Book Launch

Hybrid Event: January 8, 2023 at 8:30am-9:45am EST/ 4:30pm-5:45pm EAT. During this hybrid book launch, speakers from academia, Kenyan research institutes, policy institutions, and CGIAR will discuss the new book Food System Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future. A light reception will follow the presentations.

Hybrid Event: Nov 14, 2023 – 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM EST. Join us for this hybrid book launch at IFPRI headquarters and online—speakers will discuss the political economy of these issues and reflect on opportunities to pursue food system policy reforms in an increasingly polarized world. A light reception will follow the presentations.

Virtual Event: March 22, 2022 – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. This event features a panel discussion on global governance, food security and nutrition, poverty reduction, and gender.

Virtual Event: March 7, 2022 – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST. During this book launch presenters will share lessons learned and key issues that should be considered looking forward.

Discussion of the history and wealth of gender knowledge that has been generated to date by CGIAR agricultural & environmental research. 

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Virtual Event: OCT 27, 2021 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT. This book launch will discuss the main agriculture trade negotiation issues for the next WTO Ministerial Conference from a Latin American perspective. 

The event video, presenter slides, podcast, photos and blog will be available in the days following the event. Consumers want to know more about their food–including the farm from which it came, the chemicals used in its production, its nutritional value, how the animals were treated, and the costs to the environment. They are being […]

The event video, presenter slides, podcast, photos and blog will be available in the days following the event. Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara — especially for small farms and businesses — requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems. Can Asia, with its recent success in […]

Panelists discuss the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing- country agriculture today. 

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China has rapidly transformed itself into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse, and is now the world’s second-largest economy. But low levels of basic education pose a challenge for the future. Authors Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell draw on extensive surveys on the ground to examine how low education levels among China’s large rural […]

Ethiopia has experienced impressive agricultural growth and poverty reduction, stemming in part from substantial public investments in agriculture. Yet, the agriculture sector now faces increasing land and water constraints along with other challenges to growth.  Growth in the agriculture sector remains essential to continued poverty reduction in Ethiopia and will depend on sustained investment in […]

This book provides a global overview of agricultural extension and advisory services, assesses and compares extension systems at the national and regional levels, examines the performance of extension approaches in a selected set of country cases, and shares lessons and policy insights. Drawing on both primary and secondary data, the book contributes to the literature […]

Lessons learned from the impacts of COVID-19 so far; using those lessons to better prepare for the impact of future pandemics on global food and nutrition security.
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A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish value chain has occurred and how it has improved the lives of both fish producers and fish […]

The share of working-age young people in Africa south of the Sahara has risen due to past declines in mortality coupled with high fertility. This “youth bulge” has created a sense of urgency among national governments and the international development community as the prospect of widespread youth unemployment in Africa, and the social instability and […]

Welcome Address Remarks on the Book Remarks on the Book by the Special Guest Remarks by the Special Guest Remarks by the Guest of Honor Remarks by the Chief Guest Closing Remarks by the Chair Vote of Thanks Please note this event will be livestreamed.

Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation reveals that despite over 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, Ghana has not industrialized and most of its workers remain trapped in low productivity work in agriculture and services. Using empirical analysis of the performance of Ghana’s economy and its agriculture sector over the […]

The Indian growth story is paradoxical—despite notable economic progress, persistent food insecurity, malnutrition, and high levels of stunting make India an outlier among developing countries. Growing problems of obesity, regional inequality, and climate change compound these issues, threatening a future public health crisis. Using a food systems lens, Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India […]

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past […]

In recent years, productivity and sustainability of agriculture and food systems have received increased attention at the global level. The challenges are also reasonably well understood and agricultural R&D offers options to tackle most of them. What is lacking, however, is policy coherence and coordinated efforts at the country level, accompanied by a holistic and […]

The 2018 Farm Bill, if passed, will set US farm policy for the next 5 years and cost some US $87 billion annually. Some of this spending will go toward the US farm safety net, which includes price and income support programs, conservation programs, and crop insurance.  Co-hosted with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), this […]

The global food system is the largest sector of the world’s economy, and critical for the health of our planet—from land and water resources to plants, animals, and people. Managing this system is a huge responsibility, requiring women and men who are efficient, creative, and caring. Public, private, and not-for-profit managers are recognizing the need […]

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IFPRI’s Dakar office is pleased to invite you to its conference series “Strategy and Development Roundtables” (SDR) in partnership with ISRA and DAPSA and to the Dakar launch of “Agriculture, Development, and the Global Trading System”. Click here for more information.

Speaker Panelists Moderator After almost 20 years of declining cocoa production, Ghana has been able in the last decade to increase the share of export prices going to producers, more than doubling production. Contrary to Washington Consensus prescriptions, these accomplishments were achieved through reforms but without liberalization of domestic and export marketing. The Cocoa Coast: […]

Speaker Moderator This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative agricultural growth rates and land tenure systems, and impact on cereal consumption and […]

Speaker Commentators Closing Remarks Moderator With 1.5 billion people covered globally, food and voucher programs provide an important lifeline for the poor and vulnerable.  The book –The 1.5 Billion People Question: Food, Vouchers or Cash Transfers? –reveals that while countries increasingly support people with cash as a form of safety net, food-based programs are still […]

Keynote Speaker: Introduction: Moderator: Closing Remarks: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by 193 countries in 2015, set clear targets for ending hunger and undernutrition, as well as for resolving issues of poverty, inequality, and the impacts of climate change, by 2030. In addition to significant financial investments, achieving these goals will also require the […]

Speakers: Moderator: The last two decades have seen the deepening of the globalization process while worldwide poverty and hunger have been strongly reduced. Still, the international trade policy’s role in improving food and nutrition security for the world’s remaining 795 million undernourished people remains the subject of a long-standing and intense debate. This book launch […]

Speakers: Chair: This volume is the outcome of a project funded by The World Bank Knowledge for Change Program. The authors acknowledge the support of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI.  

Chief Guest: Speakers: Discussant: Moderator: Agriculture has been central to Pakistan’s economic growth and development since independence. But agricultural growth has slowed in recent years, averaging just 2.8 percent between 2010 and 2014. Will the country’s agricultural sector and the wider rural economy play a significant role in future growth and development? Will agriculture contribute […]

Nourishing Millions Website | Blog Story Overview Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute and CEO, Transform Nutrition Research Program Consortium (Video | Presentation) Perspectives Tom Arnold, Coordinator ad interim, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (Video) David Nabarro, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change […]