Global Publication Launch
Speakers:
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- Louise Fresco, President, Wageningen University & Research Center
- Vimlendra Sharan, Director, Liaison Office for North America of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Washington, D.C.
- Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI
- Elizabeth Buckingham, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Global Food Security, U.S. Department of State
Improving Rural-Urban Links in a Rapidly Urbanizing World
Speakers:
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO
- Hans Hoogeveen, Permanent Representative for The Netherlands and Chair CFS-OEWG on Urbanization and Rural Transformations
- Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director General for Economic and Social Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
How Urbanization is Changing Agriculture, Trade, and Nutrition
Speakers:
- Samuel Gayi, Head of Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- Gerda Verburg, Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition
- Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN
- Dr. Chizuru Nishida, Coordinator for Nutrition Policy and Scientific Advice Unit, World Health Organization
Emerging Food Safety & Quality Risks in South Asia: Challenges & Opportunities for Sri Lanka
Speakers:
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- PK Joshi, Director-South Asia, IFPRI
- Hon. Daya Gamage, Minister- Primary Industries
New Delhi, May 11-12
Sustainable Development Goals: Preparedness and Role of Indian Agriculture
Speakers:
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- PK Joshi, Director-South Asia, IFPRI
- Dr. Ramesh Chand, NITI Aayog
- Prof. S Mahendra Dev, IGIDR
- Dr. R S Paroda, TAAS
Cairo, May 24
Egypt Launch of IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report 2017
Speakers:
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- Dr. Hala El Said, Minister of Planning
- Mr. Aly Abousabaa, Director General, ICARDA
- Hala Abou Ali, Professor, FEPS Cairo University
- Rasha Ramadan, Professor, FEPS Cairo University
Moscow, May 26
International Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia
Speakers:
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- Sergey Alekseevich Shoba, Director of ECFS
- Prof. Yuri A. Mazei, Vice-rector, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Anna V. Valkova, Deputy Director, Department of International Financial Relations, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
- Andras Horvai, Country Director and Resident Representative for the Russian Federation, The World Bank
Beijing, July 4
2017 Global Food Policy Report Launch and Reception
Speakers:
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- Huajun Tang, President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Kevin Chen, Senior Research Fellow and China Program Leader, IFPRI
- Jikun Huang, Professor, Peking University; Director, China Center for Agricultural Policy
- Hongxing Ni, Director General of Agricultural Trade Promotion Center, Ministry of Agriculture
- Ling Zhu, Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Abuja, July 20
Dakar, July 25
