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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.

Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Africa’s Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023 Summit

Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation

Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

September 5 to 8, 2023

  • 7:00 – 11:00 am (Africa/Nairobi)
  • 12:00 – 4:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 9:30 – 1:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in Africa’s Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023 Summit. This year’s theme “Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation,” focuses on building back better food systems and food sovereignty with youth and women at the center. The theme identifies three steps needed to achieve this transformation: Recovery, Regenerate, and Act.

| Day 1: September 5, 2023 |

Plenary Session | Opening Ceremony: Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation | Sequence 1: The Africa Agriculture Status Report AASR | 9:00 – 11:00 AM (EAT)

  • Presentation of the Report: John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

| Day 3: September 7, 2023 |

Policy Symposium: Local Procurement to Catalyze Food Systems Transformation | 9:00 – 10:30 AM (EAT)

  • Panel Discussion 1: Arun Baral, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), HarvestPlus

| Day 4: September 8, 2023 |

Partner Event | The CAADP Biennial Review Process: Promoting Data Use, Diversity, and Inclusion| 7:00 – 9:00 AM (EAT) 

  • Speaker: Samuel Benin, Deputy Director, Africa Office, IFPRI

Partner Event | One Health for Food Systems Transformation | 7:00 – 9:00 AM (EAT) 

  • Keynote Presentation and Panel Discussion: Johan Swinnen, Director General IFPRI; CGIAR Managing Director Systems Transformation Science Group

Plenary Session | Journey Towards COP28 – Roundtable 1: Food Systems into National Plans and Implementation Mechanisms | 9:30 – 11:00 AM (EAT) 

  • Panelist: Johan Swinnen, Director General IFPRI; CGIAR Managing Director Systems Transformation Science Group