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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.

Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

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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.

79th session of the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week 2024

United Nations

UN Headquarters

Manhattan, United States

September 10 to 24, 2024

  • 9:30 – 5:30 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:30 – 11:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 7:00 – 3:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a crucial milestone in the global effort to accelerate progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The highly anticipated Summit of the Future, held during UNGA, underscores the urgent need for enhanced international cooperation to address pressing challenges such as climate change, poverty and inequality, while also tackling the impacts of ongoing conflicts and global health crises. 

79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) | September 10-24

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

Goalkeepers 2024 | September 23

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
  • Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, IFPRI and CGIAR

Champions 12.3 | September 23-24

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

Bollinger Convening: Food for Humanity: Unlocking the Potential of Universities to End Hunger and Malnutrition | September 21

The Forum at Columbia University | 9am to 4pm ET 

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