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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.

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.

IFIAD Annual Conference 2020

COVID-19 & Sustainable Food Systems – Transforming food systems in times of crises

October 21, 2020

  • 10:00 – 1:00 pm (Europe/Dublin)
  • 5:00 – 8:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 2:30 – 5:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI’s Director General Johan Swinnen is participating in the fifth annual Irish Forum for International Agricultural Development (IFIAD) conference.

With a view towards the Food Systems Summit 2021, presentations will reflect on the global context and how we can learn from the COVID-19 crisis and transition to more resilient food systems. The conference will also examine the EU-Africa partnership and initiatives aimed at enhancing collaboration on agri-food and rural economy at a regional level.