IFPRI is participating in the 2020 Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium. 

The combined challenges of climate change and a global pandemic magnify the weaknesses in our current global food systems, causing the global food security community to confront the need to feed up to 10 billion people by 2050. Achieving equity, sustainability and improved nutrition in the food systems requires swift evolution in our definitions, research, plans, approaches and practices to build resilience. 

The Dialogue will tackle structural vulnerabilities requiring immediate attention and reform. Resilient food systems equip stakeholders with the capacity to recover from shocks and mitigate the impacts of stressors such as pandemics, climate change, natural resource degradation, volatile markets, conflict, and natural disasters.

Small-Scale Irrigation, Resilience and Nutrition: Can We Have It All?  (October 13, 2020 — 8:30am – 9:30am EDT)

• Claudia Ringler, Deputy Division Director, Environment Technology and Production Division, IFPRI

CGIAR in Latin America: A strategic innovation lab for global impact (October 14, 2020 — 8:45am – 9:45am EDT)

• Ruben Echeverria, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI 

COVID-19 and Developing Country Responses (October 15, 2020 — 8:00am – 9:00am EDT)

• Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Food Biofortification: Reaping the Benefits of Science to Overcome Hidden Hunger (October 15, 2020 — 11:00am – 12:00pm EDT)

• Howarth Bouis, Founding Director, HarvestPlus Emeritus Fellow, IFPRI