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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Tales of yield improvement

Where we stand and where we need to go

DC

1201 Eye St. NW

12th Floor Conference Center

Washington, United States

April 5, 2018

  • 12:15 – 1:45 pm (America/New_York)
  • 6:15 – 7:45 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 9:45 – 11:15 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

Rapid Fire Presentations

Discussant

  • Stanley Wood, Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development, ‎Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) (Video)

Reflections

Closing Remarks

Moderator

  • Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI 

Q&A Video

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.