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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.

2019 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis

265 Peachtree Center Ave NE

Atlanta, United States

July 21 to 23, 2019

  • 9:00 – 5:30 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 11:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 3:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the 2019 AAEA Annual Meeting.

The AAEA is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics.

Members of the AAEA are employed by academic or government institutions, as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of teaching, research, and extension/outreach activities. Their work addresses a broad range of topics such as the economics of agriculture, international and rural development, resources and the environment, food and consumer issues, and agribusiness.

Name

Title

Date

Time

Anjani Kumar (Poster)

Cooperative Membership, Contracts, and Production Efficiency: A Selectivity-Corrected Analysis of Smallholder Farmers

22-Jul

4:15pm -5:30pm

Naveen Abedin (Poster)

Effects of Smoking on Agricultural Productivity

22-Jul

4:15pm -5:30pm

Joseph Glauber (Discussant)

International Agri-Food Trade Shocks: Assessment, Measurement, and Impact

Invited Paper

22-Jul

10:00am – 11:30am

William Martin (Panelist)

Perspectives on Global Food Security

Trade Policy and Food Security

22-Jul

10:00am – 11:30am

Vartika Singh, Shweta Gupta (Presenters)

International Development – Credit and Insurance

Optimizing Agricultural Insurance: Evidence from India

22-Jul

2:45pm – 4:15pm

Joseph Glauber (Presenter)

U.S. Benefits from Foreign Assistance to Developing Country Agriculture and Food Security

U.S. Benefits and Capabilities Leveraged by USAID Investments in Developing Country Agriculture and Food Security

22-Jul

2:45pm – 4:15pm

Muzna Alvi, Simrin Makhija (Presenter), David Spielman

Behavioral Economics and Farm Decision-Making

Do Grassroots Interventions Relax Behavioral Constraints to the Adoption of Nutrition Sensitive Food Production Systems?

23-Jul

10:00am – 11:30am

Todd Benson, Ekin Birol

International Development – Nutrition Lightning Session

The Impact of Iron Biofortified Beans on Yields and Farmers’ Incomes: The Case of Rwanda

22-Jul

10:00am – 11:30am

Fantu Bachew (Presenter)

International Development – Nutrition Lightning Session

Affordability of Nutrient Adequacy and Dietary Energy in Ethiopia, 2001-2017

22-Jul

10:00am – 11:30am

Anjani Kumar (Presenter)

Risk and Uncertainty – Climate Change and Development

Risk Preference and Adoption of Risk Management Strategies: Evidence from High-Value Crop Production in Emerging Economy

22-Jul

10:00am – 11:30am

Joseph Glauber (Discussant)

USDA Forecast Quality: Current State and Paths for Improvement

Invited Paper

23-Jul

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Hak Lim Lee, Ulrike Nischan (Presenters)

International Development – Migration

Emigration and Rising Wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State

23-Jul

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Muzna Alvi, Simrin Makhija (Presenter), David Spielman 

International Development – New Methods

Cooperation and the Provision of Local Public Goods in Remote Rural Communities

23-Jul

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Todd Benson 

Productivity Analysis and Emerging Technologies – Productivity Factors for Crop Farming in Sub-Saharan Africa

A Case for Space: The Efficiency Spillover Effect of Iron Biofortified Beans in Rwanda

23-Jul

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Muzna AlviDavid Spielman, Simrin Makhija (Presenter)

International Development – Aspirations

Do Agriculture Interventions Increase Aspirations? An Examination from the Lens of Caste and Gender

23-Jul

2:45pm – 4:15pm