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Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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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.

Developing Evidence for Agricultural and Rural Development Policies and Strategies in Nigeria

Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria

May 20 to 21, 2009

  • 1:00 – 9:00 pm (UTC)
  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 6:30 – 2:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

Abstract​

The APSF Stakeholder Workshop convened policymakers, farmer organizations, donors, development partners, and members of the research community to learn about research findings on Nigeria’s agricultural development and to discuss future directions for the program. APSF is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency and implemented by IFPRI’s Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP), and works in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources to support agricultural and development strategies that are based on evidence, pro-poor, gender sensitive, and environmentally friendly.