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Who we are

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. 

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

IFPRI @ UN Regional Climate Weeks 2023

September 18 to November 17, 2023

  • 12:00 – 11:59 pm (America/New_York)
  • 6:00 – 5:59 am (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 9:30 – 10:29 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in Regional Climate Weeks 2023. Four Regional Climate Weeks will be held this year to build momentum ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai and the conclusion of the first global stocktake, designed to chart the way for fulfilling the Paris Agreement’s key goals.

Asia Pacific Climate Week (APCW)

November 13 – 17, 2023

IFPRI ParticipantSessionDate / Location  Time
Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI

Climate Action and Investments for Resilient Food Systems– Policy, Institutional, and Technological Insights from Asia and the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Information & Registration

Co-organized by IFPRI, Washington DC and Joint Application: Led by IFPRI and jointly with the USAID Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and Climate Resilient Agriculture Network in Asia (ASEAN-CRN)

Event Description:

Sustainable transformation of food systems in the global south is thwarted by frequent climate-related shocks. Lack of integration of food security and climate action goals and related policy, institutional, and technological bottlenecks call for co-financing strategies and innovations. This side event will bring together investors, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to promote south-south cross learning on achieving climate resilient food systems goals. The side event will identify the key drivers of climate action that help vulnerable food systems recover from shocks, it will also highlight the opportunities to strengthen to the policy, institutional and technological innovation sat the national and regional levels that can expedite the process for improving resilience of vulnerable food systems.

Nov. 16, 2023

 

 

Location: Persada Johor International Convention Centre, located in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Side Event Room: Tanjung Puteri 304

12:00- 13:00

Johor, Malaysia (GMT+8)

 

Middle East and North Africa Climate Week

October 9 – 12, 2023

IFPRI Participants  Session Date / Location  Time

Sikandra Kurdi, Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, Egypt, IFPRI

Alaa Mazloum, Program Manager, IFPRI

Track 4: Societies, Health, Livelihoods, and Economies

Harnessing Rigorous Evidence to Address Climate Risks: Taking Stock of Research and Innovations in the MENA Region Information 

Oct. 10, 2023

Zone 5.8

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

9:00 – 10:00am GMT+3

 

New York Climate Week

September 19 – 21, 2023

IFPRI Participants SessionDate Time

Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

2023 SDG Summit Information

Organized by United Nations

Sept. 18 -19, 2023  

Danielle Resnick, Non-Resident Fellow, IFPRI

A Quest to Repurpose Agricultural Support: Benefits & Trade-Offs of Reforming Food System Policies to Achieve an Inclusive, Health-enhancing, and Environmentally Sustainable Future Information 

Organized by Food System Economics Commission (FSEC), Columbia Climate School, and IFPRI

Sept. 19, 202310:00AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Bringing Rio Conventions to Life Through Women’s Leadership in Climate and Biodiversity Agendas Information 

Side Event Organized by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International

Sept. 19, 20233:30 – 5:00 PM EDT
Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

Food+ Forum @ UNGA78 Information

Sept. 20, 20231:30 – 4:00 PM EDT

Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRI

Food Loss & Waste: The Great Untapped Solution Information

Organized by Champions 12.3

Sept. 21, 202310:30am – 12pm EDT

Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI

IFPRI-Rockefeller Foundation Consultative Meeting (Invitation Only)

Organized by IFPRI and Rockefeller Foundation

Sept. 21, 20233:00pm – 5:00pm EDT