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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.

Kate Ambler

Kate Amber is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Kate’s research broadly focuses on interventions that can increase incomes for smallholders and other microenterprises in agrifood value chains, with a specific focus on the inclusion of women. This includes work on programming in fragile settings, innovations in agricultural finance, and regulatory solutions for food safety. 

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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.