32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists

The triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE-2024), centred on the theme “Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” is scheduled from August 2-7, 2024, in New Delhi, India. The conference offers a distinctive platform, providing a golden opportunity for the agricultural academic institutions and researchers to convene in person, exchange knowledge, and actively contribute to the global agricultural research community. This International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) flagship conference attracts about a thousand colleagues from around the world. The IAAE has a worldwide membership of agricultural economists and others concerned with agricultural economic problems, organized to foster the application of agricultural economics to improve rural economic and social conditions.

IFPRI is honored to serve as a co-organizer of the 32^nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists and looks forward to actively participating in the deliberations of this premier convening of agricultural economists from around the word. ICAE-2024 on “Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” is scheduled from August 2-7, 2024, in New Delhi, India and will bring together the global agricultural research community and others concerned with agricultural economic problems, and rural economic and social conditions. The ICAE, the flagship conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), attracts about a thousand colleagues from around the world. More than 60 researchers from IFPRI will be participating in ICAE panels and sessions, and contributing papers and posters, as outlined here:

Pre-Conference Workshops

Transdisciplinary Approaches in Agri-Food Systems Transformation Research

Rui Benfica, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI
Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Assessing the Impacts of International Agricultural Research: New Methods, Rigorous Evidence, Better Decisions [SPIA Fest 2024]

Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR

Transforming Food Systems in South Asia

Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI
Samuel Scott, Research Fellow, IFPRI
Quinn Marshall, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI
Suman Chakrabarti, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI
Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Avinash Kishore, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Kalyani Raghunathan, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Plenary 3: Healthy and Sustainable Diets and Nutrition

Eating well: Insights on dietary patterns and drivers of healthy dietary choices in low- and middle income countries

Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

Plenary 5: Gender in Agri-Food Systems

From bargaining power to empowerment: Measuring the unmeasurable

Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Organized Symposia

Productivity and Growth Under Climate Change

Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI
Timothy Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Bioeconomic Technologies and Their Contributions to the Food Systems Summit’s Action Tracks

Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI
David Spielman, Director, Innovation Policy and Scaling (IPS), IFPRI

Food Value Chains’ Contributions to Climate and Sustainability Goals

Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
Rob Vos, Unit Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, IFPRI
Madhur Gautam, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Sudha Narayanan, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Recurring Food Crises: Causes, Lessons and Implications

Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Madhur Gautam, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Healthy, Sustainable, and Affordable Diets: New Methods and Tools for Evidence-Based Policymaking and Programming

Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

Diets and Food Environments in Rural, Peri-Urban, and Urban Areas of East Africa and South Asia

Samuel Scott, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Writing, Presenting, Publishing and Promoting Research in Agricultural and Development Economics: A Primer for Early Career Researchers

Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI
Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow/ Program Leader of the Myanmar Strategy Support Program, IFPRI
Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

Economic and Non-Economic Constraints to Achieving Healthy and Nutritious Diets in Asia

Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Suman Chakrabarti, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI
Kalyani Raghunathan, Research Fellow, IFPRI
Anindya Tomar, Research Analyst, IFPRI
Khin Mar Linn, Research Analyst, IFPRI

Agri-Food Systems and Poverty in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow/ Program Leader of the Myanmar Strategy Support Program, IFPRI
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia, IFPRI

Technology and Policies for Groundwater Management in South Asia

Avinash Kishore, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Mitigating Regional Income Disparities amidst Structural Transformation and Climate Change: Insights from Senegal

Askar Mukashov, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI
Author: James Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM), IFPRI

Integrated Simulation Modelling Approaches to Address the Food-Agriculture-Energy-Water Nexus: Case Studies from India

Vartika Singh, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI
Abhijeet Mishra, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI

Changing Food Environments: What Does It Mean for Consumers and Producers? Experience from Africa and Asia and Implications for Policymakers

John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Agrifood Sector Growth, Poverty, and Diet Quality in Low-Income Countries

Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Author: Luis Escalante, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI

Taking on Tech – Integrating Innovation into Household Surveys for High-Resolution Agricultural Data at Scale

Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

The More We Know, the Less We Know? the Evolution of Knowledge Gaps on Measurement Error in Farm Household Survey Data

Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Nina Jovanovic, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI

Transforming Asia’s Fish and Livestock Value Chains

Ben Belton, Research Fellow, IFPRI
Razin Iqbal Kabir, Senior Program Manager, IFPRI
Sudha Narayanan, Research Fellow, IFPRI

Does Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture Increase Labor Productivity and Returns to Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Carlo Azzarri, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Employment and Compensation in Agri-Food Value Chains in India – a Multi-Year Input-Output Analysis

Barun Deb Pal, Research Coordinator, IFPRI
Authors: Sudha Narayanan, Research Fellow, IFPRI; James Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM), IFPRI

Agronomy 4.0? Taking Stock of the Evidence on Impacts and Scaling Prospects of Digital Agronomy Tools in Developing Countries