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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.

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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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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.

Sustainable Energy, Water, and Food Systems​: What can the G20 do to promote a sustainable bioeconomy and stable food systems?

April 21, 2020

  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm (Europe/Brussels)
  • 1:00 – 2:30 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 10:30 – 12:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI’s Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, Rob Vos is participating in the event, “Sustainable Energy, Water, and Food Systems: What can the G20 do to promote a sustainable bioeconomy and stable food systems?” as part of the 2020 Gobal Solutions Summit on April 21, 2020.

The required move from a fossil fuel-based economy to a bioeconomy, characterized by a sustainable use of renewable resources, entails a number of trade-offs that need to be addressed. Policy-makers need to understand the trade-offs in order to make the right decisions. This panel discusses the important trade-off between agricultural production for food and bio fuels, and biodiversity protection. It reflects on the international externalities of national biodiversity strategies and the role of the G20.