BOOK LAUNCH
The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World
Hybrid Event
NOV 14, 2023 - 3:00 TO 4:30PM EST

Amid rising geopolitical conflict, populism and nationalism, and clashes between empirical evidence and disinformation campaigns, many countries are trying to transform their food systems to achieve healthier, more sustainable outcomes. To accomplish this challenging goal, pathways to transform food systems must be grounded in a sound understanding of interest group dynamics, incentive systems, the role of ideology and coalitions, and accountability structures.

The Political Economy of Food System Transformation, a new IFPRI and Oxford University publication edited by Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen, tackles this complex subject by integrating insights from a global set of interdisciplinary scholars. Their work encompasses food system policy issues relevant to diets and environmental sustainability at the local, national, and international levels. The authors address a wide range of issues, including the need to repurpose costly agricultural subsidies, reduce red meat and ultra-processed food consumption, increase uptake of appropriate biotechnologies, adopt sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, implement the European Union’s Farm to Fork Strategy, adapt urban food system councils to local contexts, and track accountability for global food system commitments.

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.

Speakers

Christopher Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Koen Deconinck, Economist, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Eduardo Gómez, Professor and Director of the Institute of Health Policy and Politics, Lehigh University
Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit, IFPRI and Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI

Discussant
Loraine Ronchi, CGIAR Senior Advisor for Policy Impact, IFPRI

Moderator
Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI  

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The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World

POLICY SEMINAR
From Farm to Table: Agrifood Systems and Trade Challenges in the Southern Cone
Co-organized by IFPRI and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
DEC 12, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST

De la granja a la mesa: Sistemas agroalimentarios y retos comerciales en el Cono Sur

Esta presentación será en español. Habrá traducción simultánea al inglés.

Los sistemas alimentarios de todo el mundo se enfrentan a retos sociales, nutricionales y medioambientales graves, y deben evolucionar para cumplir nuevos y diversos objetivos interrelacionados. A medida las políticas públicas que se remodelan para apoyar esta transformación, hay que tener en cuenta dos factores fundamentales: 

(1) Se necesitan innovaciones tecnológicas que permitan satisfacer la demanda de una mayor productividad de forma respetuosa con el medioambiente.

(2) Es esencial allanar el camino de los flujos comerciales internacionales, y esto requiere una mejora en las normas comerciales que permita facilitar los flujos desde los países con el mayor potencial de crecimiento de la oferta —sobre la base de sistemas de producción respetuosos con el medioambiente— hacia aquellos que presentan las mayores limitaciones para alcanzar la autosuficiencia alimentaria.

Ir tras estos objetivos puede suponer un reto importante para los países en desarrollo, que tendrán que ajustar y transformar sus prácticas de producción y distribución, en particular aquellos que participan activamente en el comercio de alimentos. En el Cono Sur de Sudamérica, que se ha convertido en la mayor región exportadora neta de alimentos del mundo, la atención a estas cuestiones debe ser primordial.

Para responder a ello, el Programa para América Latina y el Caribe del IFPRI lanza la publicación De la granja a la mesa: Sistemas agroalimentarios y retos comerciales en el Cono Sur. Este trabajo analítico pretende informar a los procesos políticos para la transformación del sistema alimentario regional del Cono Sur.

Los oradores presentarán un análisis de los principales retos a los que se enfrentan los sistemas agroalimentarios nacionales del Cono Sur, especialmente en lo relacionado con normativas y barreras nuevas que pueden afectar al comercio internacional y las condiciones para la exportación. También debatirán cómo el sistema alimentario regional podría contribuir mejor al sistema alimentario mundial a través del comercio, la inversión, el desarrollo de cadenas de valor y la transferencia de tecnología.

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From Farm to Table: Agrifood Systems and Trade Challenges in the Southern Cone

BOOK LAUNCH
Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future
Co-organized by IFPRI, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), and CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS)
JAN 8, 2024 - 4:30 TO 5:45PM EAT

Food systems transformation offers a promising avenue to achieve the goals Kenya has set out in the Bottom-Up Economic Agenda (BETA). The new book Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future, edited by Clemens Breisinger, Michael Keenan, Jemimah Njuki, and Juneweenex Mbuthia, takes a critical look at Kenya’s whole food system, including food supply chains, the food environment, consumer behavior, external drivers, and development outcomes and considers the system’s history and experiences from other countries. With chapters authored by Kenyan and international experts, this collaborative work presents both a bird’s-eye view of the Kenyan food system and in-depth analyses of its components. Rigorous economic research provides unique insights into both broad policy themes and specific actions that can position Kenya as a global leader in tackling the challenges of food-system-led transformation. 

Join us for this hybrid book launch at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi campus and online. Speakers from academia, Kenyan research institutes, policy institutions, and CGIAR will discuss the recommendations. A light reception will follow the presentations. For in person attendance, please contact Ann Mureithi (a.mureithi@cgiar.org).

Welcoming Remarks
Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI
Hon. Jonathan Mueke, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD)
Gideon Obare, Executive Director, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development 

Overview of the Book
Juneweenex Mbuthia, Research Officer, IFPRI and co-editor
Clemens Breisinger, Program Leader, IFPRI/CGIAR and co-editor

Reflections on the Book and Panel Discussion
Jane Ambuko, Professor, University of Nairobi
Michael Keenan, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI
Rose Ngugi, Executive Director/Board Secretary, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) 
Nancy Laibuni, Associate Member, President’s Council of Economic Advisors 
Anne Chele, Agriculture and Rural Development Partner Group (ARDPG) Representative; National Policy Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO-Kenya)

Closing Remarks  
Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); Senior Director, Livestock Based-Systems, CGIAR and MD Resilient AgriFood Systems, CGIAR

Moderators
Esther Waruingi, Research Officer, IFPRI
Joseph Karugia, Principal Scientist, Agricultural Economist and Policy Expert, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Links
Food systems transformation in Kenya: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/food-systems-transformation-kenya-lessons-past-and-policy-options-future

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Book Launch: Food Systems Transformation in Kenya

In his speech, Dr David Nabarro reflects on local and national priorities regarding food systems transformation, an area where Ireland is an acknowledged leader. He also focuses on interconnected challenges such as climate action and sustainable development. Dr Nabarro presents his experience of the catalysing effect of systems thinking and adopting a people-centred approach when tackling inter-connected challenges, such as food systems transformation. He argues that such an approach must be adapted to the interests of people of the lowest incomes and with the least agency. Dr Nabarro concludes that this novel way of thinking and working together will have the greatest likelihood of long-term success.

About the Speaker:

Dr David Nabarro is Strategic Director of 4SD Foundation, Geneva; Professor of Global Health at Imperial College, London; and Special Envoy on COVID-19 for the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Nabarro has served as Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (2005-2014). He was Coordinator of the UN system’s High-Level Task Force on the Food Security Crisis 2009-2014 and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition and Coordinator of the Scale-up Nutrition Movement (2010-2014).
In his early career, he served as Director for Human Development in the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

Advancing Food Systems Transformations: A Personal View

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES
Reforming Agricultural Policies and Farm Support to Advance Sustainable Food System Transformation
Co-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
15:00 TO 16:45 CET
FEB 29, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:45AM EST

In the recent COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, world leaders affirmed that “agriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform in order to respond to the imperatives of climate change.” This declaration strengthens the growing global consensus that current food systems need urgent transformative change to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition and to make food production and delivery systems resilient and sustainable.

Evidence-based policies are critical to steer such a transformation, which requires urgent action from governments around the world—both in the global North and the global South—to better align, reform, or repurpose current policies and public support to deliver better value for people, planet, and prosperity. Public investments and other expenditures help to create incentives for producers and other food system actors as they choose what, how, and where to produce food, as well as for consumers in their choices of what foods to eat.

The seminar will highlight key IFPRI findings on the potential to repurpose existing agriculture policies and public support to accelerate the transformation of food systems to become more inclusive, resilient, sustainable, and healthy. Developing appropriate incentives to encourage producers to adopt technological innovations and sustainable practices, and consumers to make healthy and sustainable food choices, will help deliver desired food system outcomes, but doing so will require bold action through both international coordination and national-level policy reform.

The seminar will present available evidence on promising technological innovations from CGIAR and elsewhere, identify associated tradeoffs, and examine how policies can shape greater uptake of such innovations. It will highlight global initiatives seeking to advance agricultural policy reform and assess the evidence base behind these initiatives, as well as examining country-level attempts at reform and the obstacles these reforms can face in both the global North and global South.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI
Jan Brix, Senior Policy Officer, Division of Agriculture and Rural Development, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Science for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems
Loraine Ronchi, CGIAR Senior Advisor for Policy Impact, IFPRI
Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel 1: Global Initiatives for Agricultural Policy Reform
Representative of the  Presidency (Brazil) (Invited)
Debbie Palmer, Director for Energy, Climate and Environment, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Sergiy Zorya, Lead Agriculture Economist and Global Lead for Policies and Public Expenditures, Agricultural and Food Global Practice, The World Bank

Panel 2: Regional and National Policy Reform Experiences
Alan Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin
Shenggen Fan, Chair Professor, College of Economics and Management at China Agricultural University, CGIAR System Board member
Patrick Ofori, Deputy Director, Head of M&E Division at Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Policy Planning Monitoring & Evaluation Directorate (PPMED) 

Moderator
Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

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Reforming Agricultural Policies and Farm Support to Advance Sustainable Food System Transformation

LAUNCH EVENT
Global Food 50/50 Launch Event
Co-organized by Global Health 50/50, IFPRI, and UN Women
MAR 7, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EST / 1:00 TO 2:30pm BST

The Global Food 50/50 initiative monitors progress and holds food system organizations accountable for advancing gender-just and equitable food systems. This event marks the launch of the third annual Global Food 50/50 Report, which reviews the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 51 global food system organizations to assess two interlinked dimensions of inequality: inequality of opportunity in careers within organizations and inequality in who benefits from the global food system.

For the first time, the 2023/2024 Report expands its focus to address a policy area that plays a decisive role in promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace: the extent to which workplace policies recognize and support employees’ care responsibilities. The data reveal policy attention to parental leave, but other policies related to family needs, such as child care and elder care, remain scarce.

This launch event seminar will present key findings from the report and explore how this new accountability mechanism can empower a broader movement to demand more equitable and inclusive organizations across the global food system.

Introductory Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI 

Keynote Address
Jamille Bigio, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Results of 2022 Global Food 50/50 Report
Jemimah Njuki, Chief, Economic Empowerment, UN Women
Sonja Tanaka, Deputy Director, Global Health 50/50

Panelists
Ananda Uvl, Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, East-West Seed
Juan Echanove, Associate Vice President, Food and Water Systems, CARE
Susan Kaaria, Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)
Santiago Alba-Corral, Director, Climate-Resilient Food Systems, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Closing Remarks
Sarah Hawkes, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50

Moderator
Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI

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Global Food 50/50 Launch Event

CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES
Post COP28 Priorities for Advancing Food Systems Transformation
Co-organized by IFPRI, CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
MAR 27, 2024 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT / 14:30 TO 16:00 CET

Held in 2023, the planet’s hottest year on record, COP28 has been heralded for its strong focus on food systems, which are simultaneously threatened by and contribute to climate change. The COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, albeit non-binding, but endorsed by almost 160 countries, emphasizes the transformative potential of agriculture and food systems in responding to climate change and ensuring global food security.

Insufficient climate finance represents a significant barrier to achieving climate-resilient and low-emission food systems. Given that smallholders produce the majority of the global food supply, special attention to their finance needs is critical.

As the fifth policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this virtual event will take stock of food systems–related outcomes from COP28 and outline priorities for advancing them at both the international and country level in a concrete and meaningful manner.

Please join a distinguished set of speakers from CGIAR, international organizations, and the policy community for this discussion on advancing both adaptation and mitigation of food systems, which will place a particular focus on climate finance and policy priorities.

Taking Stock of COP28 Outcomes
Felicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Aditi Mukerji, Director, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform of the CGIAR
Kristofer Hamel, Head, Food Systems, COP28 Presidency; UAE Climate Change Special Envoy

Advancing on Climate Change Finance
Geeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI

Country level Policy Priorities and Needs
Agnes Kalibata, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - Represented by Boaz Keizire, Head of Policy & Advocacy, AGRA
Qingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Asian Development Bank

Preparing for COP29 and COP30
Nigar Arpadarai, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan; Member of Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Eduardo Brito Bastos, Agronomic Engineer (ESALQ/USP)
Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director of Partnerships & Advocacy, CGIAR; Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Moderator
Roula Majdalani, Climate Change Advisor, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

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Post COP28 Priorities for Advancing Food Systems Transformation

POLICY SEMINAR
Deepening Social Protection Systems: Enhancing livelihoods and health in Ethiopia
APR 17, 2024 - 10:30AM TO 12:00PM EDT

Twenty years after the establishment of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), a major social protection system, the country’s government, donors, and other stakeholders are implementing multidimensional graduation model programs that are designed to complement the PSNP’s monthly food and cash transfers. Graduation models include multiple interventions such as large asset or lump-sum transfers, training, savings promotion, and other forms of nutrition, health, or psychosocial support. These models aim to move beyond cash or food transfers to ensure minimum consumption levels and address the multiple challenges that can trap poor households in poverty. 

This event will present findings from a randomized controlled trial of Strengthening PSNP Institutions and Resilience (SPIR), a graduation model program embedded within the PSNP that is led by World Vision, in collaboration with CARE and ORDA, and with support from the Ethiopian government and USAID. Speakers will present evidence about the impact of this intervention across multiple domains, including health, nutrition, livelihoods, and women’s empowerment, and examine its implications for the design of graduation model interventions across low- and middle-income countries. This policy seminar builds on the SPIR II Learning Event (https://www.ifpri.org/event/spir-ii-learning-event) conducted in Addis Ababa in 2023.

Welcoming Remarks
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia, IFPRI

SPIR: Overview of the Randomized Trial Design
Daniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI

Can a Light-Touch Graduation Model Enhance Livelihood Outcomes and Resilience?
Jessica Leight, Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI

Including Scalable Nutrition Interventions in a Graduation Model Program
Harold Alderman, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI

Effectiveness of a Men’s Engagement Intervention to Change Attitudes and Behaviors
Melissa Hidrobo, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI

Treating Depression Among the Extreme Poor
Michael Mulford, Chief of Party, SPIR II, World Vision

Expert Panel
Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics and Finance, Frederic Esser Nemmers Chair; Co-Director, Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University; Chief Economist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Margaux Vinez, Senior Economist; Africa, Social Protection and Jobs, World Bank

Moderators
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia, IFPRI
Daniel Gilligan, Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, IFPRI

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Deepening Social Protection Systems: Enhancing livelihoods and health in Ethiopia

HYBRID POLICY SEMINAR
Sudan at a Crossroads: Food Systems, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid During Civil Conflict
MAY 2, 2024 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM EDT

In April 2023, Sudan descended into a violent civil war that has displaced more than 8 million people, destroyed critical infrastructure, and left half the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. More than one year later, the unresolved conflict threatens agricultural production, agroprocessing, and trade, exacerbating Sudan’s status as a failed state. Sudan’s trajectory is therefore relevant for the broader community of scholars and practitioners working to enhance food systems and food security in fragile states facing complex humanitarian emergencies.

This IFPRI policy seminar will reflect on urgent data, analytical, and policy needs to mitigate food insecurity and revitalize food systems in Sudan. Several interrelated issues will be addressed, including options for policy engagement in the absence of a legitimate government, the viability of balancing immediate humanitarian needs with longer-term investments in agricultural development, and possible post-conflict scenarios that might affect priority-setting for the food system. The event will bring together researchers from IFPRI’s Sudan country program, conflict analysts, humanitarian donors, and country experts in a hybrid format.

Welcome Remarks
Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRI

Overview Remarks from USAID
Tyler Beckelman, Deputy Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Africa Bureau

Sudan’s Conflict and Complex Emergencies
Alex de Waal, Professor and Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

Food Security Before and During the War: Evidence from National Rural Household Survey
Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit and Sudan Country Strategy Support Program Leader, IFPRI

Shocks, Coping, and Livelihood Strategies due to the War
Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit, Sudan Country Strategy Support Program, IFPRI

Economic Costs of the War and Recovery Options
Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, Foresight, Policy, and Modeling (FPM) Unit, IFPRI

Local and External Competencies for Peacebuilding in Sudan
Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum and former Sudan Minister of Finance

Closing Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI

Moderator
Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRI

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Sudan at a Crossroads: Food Systems, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid During Civil Conflict

HYBRID POLICY SEMINAR
Globalization of the Bioeconomy: Recent Trends and Drivers of Bioeconomy Programs and Policies
Co-organized by IFPRI, International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) and CGIAR
MAY 7, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT

The bioeconomy approach to sustainable development holds great promise in reducing dependence on fossil fuels, addressing climate change, and promoting resource-use efficiency, thereby stimulating economic growth, enabling innovation, and improving food security. The bioeconomy is the production, utilization, conservation, and regeneration of biological resources, including related knowledge, science, technology, and innovation, to provide sustainable solutions (information, products, processes, and services) within and across all economic sectors and enable a transformation to a sustainable economy.

Multilateral organizations have intensified their engagement in, and for, the bioeconomy. Under India’s lead in 2023, the G20 drew attention to the bioeconomy and, in 2024, Brazil put the bioeconomy prominently on the G20 agenda. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) included bioeconomy in its most recent science strategy. At the same time, national bioeconomy strategies are emerging to shape multisectoral approaches to climate neutrality, food and nutrition security, improved health, economic growth, and other objectives aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.

In April 2024, the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) released a new policy review in preparation for the Global Bioeconomy Summit in October 2024. The new report analyzes bioeconomy policy trends and their determinants, and highlights the growing importance of the bioeconomy as a key enabler and solution provider to global sustainability challenges across various sectors and dimensions of society. Importantly, the report identifies international and multilateral cooperation as a key building block.

The report—and the growing body of research on the bioeconomy—emphasizes the opportunities to advance innovation and facilitate the rise of a bio-based industry and manufacturing, sustainable and regenerative agriculture, human health, and circular bio-based economies. This seminar will spotlight key findings from the IACBG report and explore the role of the bioeconomy in addressing food security, nutrition and diets, and poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries. Please join us on May 7, 2024, at the International Food Policy Research Institute (in-person or online) for an exciting seminar on the globalization of the bioeconomy.

Welcome Remarks
Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI

Keynote Speaker
Joachim von Braun, Distinguished Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn University

Panel Discussion
Julius Ecuru, Principal Scientist and Manager, Research Innovation Coordination Units, BioInnovate Africa Programme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR (Video Remarks)
Mary E. Maxon, Executive Director, BioFutures
Hugo Alexander Chavarría Miranda, Program Manager for Innovation and Bioeconomy, and Executive Secretary Latin American Bioeconomy Network, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) (Video Remarks)

Moderator
David Spielman, Director, Innovation Policy, and Scaling (IPS), IFPRI

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Globalization of the Bioeconomy: Recent Trends and Drivers of Bioeconomy Programs and Policies

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.

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