IFPRI’s Director General, Shenggen Fan, gave a statement (A Sustainable Food Future for Human and Planetary Health) at the upcoming “Group of Twenty (G20)” Agricultural Ministerial Meeting — a leading forum of the world’s major economies that seeks to develop global policies to address today’s most pressing challenges.

The G20 is made up of 19 countries and the European Union. The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Collectively, G20 members represent all inhabited continents, 85 percent of global economic output, two-thirds of the world’s population, and 75 percent of international trade.

G20 policy-making is enriched by the participation of key international organizations regularly invited to G20 meetings, guest countries invited at the president’s discretion, and engagement groups composed of different sectors civil society.

IFPRI Participants:

• Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
• Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head of Latin American and Carribean Program, IFPRI