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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.

Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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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.

Can agricultural policies deliver better value for money for people, the planet, and the economy?

Co-Organized by IFPRI and World Bank Group

February 2, 2022

  • 9:30 – 11:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 3:30 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 8:00 – 9:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The massive support provided to agriculture by governments — $639 billion per year during 2016–18 — has not incentivized sustainable patterns of food production and consumption, leading to calls to “repurpose” this support. A new IFPRI-World Bank study, Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet, shows that the present system of support, if left in place, would do nothing to staunch the rapid increase in global emissions from agriculture. Unfortunately, many seemingly appealing options for repurposing are either ineffective or involve harsh side effects such as raising food costs, poverty and agricultural land use. The study’s authors therefore call for a more fundamental change in incentives that advance both productivity enhancements and reductions to greenhouse gas emissions. 

This seminar will present a summary of the latest IFPRI-World Bank research findings and feature speakers discussing the need for more rapid adoption of technological solutions that foster less emissions-intensive productivity growth across developed and developing countries alike.

Opening Remarks

  • Mari Elka Pangestu, Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank

Presentation of Research Findings

Panel Discussion “How to get from here to there”

           Incentivizing high productivity & sustainable farm technologies & practices

International coordination: roles for the WTO, UN and the G20?

  • Nick Bridge, Special Representative for Climate Change, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
  • Anabel González, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) 
  • Ann Tutwiler, Senior Adviser Just Rural Transition 

Closing Remarks

  • Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank
  • Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI

Moderator