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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.

2018 Global Food Policy Report – Beirut, Lebanon

Co-Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) and the Food Security Program at the American University of Beirut (AUB)

American University of Beirut

FAFS, Wing A, Michel and Sherine Bayoud Lecture Hall

Beirut, Lebanon

July 3, 2018

  • 9:00 – 11:15 am (Asia/Beirut)
  • 2:00 – 4:15 am (US/Eastern)
  • 11:30 – 1:45 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration-including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge–and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures.

Welcome Note

Introduction of Speakers and Panelists

  • Rachel Bahn, Coordinator of Food Security Program, FAFS (moderator)

Global Food Policy Perspective: Key Findings of the GFPR

Regional Perspective: A Tale of Two MENAs

Moderated Panel Discussion

Question and Answer Session with Audience

Closing Remarks