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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Valeria Piñeiro

Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

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Valeria Piñeiro is the Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Her recent work includes modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture and reviewing the evidence on incentives for the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes. Her work in the LAC region includes development strategies and economic growth, trade policies, effects of economic downturn, migration, and tax policies to reduce obesity. She has significant experience working in the areas of economic development and growth using computable general equilibrium (CGE) models as an analytical tool and has led courses in many countries teaching the theory and application of CGE models for the last several years. Dr. Piñeiro received her PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maryland.

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Repurposing agricultural support: Modeling outcomes of different approaches

2024Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria
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Repurposing agricultural support: Modeling outcomes of different approaches

In this brief, we examine the potential impact of repurposing agricultural support. By modeling the impact of various approaches to repurposing agricultural subsidies, we can outline and compare modest reforms and bolder approaches in the current context and, assuming larger contributions by low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), see where there are benefits and identify tradeoffs that must be addressed when implementing these reforms.

Year published

2024

Authors

Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria

Citation

Laborde Debucquet, David; and Piñeiro, Valeria. 2024. Repurposing agricultural support: Modeling outcomes of different approaches. IFPRI Policy Brief September 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152005

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Modelling; Developing Countries; Funding; Reforms; Agriculture; Food Systems

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view

2024Laborde Debucquet, David; Olivetti, Elsa B.; Piñeiro, Valeria
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Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view

Addressing the complex challenges facing agricultural and food systems requires a detailed and integrated approach that ensures food security, enhances nutrition, protects environmental sustainability, and supports livelihoods. Governments are crucial in guiding this transformation through a range of policy tools, including regulatory measures, market-based mechanisms, price adjustments that reflect true production costs, and the reassessment of agricultural subsidies. Achieving comprehensive solutions to these challenges across the domains of food security, nutrition, and sustainable development hinges on reforming domestic agricultural support.

Year published

2024

Authors

Laborde Debucquet, David; Olivetti, Elsa B.; Piñeiro, Valeria

Citation

Laborde Debucquet, David; Olivetti, Elsa B.; and Piñeiro, Valeria. 2024. Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view. In Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference, eds. Valeria Piñeiro, Adriana Campos, and Martin Piñeiro. Chapter 6, Pp. 60-81. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151915

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Latin America and the Caribbean; Agriculture; Sustainable Development; Food Systems; Government; Nutrition

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-SA-3.0-IGO

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Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference

2024Piñeiro, Valeria; Campos Azofeifa, Adriana; Piñeiro, Martin
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Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference

This publication-a joint effort by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)-is being released in the context of growing changes and fragmentation in global economic and trade relationships. Countries are increasingly adopting protectionist measures in response to recent crises and the decreased competitiveness of value chains, due to rising production, marketing and transportation costs. The complex multilateral trade system and the urgent need to implement concrete actions in this area are prompting countries to work towards the adoption of new standards that aim to protect and preserve the environment but could also become barriers to trade that impose a significant economic and social cost on other countries. The countries of the Americas must continue to support efforts to strengthen the multilateral trade system, ensuring that it is open, transparent and science-based, as well as to effectively participate in discussion forums such as the ministerial conferences of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Amidst this scenario, international trade plays a vital role in transforming food systems, by interconnecting them and contributing to creating a more sustainable global food system. In recent years, the growth of production and exports has converted Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) into the largest net food exporting region in the world. On average, agrifood exports from the region in 2021-2023 accounted for 17% of global agrifood exports, representing one fourth of total exports from the region. During that period, LAC agrifood exports grew by 7.6%. Yet, it bears mentioning that, despite its important role, the region has its share of challenges. During 2023, 85% of LAC agrifood exports were directed at external markets and 53% of the value of exported agrifood exports was concentrated among only 10 products. This demonstrates the region’s significant vulnerability and is undoubtedly a challenge that must be addressed. This document is an inter-institutional effort to share ideas and reflections on the main issues to be tackled building on the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference. We hope that it will serve as input in strengthening the participation of the countries of the Americas in WTO multilateral negotiations, while also highlighting the key role of agricultural trade in agrifood system transformation.

Year published

2024

Authors

Piñeiro, Valeria; Campos Azofeifa, Adriana; Piñeiro, Martin

Citation

Piñeiro, Valeria; Campos Azofeifa, Adriana; and Piñeiro, Martin, eds. 2024. Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151786

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Latin America and the Caribbean; Agriculture; Climate Change; Economics; Food Systems; International Trade; Vulnerability

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-SA-3.0-IGO

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Blogs

Síntesis de evidencia: Lineamientos para el diseño de programas crediticios agropecuarios condicionados para el fomento de prácticas agropecuarias sostenibles
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September 03, 2024

Síntesis de evidencia: Lineamientos para el diseño de programas crediticios agropecuarios condicionados para el fomento de prácticas agropecuarias sostenibles

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro

Enfoques para el desarrollo de políticas del sistema alimentario.

Identifying guidelines for the design of conditional credit programs to promote sustainable agricultural practices in Latin America
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September 03, 2024

Identifying guidelines for the design of conditional credit programs to promote sustainable agricultural practices in Latin America

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro

Tools for food system policy development.

Expanding underutilized crops in Asia: The promise of millets for improving nutrition and sustainability
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January 26, 2024

Expanding underutilized crops in Asia: The promise of millets for improving nutrition and sustainability

By Suresh Babu, Nandita Srivastava, Valeria Piñeiro, and Brian McNamara

The many advantages of traditional food items.

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Events

Advancing Sustainable Agri-food Systems for Climate Resilience, Food Security, and Global Collaboration
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November 12, 2024, 5:00 – 6:30 pm

Advancing Sustainable Agri-food Systems for Climate Resilience, Food Security, and Global Collaboration

The livestream will be available on Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 5:00 – 6:30 pm (America/Sao_Paulo) / 3:00 – 4:30 pm (US/Eastern). Join us for an in-depth discussion on Avanzar2030, an evidence-based initiative that identifies promising innovations in agri-food systems and estimates the costs of implementing them. Launched in response to the 2021 UN Food […]

World Food Prize 2024 Borlaug International Dialogue: Side Event on
IFPRI at External Event

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October 22, 2024, 8:30 – 10:00 am

World Food Prize 2024 Borlaug International Dialogue: Side Event on “Reducing the Impact of GHGs Through Managing Food Loss and Waste (FLW): Insights from Bangladesh, Guatemala, Malawi, and Nepal”

October 22, 2024 8:30 – 10:00 am (CDT) 9:30 – 11:00 am (EDT) Register IFPRI is participating in the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue. This year’s theme, “Seeds of Opportunity: Bridging Generations and Cultivating Diplomacy”, will emphasizes the vital role of integrating past wisdom, current innovations and the pressing needs of tomorrow, by leveraging […]

Navigating the Trade Landscape: A Latin American Perspective building on the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference
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September 10, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 pm

Navigating the Trade Landscape: A Latin American Perspective building on the WTO 13th Ministerial Conference

The governance of agricultural and food trade is facing unprecedented challenges in a rapidly evolving global landscape. As traditional agricultural trade issues, such as domestic support and market access, seem to lose their prominence and the feasibility of advancing with a multilateral strategy diminishes, the focus is shifting toward the environmental and nutritional dimensions of […]

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News

July 28, 2023 | Press Release

Within the framework of the WTO, IFPRI, and IICA launch Latin American Network of Agrifood Trade Negotiators

San Jose. The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched a network of agricultural negotiators in Latin America, which will seek to strengthen the positioning of those countries in multilateral forums that address matters related to the agrifood sector, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). It […]

February 19, 2023 | In the News

Russia and China have a stranglehold on the world’s food security (Bloomberg) 

In an extensive report, Bloomberg discusses how Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine highlighted the role of fertilizers — and who controls them — as a strategic lever of global influence. The geopolitical fallout is being felt in the Middle East, by countries such as Malawi and Mozambique in Africa that are dependent on fertilizer imports from […]

February 10, 2023 | In the News

Top food exporter Argentina confronts rising hunger and poverty (The New Humanitarian) 

The New Humanitarian interviewed Valeria Piñeiro, IFPRI’s acting head for Latin America, for the article about the worsening situation with hunger and poverty in Argentina. Piñeiro is asking the international community not to neglect Argentina and Latin America. In the decade up to 2015, the region was hailed for outperforming others in reducing hunger and poverty, but […]

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