How can we accelerate progress in transforming our agri-food systems to meet the needs of the malnourished and to achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030? To answer this question, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have organized a three-day global event taking >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
IFPRI-FAO Global Conference: Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
IFPRI and FAO are organizing a global conference on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition in late November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. This event is aligned with the imperatives of the Compact2025 initiative and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition to make accelerated progress on hunger and undernutrition by 2025 to pave the way for achieving all […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
IFPRI Malawi research fellow nominated for Nils Westermarck award
At the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) being held in Vancouver this week, an IFPRI Malawi research fellow was nominated- and was named first runner up- for the Nils Westermarck award, named after an outstanding contributor to the agricultural economics profession. The nominee, Dennis Ochieng, is an associate research fellow at IFPRI Malawi where his >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Researchers highlight gender and equity at the ANH Academy Week
Gender and equity were hot topics of discussion at the 2017 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health (ANH) Scientific Symposium and Academy Week. Over 300 researchers from many disciplines and countries gathered from July 9-13 in Kathmandu, Nepal, to share their research and insights. The conference included an in-depth session on gender and equity, though these themes […]
Conference on Impacts of international agricultural research: Rigorous evidence for policy
The Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR's Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) and PIM will hold a conference on assessing the impacts of agricultural research on July 6-8, 2017 at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya.
