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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.

2019 CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference

Co-Organized by Zhejiang University (ZJU), China Agricultural Economic Review (CAER), IFPRI, and the China Agricultural University (CAU)

Beijing Hotel

10 Xihao Second Road

Hangzhou, China

October 17 to 19, 2019

  • 10:30 – 12:00 pm (Asia/Shanghai)
  • 10:30 – 12:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 8:00 – 9:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is co-organizing the 2019 CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference, which will explore the theme, Quality-Driven Development in China’s Food System: Challenges and Solutions

Opening Remarks/CAER Facts/ Citation Awards Launching Food Systems and Policy Lab (FSPL) (October 18, 2019 — 9:00am – 11:40am)

  • Kevin Chen, CAER Co-Editor; Chair Professor of Zhejiang University; China Program Leader, IFPRI (moderator)

Session B1: Agricultural Market and Food Consumption

The Impact of China’s Aid on Recipient Countries’ Economic Growth and Human Development (October 18, 2019 — 1:30pm – 3:10pm)

Session F:  Migration, Preschool Education and Welfare in Rural China (October 19, 2019 — 8:10am – 10:30am)

  • Kevin Chen, CAER Co-Editor; Chair Professor of Zhejiang University; China Program Leader, IFPRI (moderator)

Closing Session

Best Conference Paper Awarding Ceremony (October 19, 2019 — 11:30am – 11:40am)

  • Kevin Chen, CAER Co-Editor; Chair Professor of Zhejiang University; China Program Leader, IFPRI