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.

This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018.

Welcome and Country Context

• Dr. Akhter Ahmed, Country Representative, IFPRI

Keynote Address

• Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Panel Discussion

Introductory remarks by Chair

• Prof. Dr. M.A. Sattar Mandal, Emeritus Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and former Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)

Panel

• Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power &  Participation Research Centre (PPRC)
• Dr. Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director, Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
• Dr. Wais Kabir, Executive Director, Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KFG), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
• Prof. Abdul Bayes, Director, Research and Evaluation Division (RED), BRAC
• Dr. Nazneen Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

Reflections from Chair

Address by Special Guest

• Mr. Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 

Address by Special Guest

• Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Honorable Prime Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Address by Chief Guest and Launching of the 2018 Global Food Policy Report

• Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP, Honorable Speaker, Bangladesh Parliament Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh