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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.

Manuel Hernandez

Manuel Hernandez is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit of IFPRI. He has more than 20 years of experience in diverse projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia on development issues related to agricultural and labor markets, food security and nutrition, industrial organization and regulation, price analysis, and the informal economy. His current research focuses on impact evaluation linked to rural development and food security projects, migration, functioning of oligopoly markets and value chains, and price volatility.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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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.

IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series

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  • IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series

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    Biofuels and the Global Vegetable Oil Market

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    Production of biodiesel fuel in Brazil, the European Union, Indonesia, and the United States has grown by nearly 40 percent over the past five years, driven largely by subsidies and government mandates. Government regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions have also boosted demand for vegetable oils and created new markets for used cooking oils […]


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    Trade disruptions and their impacts on agricultural markets: Looking back and ahead

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    Global agricultural markets have been in a constant state of uproar over the past 5 years. Trade wars between major trading nations such as China, US and Australia, supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, crisis in the Middle East and export restrictions have diverted supplies, altered trading patterns, increased price volatility […]


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    Emerging Trends in the Global Soybean Complex

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    Virtual IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: December 14, 2023 at 9:30am-11:00am EST. This seminar will explore the market outlook for soybeans and vegetable oils, and examine the implications of the US biodiesel industry and recent developments in South American soybean production.


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    A Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price Controls

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    Virtual IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: October 18, 2023 at 9:00am-10:30am EDT. At an August meeting of ASEAN countries, leaders committed to maintain an unimpeded flow of agricultural products and refrain from using “unjustified” trade barriers. However, these commitments may be undermined by a strengthening El Niño in the Pacific, which threatens to cut the rice production of key Asian suppliers and push prices sharply higher. This webinar will provide a brief update on the global rice situation.


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    Facilitating Anticipatory Action with Improved Early Warning Guidance

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    Virtual IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: September 26, 2023 at 9:00am-10:30am EDT. This seminar will take stock of existing early warning, early action systems (EWEAs) and examine whether they provide sufficient guidance to policymakers and decisionmakers keen to enhance anticipatory action.


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    Market Concentration in the Grain Industry: Implications for Food Security?

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    Virtual IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: September 7, 2023 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. This session will examine whether increased concentration necessarily leads to increased market power or simply reflects the underlying economic efficiencies controlling value chains.


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    Production Prospects for the Northern Hemisphere

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    VIRTUAL IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: April 18, 2023 at 9am-10:30am EDT. This session will address crop and weather conditions in key wheat, corn, and oilseed producing regions including the US and Canada, the EU and Black Sea, North Africa and China.


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    Ukraine One Year Later: the impact of the war on agricultural markets and food security

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    VIRTUAL IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: March 8, 2023 at 9:00am-10:30am EST. During this seminar speakers will discuss the war’s impacts on Ukraine’s producers, wheat buyers and importers in the MENA region, and households in Egypt and Yemen.


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    Food vs Fuel V2.0: Impacts of Biofuels on Agricultural Markets and Food Security

    Co-organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

    VIRTUAL IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: JANUARY 24, 2023 at 9am-10:30am EST. This session will review the growth in global biofuel production and examine its impact on demand and market prices for grain and oilseeds.