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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.

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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.

2014 ReSAKSS Annual Conference – Promoting Agricultural Trade to Enhance Resilience

Roosevelt Street, P.O. Box 3243

(Old Airport Area), W21K19

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

October 8 to 10, 2014

  • 6:00 – 6:15 pm (Africa/Addis_Ababa)
  • 11:00 – 11:15 am (US/Eastern)
  • 8:30 – 8:45 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) 2014 Annual Conference is being organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency.

The conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, donors, advocacy groups, farmers’ organizations, and the private sector to review progress in supporting evidence-based policy planning and implementation under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Conference delegates will also discuss findings of the 2013 Africawide Annual Trends and Outlook Report which tracks progress against key CAADP indicators and takes a comprehensive look at how agricultural trade can enhance resilience of the poor and vulnerable. Progress in advancing country Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems and mutual accountability through comprehensive agriculture joint sector reviews will also be assessed.