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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.

  1. Learning Support for a Multi-Country Climate Resilience Programme for Food Security

    4 NOV

    Learning Support for a Multi-Country Climate Resilience Programme for Food Security

    Event 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 Links: More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/learning-support-for-a-multi-country-climate-resilience-programme-for-food-security/ Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

    1h 34m
  2. Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact

    30 OCT

    Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact

    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 Links: More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/supporting-and-shaping-the-global-nutrition-agenda-with-evidence-a-three-decade-journey-of-research-and-partnerships-for-impact/ Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

    1h 39m
  3. Debt Distress and the Right to Food in Africa

    2 OCT

    Debt Distress and the Right to Food in Africa

    Debt Distress and the Right to Food in Africa Co-organized by IFPRI and Welthungerhilfe (WHH) October 2, 2024 More 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 citizens’ 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 Union’s 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 Remarks Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation) Panel Discussion Michael 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 Group Jennifer Clapp, University Professor & Canada Research Chair, IPES-Food and University of Waterloo, Canada (Presentation) Nick Jacobs, Consulting Director, IPES-Food (Presentation) Closing Remarks Michael Gabriel, Director of Strategic Partnerships, US and Canada, Welthungerhilfe (WHH) Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Links: 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

    1h 34m
  4. Agronomy & Policy Solutions for Implementing the African Fertilizer & Soil Health Action Plan

    10 SEPT

    Agronomy & Policy Solutions for Implementing the African Fertilizer & Soil Health Action Plan

    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 Links: More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/agronomy-and-policy-solutions-for-effective-implementation-of-the-african-fertilizer-and-soil-health-action-plan/ Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

    2h 2m
  5. Against the grain: Could farmers feed the world and heal the planet?

    27 AUG

    Against the grain: Could farmers feed the world and heal the planet?

    Policy Dialogue/Series/Special Event Against the grain: Could farmers feed the world and heal the planet? Co-organized by IFPRI and The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions Virtual Event August 27, 2024 Humanity relies on agriculture to provide nourishment, yet there is an urgent need to reduce the agricultural sector’s 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 world’s 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 Remarks Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Speakers Roger Thurow, Award-winning author and journalist; Former Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Jackson 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, Kenya Jonathan Mockshell, Senior Agricultural Economist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT Closing Remarks Carlo Fadda, Director, Agrobiodiversity, Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT; Lead, Nature-Positive Solutions Research Initiative Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Links: Purchase the book:https://www.amazon.com/Against-Grain-Farmers-Transforming-Agriculture/dp/1572843403 More 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

    1h 37m
  6. The Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth

    18 JUN

    The Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth

    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/ More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/unjust-climate-measuring-impacts-climate-change-rural-poor-women-and-youth/ Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

    1h 33m
  7. Famines and Fragility: Making humanitarian, developmental, and peacebuilding responses work

    11 JUN

    Famines and Fragility: Making humanitarian, developmental, and peacebuilding responses work

    CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES Famines and Fragility: Making humanitarian, developmental, and peacebuilding responses work Co-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) 14:30 TO 16:15 CET JUN 11, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:15AM EDT Globally, 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 Remarks Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIAR Hendrik 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 drivers Sara McHattie, Global Coordinator, Food Security Information Network (FSIN) Anticipating and Dealing with Food Crisis Risks: The role of preventative lending windows Sarah Simons, Program Manager, Partnerships & Quality Team, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World Bank Addressing Food Crises Through the Humanitarian-Development-Peacebuilding (HDP) Nexus: Challenges and opportunities Mia Beers, Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Panel II – 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 contexts Rob Vos, Director Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI Methodological Innovations for Understanding Myanmar’s Current Food Crisis and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Sudan’s 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, IFPRI Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/famines-and-fragility-making-humanitarian-developmental-and-peacebuilding-responses-work Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

    2h 2m
  8. Tackling the Hidden Costs of our Food Systems

    5 JUN

    Tackling the Hidden Costs of our Food Systems

    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 More about this Event: hhttps://www.ifpri.org/event/tackling-hidden-costs-our-food-systems Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

    1h 38m
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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.

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