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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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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists

Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems

NASC Complex

Delhi

India

August 2, 2024

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 11:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 2:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

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.

What is the Future of Agricultural Economics? Perspectives from Former IAAE Presidents

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIAR

Pre-Conference Workshops

Transdisciplinary Approaches in Agri-Food Systems Transformation Research

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

Organized Symposium

Productivity and Growth Under Climate Change

  • Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI

Countries