Policy Forum on Social Transfers to Revitalize Rural India and Launch of IFPRI Global Food Policy Report-2019

Co-Organized by IFPRI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)

April 26, 2019 - 9:30 am to 5:00 pm IST

New Delhi, India

NAAS Lecture Hall 1, NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi

Inaugural Session Chairperson

Dr. Raj Paroda

Founder Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)

Welcome

Dr. Shahidur Rashid

Director for South Asia, IFPRI

Release of Global Food Policy Report-2019

Keynote: Global Food Policy Report-2019

Dr. Shenggen Fan

Director General, IFPRI

GFPR 2019: South Asia Rural Revitalization

Dr. P K Joshi

Senior Advisor, IFPRI

Panel Discussion on Global Food Policy Report-2019

Prof. S Mahendra Dev

Director and Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)

Dr. Rasha Yousef Omar

Country Director, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Dr. Suresh Pal

Director, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (ICAR-NIAP)

Remarks by Chairperson

Dr. Raj Paroda

Founder Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)

Session 1: Employment and Livelihoods: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Revitalization

Chair

Dr. Ashok Gulati

Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Chair

Dr. P G Chengappa

Agricultural Economist, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS)

Social Transfers in Indian Agriculture: Implications for Rural Revitalization

Dr. A-Ganesh Kumar

Professor and Former Dean of Academic Affairs, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) 

Impact of MNREGS on Rural Transformation in India

Dr. Sudha Narayanan

Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)

Discussants

Prof. Ravi Shrivastava

Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

Dr. P Parthasarathya Rao

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) (former)

Open Discussion

Remarks by Chairpersons

Dr. Ashok Gulati

Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Dr. P G Chengappa

Agricultural Economist, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS)

Session 2: Nutrition and Health: Challenges and Breakthroughs for Rural Transformation

Chair

S Mahendra Dev

Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)

Chair

Dr. Mruthyunjaya

NAIP (former)

Agriculture, Nutrition and Health: Linkages and Trade-offs

Dr. Bhaskar Mittra

Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCi)

Dr. Nikhil Raj

Director, Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA)

Nutrition Sensitive Social Transfers: Implications on Rural India

Dr. Purnima Menon

Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Discussants

Dr. Monika Jain

Lead Evaluation Specialist, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Dr. Devesh Roy

Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Open Discussion

Remarks by Chairpersons

S Mahendra Dev

Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)

Dr. Mruthyunjaya

NAIP (former)

Session 3: Natural Resources, Environment and Rural Health

Chair

Dr. D K Marothia

NIE

Chair

Dr. N K Tyagi

ASRB (former)

Climate Change and Rural Transformation in India

Dr. Pratap S Birthal

Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (ICAR-NIAP)

Air Pollution and Rural Health

Dr. Avinash Kishore

Research Fellow, IFPRI

Discussants

Dr. S P Wani

Director of Development Center, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Dr. Kuhu Chatterjee

Program Coordinator for South Asia, Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Open Discussion

Remarks by Chairpersons

Dr. D K Marothia

NIE

Dr. N K Tyagi

ASRB (former)

Concluding Session

Chair

Dr. Shenggen Fan

Director General, IFPRI

Synthesis and Key Recommendations

Dr. Anjani Kumar

Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel Discussion: Future Prospects and Way Forward

Moderator 

Dr. Shahidur Rashid

Director for South Asia, IFPRI

Panelists

Dr. Ashok Gulati

Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Dr. Suresh Babu

Senior Research Fellow, Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI

Mr. Amit Mohan

Government of Uttar Pradesh

Remarks by Chairperson

Dr. Shenggen Fan

Director General, IFPRI

Vote of Thanks

Dr. Shahidur Rashid

Director for South Asia, IFPRI