IFPRI’s Ghana office hosted a two-day capacity building workshop on “Building a Social Accounting Matrix for Ghana” from 6-7 February 2023. The workshop was held under the auspices of the IFPRI-led Nexus Project, which aims to improve the quality of SAMs used for computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. The workshop was attended by representatives from […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Food Loss and Waste in Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chains
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about one-third of all food produced around the globe is lost or wasted. This is particularly egregious in a world where one in nine persons is food insecure, and widespread food ... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Event Blog: Agricultural Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges
By M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim , Raisa Shamma, and Julie Ghostlaw Introduction In Bangladesh, limited access to formal financial services such as agricultural microinsurance prevents smallholder farmers from investing in productive assets, ado... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
32nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture (Dec 12)
Event: My Reflections on Africa’s Year of Nutrition (Virtual) When: Dec 12, 9:00-10:30PM (Dhaka time) Her Excellency Minata Samaté Cessouma, the AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, & Social Development reflects on key outcomes & r... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Africa Discussion of IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report Climate Change and Food Systems
Global Food Policy Report IFPRI Africa Regional Office June 1, 2022 - 12:30 to 2:00pm GMT Information Register IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) highlights the urgency of accelerating innovation, reforming policies, resetting market incentives, and increasing financing for sustainable food systems transformation. It sets forth a broad range of policy options for […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
