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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. 

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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.

Together for Nutrition: West African Data Forum

Co-Organized by IFPRI, Transform Nutrition, Data DENT, UNICEF, Alive & Thrive, Countdown to 2030, National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NiPN), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), USAID, and World Health Organization (WHO)

February 11 to 12, 2020

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (Africa/Dakar)
  • 4:00 – 12:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 2:30 – 10:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The objective of this forum is to convene key actors who engage with or support the data value chain for nutrition in the West Africa region, in order to:

  • Share experiences, including achievements and challenges, in operationalizing the data value chain for nutrition.
  • Strengthen connectivity, coordination, and collaboration on data-driven nutrition-relevant action in West Africa.
  • Formulate calls for action to build the knowledge, tools, skills, and leadership needed for strengthening the data value chain for nutrition at country and regional level and identify stakeholder groups to act on these calls for action.