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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation for Better Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia

Co-Organized by IFPRI, the World Bank, and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

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1201 Eye St. NW

12th Floor Conference Center

Washington, United States

November 13, 2018

  • 1:20 – 2:20 pm (America/New_York)
  • 7:20 – 8:20 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 11:50 – 12:50 am (Asia/Kolkata)

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

 

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

 

Opening Remarks

Keynote Speaker

  • Johan Swinnen, Professor of Economics and Director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the Catholic University of Leuven; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium (Presentation | Video)

Panelists

Closing Remarks

Moderator