using a Food Systems FrameworkMarie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIDemand-side Determinants and SolutionsSunny Kim, Research Fellow, IFPRIFood Environments for Better NutritionGabriela Fretes, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRIEnabling EnvironmentsDanielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPanel ReflectionsModerated by Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRISoumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), IndiaNamukolo Covic, Director Generalâs Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), EthiopiaChristopher Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and Co-Editor-in-Chief, Food Policy, Cornell UniversityLynnette Neufeld, Director, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), ItalyShelly Sundberg, Interim Director, Agricultural Development, Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Closing ReflectionsPurnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRIModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/improving-diets-and-nutrition-through-food-systems-what-will-it-takeSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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HYBRID POLICY SEMINAR
Globalization of the Bioeconomy: Recent Trends and Drivers of Bioeconomy Programs and Policies
Co-organized by IFPRI, International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) and CGIAR
MAY 7, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT
The bioeconomy approach to sustainable development holds great promise in reducing dependence on fossil fuels, addressing climate change, and promoting resource-use efficiency, thereby stimulating economic growth, enabling innovation, and improving food security. The bioeconomy is the production, utilization, conservation, and regeneration of biological resources, including related knowledge, science, technology, and innovation, to provide sustainable solutions (information, products, processes, and services) within and across all economic sectors and enable a transformation to a sustainable economy.
Multilateral organizations have intensified their engagement in, and for, the bioeconomy. Under India’s lead in 2023, the G20 drew attention to the bioeconomy and, in 2024, Brazil put the bioeconomy prominently on the G20 agenda. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) included bioeconomy in its most recent science strategy. At the same time, national bioeconomy strategies are emerging to shape multisectoral approaches to climate neutrality, food and nutrition security, improved health, economic growth, and other objectives aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.
In April 2024, the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) released a new policy review in preparation for the Global Bioeconomy Summit in October 2024. The new report analyzes bioeconomy policy trends and their determinants, and highlights the growing importance of the bioeconomy as a key enabler and solution provider to global sustainability challenges across various sectors and dimensions of society. Importantly, the report identifies international and multilateral cooperation as a key building block.
The report—and the growing body of research on the bioeconomy—emphasizes the opportunities to advance innovation and facilitate the rise of a bio-based industry and manufacturing, sustainable and regenerative agriculture, human health, and circular bio-based economies. This seminar will spotlight key findings from the IACBG report and explore the role of the bioeconomy in addressing food security, nutrition and diets, and poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries. Please join us on May 7, 2024, at the International Food Policy Research Institute (in-person or online) for an exciting seminar on the globalization of the bioeconomy.
Welcome Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI
Keynote Speaker
Joachim von Braun, Distinguished Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn University
Panel Discussion
Julius Ecuru, Principal Scientist and Manager, Research Innovation Coordination Units, BioInnovate Africa Programme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR (Video Remarks)
Mary E. Maxon, Executive Director, BioFutures
Hugo Alexander Chavarría Miranda, Program Manager for Innovation and Bioeconomy, and Executive Secretary Latin American Bioeconomy Network, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) (Video Remarks)
Moderator
David Spielman, Director, Innovation Policy, and Scaling (IPS), IFPRI
More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/globalization-bioeconomy-recent-trends-and-drivers-bioeconomy-programs-and-policies
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HYBRID POLICY SEMINAR
Sudan at a Crossroads: Food Systems, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid During Civil Conflict
MAY 2, 2024 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM EDT
In April 2023, Sudan descended into a violent civil war that has displaced more than 8 million people, destroyed critical infrastructure, and left half the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. More than one year later, the unresolved conflict threatens agricultural production, agroprocessing, and trade, exacerbating Sudan’s status as a failed state. Sudan’s trajectory is therefore relevant for the broader community of scholars and practitioners working to enhance food systems and food security in fragile states facing complex humanitarian emergencies.
This IFPRI policy seminar will reflect on urgent data, analytical, and policy needs to mitigate food insecurity and revitalize food systems in Sudan. Several interrelated issues will be addressed, including options for policy engagement in the absence of a legitimate government, the viability of balancing immediate humanitarian needs with longer-term investments in agricultural development, and possible post-conflict scenarios that might affect priority-setting for the food system. The event will bring together researchers from IFPRI’s Sudan country program, conflict analysts, humanitarian donors, and country experts in a hybrid format.
Welcome Remarks
Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRI
Overview Remarks from USAID
Tyler Beckelman, Deputy Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Africa Bureau
Sudan’s Conflict and Complex Emergencies
Alex de Waal, Professor and Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
Food Security Before and During the War: Evidence from National Rural Household Survey
Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit and Sudan Country Strategy Support Program Leader, IFPRI
Shocks, Coping, and Livelihood Strategies due to the War
Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit, Sudan Country Strategy Support Program, IFPRI
Economic Costs of the War and Recovery Options
Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, Foresight, Policy, and Modeling (FPM) Unit, IFPRI
Local and External Competencies for Peacebuilding in Sudan
Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum and former Sudan Minister of Finance
Closing Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI
Moderator
Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRI
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POLICY SEMINARDairy and Nutrition in the Global South: Potential, Progress, and Obstacles AheadAPR 24, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDTMalnutrition in early childhood is a major risk factor for premature death and disease, and is associated with 45% of all deaths of children under the age of 5. But malnutrition has important economic consequences too, by delaying learning and slowing down economic growth. Solving malnutrition requires multi-sectoral efforts, including more nutrition-oriented food policies. But how exactly can food policies improve nutrition?This policy seminar examines the potential of dairy development to improve nutrition outcomes, focusing on dairyâs sizable potential for reducing child stunting and other forms of malnutrition, and how dairy systems are being developed to help meet this potential. Speakers will present success stories that highlight diverse paths to progress, as well as major economic and environmental challenges to scaling up dairy production and consumption in the global South.The seminar will draw on a recent special issue published in the journal Food Policy on âDairy Development and Nutrition in the Developing Worldâ, which summarizes the most recent evidence on dairyâs importance for improving child nutrition, as well as the economic challenges of accelerating dairy development in the global South.Case studies of dairy sector development success stories from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia will be presented by dairy experts to examine how concerted efforts to improve the production, trade, and marketing of milk, were tackled through unique policy, programmatic and institutional approaches. IntroductionNamukolo Covic, Director Generalâs Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Dairy Development and Nutrition: A synthesis of recent evidenceDerek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIDairy Development in Eastern AfricaMark Tsoxo, Tanzania Country Director, Heifer InternationalUgandaâs Emerging Dairy Success StoryJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIDairy Development Programs at the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationDonald Nkrumah, Senior Program Officer, Livestock, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Dairy Development and Nutrition in IndiaShri Meenesh Shah, Chairman & Managing Director, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), IndiaModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/dairy-and-nutrition-global-south-potential-progress-and-obstacles-aheadSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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POLICY SEMINAR
Deepening Social Protection Systems: Enhancing livelihoods and health in Ethiopia
APR 17, 2024 - 10:30AM TO 12:00PM EDT
Twenty years after the establishment of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), a major social protection system, the country’s government, donors, and other stakeholders are implementing multidimensional graduation model programs that are designed to complement the PSNP’s monthly food and cash transfers. Graduation models include multiple interventions such as large asset or lump-sum transfers, training, savings promotion, and other forms of nutrition, health, or psychosocial support. These models aim to move beyond cash or food transfers to ensure minimum consumption levels and address the multiple challenges that can trap poor households in poverty.
This event will present findings from a randomized controlled trial of Strengthening PSNP Institutions and Resilience (SPIR), a graduation model program embedded within the PSNP that is led by World Vision, in collaboration with CARE and ORDA, and with support from the Ethiopian government and USAID. Speakers will present evidence about the impact of this intervention across multiple domains, including health, nutrition, livelihoods, and women’s empowerment, and examine its implications for the design of graduation model interventions across low- and middle-income countries. This policy seminar builds on the SPIR II Learning Event (https://www.ifpri.org/event/spir-ii-learning-event) conducted in Addis Ababa in 2023.
Welcoming Remarks
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia, IFPRI
SPIR: Overview of the Randomized Trial Design
Daniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI
Can a Light-Touch Graduation Model Enhance Livelihood Outcomes and Resilience?
Jessica Leight, Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI
Including Scalable Nutrition Interventions in a Graduation Model Program
Harold Alderman, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI
Effectiveness of a Men’s Engagement Intervention to Change Attitudes and Behaviors
Melissa Hidrobo, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI
Treating Depression Among the Extreme Poor
Michael Mulford, Chief of Party, SPIR II, World Vision
Expert Panel
Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics and Finance, Frederic Esser Nemmers Chair; Co-Director, Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University; Chief Economist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Margaux Vinez, Senior Economist; Africa, Social Protection and Jobs, World Bank
Moderators
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia, IFPRI
Daniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI
More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/deepening-social-protection-systems-enhancing-livelihoods-and-health-ethiopia
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CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESPost COP28 Priorities for Advancing Food Systems TransformationCo-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germanyâs Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)MAR 27, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT / 14:30 TO 16:00 CETHeld in 2023, the planetâs hottest year on record, COP28 has been heralded for its strong focus on food systems, which are simultaneously threatened by and contribute to climate change. The COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, albeit non-binding, but endorsed by almost 160 countries, emphasizes the transformative potential of agriculture and food systems in responding to climate change and ensuring global food security.Insufficient climate finance represents a significant barrier to achieving climate-resilient and low-emission food systems. Given that smallholders produce the majority of the global food supply, special attention to their finance needs is critical.As the fifth policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this virtual event will take stock of food systemsârelated outcomes from COP28 and outline priorities for advancing them at both the international and country level in a concrete and meaningful manner.Please join a distinguished set of speakers from CGIAR, international organizations, and the policy community for this discussion on advancing both adaptation and mitigation of food systems, which will place a particular focus on climate finance and policy priorities.Taking Stock of COP28 OutcomesFelicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Aditi Mukerji, Director, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform of the CGIARKristofer Hamel, Head, Food Systems, COP28 Presidency; UAE Climate Change Special EnvoyAdvancing on Climate Change FinanceGeeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World BankJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRICountry level Policy Priorities and NeedsAgnes Kalibata, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - Represented by Boaz Keizire, Head of Policy & Advocacy, AGRAQingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Asian Development BankPreparing for COP29 and COP30Nigar Arpadarai, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan; Member of Parliament of the Republic of AzerbaijanEduardo Brito Bastos, Agronomic Engineer (ESALQ/USP)Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director of Partnerships & Advocacy, CGIAR; Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATModeratorRoula Majdalani, Climate Change Advisor, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/post-cop28-priorities-advancing-food-systems-transformationSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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LAUNCH EVENT
Global Food 50/50 Launch Event
Co-organized by Global Health 50/50, IFPRI, and UN Women
MAR 7, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EST / 1:00 TO 2:30pm BST
The Global Food 50/50 initiative monitors progress and holds food system organizations accountable for advancing gender-just and equitable food systems. This event marks the launch of the third annual Global Food 50/50 Report, which reviews the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 51 global food system organizations to assess two interlinked dimensions of inequality: inequality of opportunity in careers within organizations and inequality in who benefits from the global food system.
For the first time, the 2023/2024 Report expands its focus to address a policy area that plays a decisive role in promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace: the extent to which workplace policies recognize and support employees’ care responsibilities. The data reveal policy attention to parental leave, but other policies related to family needs, such as child care and elder care, remain scarce.
This launch event seminar will present key findings from the report and explore how this new accountability mechanism can empower a broader movement to demand more equitable and inclusive organizations across the global food system.
Introductory Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI
Keynote Address
Jamille Bigio, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Results of 2022 Global Food 50/50 Report
Jemimah Njuki, Chief, Economic Empowerment, UN Women
Sonja Tanaka, Deputy Director, Global Health 50/50
Panelists
Ananda Uvl, Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, East-West Seed
Juan Echanove, Associate Vice President, Food and Water Systems, CARE
Susan Kaaria, Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)
Santiago Alba-Corral, Director, Climate-Resilient Food Systems, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Closing Remarks
Sarah Hawkes, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50
Moderator
Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI
More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-food-5050-launch-event-0
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CGIAR SEMINAR SERIESReforming Agricultural Policies and Farm Support to Advance Sustainable Food System TransformationCo-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germanyâs Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)15:00 TO 16:45 CETFEB 29, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:45AM ESTIn the recent COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, world leaders affirmed that âagriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform in order to respond to the imperatives of climate change.â This declaration strengthens the growing global consensus that current food systems need urgent transformative change to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition and to make food production and delivery systems resilient and sustainable.Evidence-based policies are critical to steer such a transformation, which requires urgent action from governments around the worldâboth in the global North and the global Southâto better align, reform, or repurpose current policies and public support to deliver better value for people, planet, and prosperity. Public investments and other expenditures help to create incentives for producers and other food system actors as they choose what, how, and where to produce food, as well as for consumers in their choices of what foods to eat.The seminar will highlight key IFPRI findings on the potential to repurpose existing agriculture policies and public support to accelerate the transformation of food systems to become more inclusive, resilient, sustainable, and healthy. Developing appropriate incentives to encourage producers to adopt technological innovations and sustainable practices, and consumers to make healthy and sustainable food choices, will help deliver desired food system outcomes, but doing so will require bold action through both international coordination and national-level policy reform.The seminar will present available evidence on promising technological innovations from CGIAR and elsewhere, identify associated tradeoffs, and examine how policies can shape greater uptake of such innovations. It will highlight global initiatives seeking to advance agricultural policy reform and assess the evidence base behind these initiatives, as well as examining country-level attempts at reform and the obstacles these reforms can face in both the global North and global South.Welcome and Opening RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIJan Brix, Senior Policy Officer, Division of Agriculture and Rural Development, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Science for Sustainable and Resilient Food SystemsLoraine Ronchi, CGIAR Senior Advisor for Policy Impact, IFPRIWill Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRIPanel 1: Global Initiatives for Agricultural Policy ReformRepresentative of the Presidency (Brazil) (Invited)Debbie Palmer, Director for Energy, Climate and Environment, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)Sergiy Zorya, Lead Agriculture Economist and Global Lead for Policies and Public Expenditures, Agricultural and Food Global Practice, The World BankPanel 2: Regional and National Policy Reform ExperiencesAlan Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics, Trinity College, DublinShenggen Fan, Chair Professor, College of Economics and Management at China Agricultural University, CGIAR System Board memberPatrick Ofori, Deputy Director, Head of M&E Division at Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Policy Planning Monitoring & Evaluation Directorate (PPMED) ModeratorCharlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/reforming-agricultural-policies-and-farm-support-advance-sustainable-food-systemSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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POLICY SEMINARIntroducing the new Womenâs Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)FEB 22, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM ESTThe new Womenâs Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) https://weai.ifpri.info/wemns/ is a streamlined tool for measuring womenâs empowerment, intended for use in large-scale, multitopic surveys conducted by national statistical systems. WEMNS is designed to measure empowerment in households with all types of livelihoods, in both urban and rural areas, complementing the Womenâs Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) https://weai.ifpri.info/, which focuses on agricultural households. WEMNS was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Emory University, Oxford University, and the World Bankâs Living Standards Measurement Study Unit in collaboration with country partners and the 50x2030 Initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development.This event will present the WEMNS metric, review the development of the tool, and discuss its use to advance womenâs empowerment. A panel of stakeholders from government and national statistical offices and from multilateral organizations will discuss the potential of WEMNS for promoting and monitoring womenâs empowerment as part of national statistical surveys.Welcome RemarksJohan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRIWEMNS: The Next Stage of Developing Empowerment MetricsAgnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIRuth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, IFPRIIntro to WEMNSJessica Heckert, Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIGreg Seymour, Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, IFPRIMaximizing the Potential of WEMNS: Panel DiscussionShelton Kanyanda, Director of Agriculture and Economic Statistics, National Statistical Office, MalawiRegina Valiente, Sectorialista recursos naturales, tierra y vivienda, SecretarĂa Presidencial de la Mujer (SEPREM)Heather Moylan, Senior Economist, Development Data Group, Development Economics, World BankChiara Brunelli, Statistician, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Closing RemarksChiara Kovarik, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Farzana Ramzan, Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (invited)ModeratorHazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRIMore about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/introducing-new-womens-empowerment-metric-national-statistical-systems-wemnsSubscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription
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