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View this email in your browser February 15 – April 15, 2020 A recap of the latest IFPRI events with links to blogs, podcasts, and more. Integrated Cash Transfer Programs in West Africa: How to make cash transfer programs more nutrition sensitive? February 13, 2020 Dakar, Senegal Explore more about the event (link) Considering the positive impact of cash transfer programs on households’ well-being, poverty, resilience and food security, it is essential to make them more nutrition-sensitive. Melissa Hidrobo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI      WATCH the video (link)       READ the blog (link)      VIEW the photos (link) European Green Deal — Farm to Fork Strategy for Sustainable Food February 18, 2020 Co-Organized by IFPRI and the European Union Washington, DC, US Explore more about the event (link) “We don’t expect and ask farmers to change their jobs. We want farmers to remain in their jobs and be different types of knowledge-based farmers. By focusing on that, we can turn the challenge of climate change into a real growth strategy.” Tassos Haniotis, Director, European Commission      LISTEN to the podcast (link)       READ the blog (link)      VIEW the photos (link)      WATCH the video (link) Greening of trade policies: The EU-Mercosur agreement February 19, 2020 Washington, DC, US Explore more about the event (link) For the first time, sustainable development is a part of a Mercosur trade agreement. The agreement’s environmental impact is an important concern, particularly if greater trade and growth increase greenhouse gas emissions. “We are not going to reduce emissions by doing nothing—and we want a trade agreement that will create growth.” David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI      LISTEN to the podcast (link)       READ the blog (link)      VIEW the photos (link)      WATCH the video (link) Launch of the ReSAKSS Data Challenge – RDC February 20, 2020 Dakar, Senegal Explore more about the event (link)      VIEW the photos (link)       READ the blog (link) Reflections with Ousmane Badiane February 24, 2020 Washington, DC, US Explore more about the event (link) “Being in Africa, helping the African governments have a voice in the global development agenda was very important [to me]. Having the world that was doubting the capacity the willingness and the resolve of African leaders to say this is our agenda– I’m satisfied to see that now in the global discourse…country-owned strategies, which is really a great thing, seeing African countries holding each other accountable.  Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, IFPRI      VIEW the photos (link)      WATCH the video (link)      LISTEN to the podcast (link) Rwanda National Policy Dialogue: Building Productive Capacities for Rwanda’s Agricultural Transformation, Rural Development, and Food Security February 26, 2020 Kigali, Rwanda Explore more about the event (link)       READ the blog (link) 2020 Global Food Policy Report: Building Inclusive Food Systems April 07, 2020 Virtual Event Explore more about the event (link) “Even in prosperous times and prosperous societies, too many people are still excluded from fully participating in food systems and securing their benefits…in times of crisis, like today, inclusion is an even greater imperative for protecting the most vulnerable.” Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI      LISTEN to the podcast (link)       READ the blog (link)      WATCH the video (link) COVID-19: Implications for Global and Country-Level Food Security, Nutrition, and Poverty April 14, 2020 Virtual Event Explore more about the event (link) “The world has made a lot of progress on nutrition…it’s really important that we keep our eyes on the ball on that as well as the COVID-19 situation evolves because we certainly can’t afford a backsliding on something as critical for human capital development as nutrition.”  Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI       LISTEN to the podcast (link)   WATCH highlights video (link)          WATCH the full video (link) Recent Webinars March 31, 2020: Mamo Webinar Series: ‘’Why increasing the role of renewable energy mini-grids is essential to transforming agricultural productivity and food security in Africa’’  Recent IFPRI participation in key external events February 18, 2020: Meetings of Agricultural Chief Scientists of G20 States (MACS-G20) March 04, 2020: Agricultural Trade and the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems March 05, 2020: CEPS Ideas Lab April 07, 2020: Ceres2030 Virtual Meeting: COVID-19 & Global Food Security Implications April 17, 2020: Are We Heading Toward Another Global Food Price Crisis? Upcoming IFPRI HQ Events April 30, 2020: COVID-19: Emerging problems and potential country-level responses  May 12, 2020: Food Loss & Waste  Upcoming Webinars April 30, 2020: Comment participer au concours ReSAKSS Data Challenge? May 08, 2020: Webinar on Real-Time Monitoring of Food Crisis Risk Factors Copyright © 2020 International Food Policy Research Institute. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: *IFPRI – 1201 Eye Street NW Washington, DC 20005 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.