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Vartika Singh is a Senior Research Analyst in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, based in New Delhi, and a Senior Research Officer at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Humboldt University in Berlin and a guest researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany. Her research interest is in the nexus of food-water-energy and land. 

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Policy Forum on Social Transfers to Revitalize Rural India and Launch of IFPRI Global Food Policy Report 2019

Co-Organized by IFPRI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)

NAAS Lecture Hall 1, NASC Complex

New Delhi, India

April 26, 2019

  • 9:30 – 5:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
  • 12:00 – 7:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 9:30 – 5:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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Inaugural Session Chairperson

  • Dr. Raj Paroda, Founder Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)

Welcome

Release of Global Food Policy Report-2019

Keynote: Global Food Policy Report-2019

GFPR 2019: South Asia Rural Revitalization

Panel Discussion on Global Food Policy Report-2019

  • Prof. S Mahendra Dev, Director and Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
  • Dr. Rasha Yousef Omar, Country Director, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • Dr. Suresh Pal, Director, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (ICAR-NIAP)

Remarks by Chairperson

  • Dr. Raj Paroda, Founder Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)

Session 1: Employment and Livelihoods: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Revitalization, Chaired by Dr. Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, ICRIER and Dr. P G Chengappa, Agricultural Economist, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS)

Social Transfers in Indian Agriculture: Implications for Rural Revitalization

  • Dr. A-Ganesh Kumar, Professor and Former Dean of Academic Affairs, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) 

Impact of MNREGS on Rural Transformation in India

  • Dr. Sudha Narayanan, Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)

Discussants

Open Discussion

Remarks by Chairpersons

  • Dr. Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
  • Dr. P G Chengappa, Agricultural Economist, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) 

Session 2: Nutrition and Health: Challenges and Breakthroughs for Rural Transformation, Chaired by S Mahendra Dev, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and Dr. Mruthyunjaya, NAIP (former)

Agriculture, Nutrition and Health: Linkages and Trade-offs

  • Dr. Bhaskar Mittra, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCi)
  • Dr. Nikhil Raj, Director, Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA)

Nutrition Sensitive Social Transfers: Implications on Rural India

Discussants

  • Dr. Monika Jain, Lead Evaluation Specialist, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
  • Dr. Devesh Roy, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Open Discussion

Remarks by Chairpersons

  • S Mahendra Dev, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
  • Dr. Mruthyunjaya, NAIP (former)

Session 3: Natural Resources, Environment and Rural Health, Chaired by Dr. D K Marothia, NIE and Dr. N K Tyagi, ASRB (former)

Climate Change and Rural Transformation in India

  • Dr. Pratap S Birthal, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (ICAR-NIAP)

Air Pollution and Rural Health

Discussants

  • Dr. S P Wani, Director of Development Center, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
  • Dr. Kuhu Chatterjee, Program Coordinator for South Asia, Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Open Discussion

Remarks by Chairpersons

  • Dr. D K Marothia, NIE
  • Dr. N K Tyagi, ASRB (former)

Concluding Session, Chaired by Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Synthesis and Key Recommendations

Panel Discussion: Future Prospects and Way Forward, Moderated by Dr. Shahidur Rashid, IFPRI

  • Dr. Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
  • Dr. Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI
  • Mr. Amit Mohan, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Remarks by Chairpersons

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