Virtual Event--Discussion on the Implications of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia

Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent, the World Bank Group, and IFPRI

May 27, 2020 - 02:30 to 04:00 pm MSK

Moscow, Russia

IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report was officially launched on April 7 and highlights the critical role that inclusive food systems can play in maintaining food and nutrition security, looking specifically at obstacles and opportunities as well as the tools and technologies necessary for building inclusive food systems.

COVID-19 is having an immense impact on our health and food systems on a global scale, including in the Eurasia region. The coronavirus pandemic has an immediate and long-term effect on poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition levels especially for poor and disadvantaged people in the developing world. Consequently, the need to work towards inclusive food systems is accelerated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent together with the World Bank and IFPRI, invite interested food and nutrition security professionals to participate on May 27 to learn about the results of the report and to discuss the report and the impact of COVID-19 on food systems in the Eurasia region.

Opening Remarks

RENAUD SELIGMANN

World Bank Country Director for the Russian Federation (tbc)

Sergey Shoba

Director, Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University (tbc)

Presenters

Kamiljon Akramov

 Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI

Johan Swinnen

Director General, IFPRI

Discussants

Artavazd Hakobyan

Senior Agriculture Economist, World Bank Group (tbc)

Komiljon Karimov

Rector, Westminster International University in Tashkent

Roman Romashkin

Deputy Director, Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Vardan Urutyan

Rector, Armenian National Agrarian University (tbc)

Moderator

Rajul Pandya-Lorch

Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI