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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.

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

The 1st China and Global Agricultural Policy Forum: 2019 Global Food Policy Report and China Agricultural Policy Report 2019

Co-Organized by IFPRI and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Conference Hall, Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS

No. 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie

Beijing, China

May 13, 2019

  • 9:00 – 11:55 am (Asia/Shanghai)
  • 9:00 – 11:55 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 6:30 – 9:25 am (Asia/Kolkata)

Welcome and Introduction

Moderator, Mr. Longjiang Yuan, Director General, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of CAAS

Opening Remarks

  • Prof. Huajun Tang, Member of the Leading Party Group, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA); and President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Report Launch

China Agricultural Sector Development Report 2019

  • Mr. Xurong Mei, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

2019 Global Food Policy Report

  • Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Panel Discussion

  • Prof. Ling Zhu, Academician and Researcher, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS)
  • Prof. Jikun Huang, Dean of New Rural Development Institute of Peking University, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries
  • Prof. Funing Zhong, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University

Academic Report

Moderator, Dr. Kevin Chen, Senior Research Fellow and Head of East and Central Asia Office, IFPRI

Food Security and Rural Industrial Development

  • Mr. Yinghua Zhou, Inspector, Department of Development Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA)

Reconstruction of Rural Organic Structure and Rural Revitalization

  • Prof. Shouying Liu, Dean, School of Economics, Renmin University of China

The Revitalization Path and Development Strategy of Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage in the World

  • Dr. Xiande Li, Researcher, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of CAAS