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Kalyani Raghunathan

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Launch of Global Report on Food Crises 2019 and High-Level Event on Preventing Future Crises

“The Square” Brussels Conference Centre, Glass Entrance

Mont des Arts/Kunstberg

Belgium

April 2 to 3, 2019

  • 8:00 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Brussels)
  • 2:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 11:30 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI’s Shenggen Fan and Rob Vos are participating in a high-level event of the Global Network Against Food Crises, which will include the launch of the Global Report on Food Crises 2019.

The report brings together regional and national data and analysis to present the latest global picture of acute food and nutrition insecurity and its trends and drivers. It is a flagship global publication providing humanitarian and development actors with vital insights to inform their programming, policy and financing decisions.  

The launch takes place during the opening session of the two-day high-level event ‘Food and agriculture in times of crisis’ hosted by the European Commission on behalf of the Global Network Against Food Crises. Participants will discuss a range of approaches and solutions for preventing and addressing food crises. It will chart out a road map for joint action by network partners for years to come.

Keynote Address (April 2)

  • Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI (Presented by Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI

Parallel Session 1: Tackling socio-economic challenges in building resilient agri-food systems (April 2)

  • Panel 1: Fixing missing and broken links: promoting innovation and investments to foster sustainable agri-food systems
    • Chair, Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI
  • Panel 2: Reducing inequalities for decent livelihoods free from food insecurity and malnutrition
    • Chair, Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI