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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.

Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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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.

14th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture

Sustainable Land Use: Food Security Starts with the Soil

January 25 to 26, 2022

  • 11:00 – 12:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:00 – 6:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 3:30 – 5:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the 14th annual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). GFFA is an international conference on central issues of vital importance for global agricultural and food policies. Every year the GFFA discuses current topics and issues with global outreach. This year’s topic is Sustainable Land Use: Food Security Starts with the Soil.

High Level Panel 1: European Commission, Better Stewards Of The Earth: How Can We Use Soil More Sustainably? (Tuesday, January 25, 2022 – 11:00 am to 12:30 pm CET)

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Global Director of Systems Transformation of CGIAR

High Level Panel 2: CFS, Responsible Land Governance for Sustainable Food Systems: The CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (CFS VGGT) (Wednesday, January 26, 2022 – 11:00 am to 12:30 pm CET)