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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.

Vartika Singh

Vartika Singh is a Senior Research Analyst in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, based in New Delhi, and a Senior Research Officer at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Humboldt University in Berlin and a guest researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany. Her research interest is in the nexus of food-water-energy and land. 

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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.

1818 Society Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report

Co-Organized by The 1818 Society World Bank Group Alumni and IFPRI

May 3, 2021

  • 11:00 – 12:30 pm (America/New_York)
  • 5:00 – 6:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 8:30 – 10:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The flagship IFPRI report presents the impact of Covid-19 on food and agriculture around the world, along with government responses. Covid-19 has had a negative impact on food systems, and government policy responses have often not been helpful.  Recommendations to do better, to have a better impact on agriculture, nutrition, social protection, and natural resources are provided.

Welcome

  • Kevin Cleaver, Agriculture and Rural Development Thematic Group, The 1818 Society

Report Overview

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI  
  • John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), IFPRI 

Rapid Fire Presentations 

  • Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, and Theme Leader, Governance, IFPRI 
  • Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI 
  • Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI 

Q&A with Audience

  • Kevin Cleaver, Agriculture and Rural Development Thematic Group, The 1818 Society