IFPRI staff members are delivering three keynote addresses during the AIARD 54th Annual Conference and 2018 Future Leaders Forum on June 3- 5th in Washington, DC under the theme, Business “Un” usual: Aligning Critical Intersections of Agriculture, Health and Food.
The AIARD 2018 Annual Conference will focus on issues at the interface of agriculture, food and nutrition and their impact on human health. Challenges facing all societies in this agro-economic space require solutions that are interdisciplinary in nature, based on a food systems approach, and that bring about positive socio-economic transformation. We will combine our exploration of technical interventions, cultural factors, behavior change communication, and the key role of policy development both in the U.S. and abroad.
This multifaceted discussion will enable the conference attendees to develop a sound understanding of how, by working together, we can generate the stimulus needed for sound decision making and improvements in human health worldwide.
IFPRI Participants:
Opening Session Keynote: Agriculture and Nutrition: From New Research to New Policies (June 4, 2018 — 9:00am-9:25am)
- Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow; Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI
Afternoon Session Keynote: The Challenge for Agriculture: Improving the Consumption of Nutritious and Safe Food for Healthier Diets in Developing Countries (June 4, 2018 — 1:30pm-2:00pm)
- Ekin Birol, Director of Impact and Strategy; HarvestPlus, IFPRI
Keynote and Q&A: A Sustainable Agri-food System for Nutrition and Health: Technology, Policy, and Institutional Implications (June 5, 2018 — 8:45am-9:30am)
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI