International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

IFPRI's Purnima Menon will participate in the #ICAE2024 organized symposia "Healthy, Sustainable, and Affordable Diets: New Methods and Tools for Evidence-Based Policymaking and Programming" on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ervpMVSZ CGIAR International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)

Tomorrow at #ICAE2024: IFPRI's Johan Swinnen, Rob Vos, Madhur Gautam, and Sudha Narayanan will participate in the organized symposia "Food Value Chains' Contributions to Climate and Sustainability Goals" on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/em6nURr2 CGIAR International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)

🇮🇩 The Indonesian government has signalled its commitment to improving the sustainability of its agrifood systems. A new study, commissioned by FAO and developed by researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), IISD, and Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel uses an innovative modelling approach to generate insights and recommendations for agrifood systems transformation efforts in Indonesia and inform the Indonesian Government’s development planning. 📖 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gxxXM8Bj

Average crop yields in much of Africa lag far below their agronomic potential. This is the case for coffee grown by smallholders in Uganda—agronomy experts estimate they could more than double their yields by applying optimal management practices. A new IFPRI study finds that providing agronomy training to farmer groups and disseminating recommendations via mobile phone can be a cost-effective way of achieving this target. Learn more in this new blog by Vivian Hoffmann: https://lnkd.in/efcHhbAf CGIAR IFPRI Africa

#ICAE2024 Past IAAE Presidents (three of them with present and former International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) affiliations!) speak about the future of the agricultural economics profession. Prabhu Pingali: we need to address global challenges with new tools. What do you anticipate? Joachim von Braun: 1. Stronger focus on demand side, 2. Links of food systems to health, environmental systems, 3. Sustainable bioeconomy. Johan Swinnen: future profession will be more diverse! Women move the discipline in new directions, i.e. international development, nutrition, consumer preferences. We need much more research from developing country authors, decolonize agricultural economics. Will Martin: need to broaden base of the discipline. Greater off farm focus and increased focus on natural resources. Immense potential for economic insights to improve nutrition. Robert L Thompson: important future for the economics of agriculture, food systems and natural resources. Land and water constraints are staring at us, enormous climate change challenges. Need to build bridges to non economic experts - ag, environmental, chemical and other scientists. Don’t spend all your time in academia, have stints in government, private sector to have a greater impact. @Kei Otsuka: 1. ag economists should contribute to global food security by facilitating international technology transfer; 2. Pursue high value revolution; 3. Develop agro processing industries; 4. mobilize science for climate change mitigation. #IFPRI #CGIAR

🌍🌱Prepare for an exciting panel discussion at the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists 2024: 'Recurring Food Crises: Causes, Lessons and Implications'. Organized by Will Martin, this session brings together experienced practitioners in agricultural economics to discuss how the field is evolving. 📅Join us for global agricultural insights on August 5, 2024 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 Noon at NASC Complex, New Delhi. #ICAE2024 #MeetinDelhi Johan Swinnen Uma Lele Uma Lele Scott Rozelle #MadhurGautam Sergiy Zorya ICAR NIAP ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research Agricultural Economics Research Association (India) International Association of Agricultural Economists International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research National Academy of Agricultural Sciences -NAAS India #ISAE

📣 IFPRI is hiring! ➡️ Administrative Coordinator: https://lnkd.in/e4uDWwNj ➡️ Senior Research Fellow I/II: https://lnkd.in/e3E9RpWX ➡️ Staff Accountant II: https://lnkd.in/eTGmRmXR All current IFPRI vacancies: https://lnkd.in/e3T5nBHd CGIAR #job #vacancy #IFPRIjobs

If you are at #ICAE2024 this week, don't miss this organized symposia: 📌 Writing, Presenting, Publishing and Promoting Research in Agricultural and Development Economics: A Primer for Early Career Researchers 📆 Monday, August 5, 2024 from 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM IFPRI participants include Derek Headey, Charlotte Hebebrand and Purnima Menon. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/esmJudpb CGIAR International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)

A recent IFPRI study published in Climatic Change compared agriculture-led and non-agriculture-led development strategies in #Malawi, a country highly vulnerable to climate variability—finding that the former outperform the latter despite climate uncertainties. Learn more in this blog by Askar Mukashov and Eleanor Jones: https://lnkd.in/e3i5BS9x CGIAR IFPRI Africa

📆 Monday, August 5, 2024 from 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 📍 At #ICAE2024: 📌 Bioeconomic Technologies and Their Contributions to the Food Systems Summit’s Action Tracks. IFPRI Participants: Claudia Ringler and David Spielman. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e_hHPchc CGIAR