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COVID-19: Emerging problems and potential country-level responses - 04/30/2020 Apr 30, 2020

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This virtual policy seminar held April 30, 2020, featuring introduction from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=1:43); and the following rapid fire presentations: • COVID-19 and the economic impact on Egypt: Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=4:08 ) • COVID-19 and agricultural value chains in Ethiopia: Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=10:35 ) • COVID-19 and informal food traders in Africa -- government responses and citizen compliance: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=17:40 ) • COVID-19 and food security and nutrition in Myanmar: Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=24:48 ) • COVID-19 and gender-sensitive social protection: Shalini Roy, Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=31:45 ) Question and Answer session: ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=38:51 ) Speaker's closing remarks: ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=1:14:24 ) Related website: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-covid-19-emerging-problems-and-potential-country-level-responses Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

PIM Webinar: Domestic support disciplines for the 21st century Apr 27, 2020

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While it is not yet clear when and where the MC12 will take place because of the COVID-19 crisis, it is even clearer now that global coordination and collaboration is key in dealing with food insecurity. The twelfth Ministerial Conference of the WTO provides an opportunity to improve the world trade system through further reforms of the domestic support provisions under the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and provides an updated framework for the future. This PIM Webinar highlights some of the key issues around domestic support and discuss possible scenarios of further development with focus on the potential impacts. More details, recording and slides: https://bit.ly/2KfKLkc *** The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website. http://bit.ly/PIMwebinars Subscribe to the alerts about the future webinars: pim.cgiar.org/subscribe/

IFPRI VIRTUAL Policy Seminar: Agricultural Support Reform and GHG Emissions - 04/21/2020 Apr 21, 2020

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This virtual policy seminar held April 21, 2020, featuring presentations from Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI, with Leonardo Garrido, Lead Senior Economist, The New Climate Economy, World Resources Institute; Madhur Gautam, Lead Economist, World Bank Group; and Ann Tutwiler, Senior Fellow, Meridian Institute & Coordinator of the Policy Action Coalition to Repurpose Food and Agriculture Support as discussants and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI. Governments spend over $US 700 billion dollars per year on agricultural support measures such as subsidies, border price distortions and investments in raising productivity. Agriculture and land use change contribute close to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions policy makers have little information on the implications of agricultural support for emissions. This seminar examines the links between agricultural support and emissions from agriculture to help guide policy reforms that lower emissions, reduce poverty and improve nutrition. The underlying research was funded by FOLU, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and the World Bank Group. Related publication: Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes ( https://www.ifpri.org/publication/reforming-agricultural-support-improved-environmental-outcomes) More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-agricultural-support-reform-and-ghg-emissions Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

COVID-19:Implications for Global & Country-Level Food Security, Nutrition & Poverty-4/14/20 Apr 14, 2020

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This policy seminar held April 14, 2020, featuring introduction from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and the following rapid fire presentations: -Global implications for food security and poverty: David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Developments in India and implications for food security and nutrition: Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Country level implications for food security and poverty: James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Developments in China and implications for food security and poverty: Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Closing remarks from John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI. COVID-19 threatens devastating impacts on food security, poverty, and nutrition, particularly in developing countries. IFPRI researchers are taking an early look at the pandemic’s global and country-level implications. More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-covid-19-implications-global-and-country-level-food-security-nutrition-and Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI VIRTUAL LAUNCH EVENT: 2020 Global Food Policy Report - 04/07/2020 Apr 08, 2020

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This launch event held April 7, 2020, featuring overiew from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and presentations from John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH); Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI; Laura Zseleczky, Program Manager, IFPRI; and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI. Food systems are critical to every aspect of people’s well-being, from what they eat to how they earn their livelihoods to their options for the future. IFPRI’s flagship report ( https://gfpr.ifpri.info) highlights the critical role that inclusive food systems can play in improving nutrition, creating employment and income-generating opportunities, and increasing empowerment of disadvantaged groups. More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-launch-event-2020-global-food-policy-report-building-inclusive-food-systems and https://gfpr.ifpri.info) Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Special Event: Reflections with Ousmane Badiane - 02/24/2020 Feb 25, 2020

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IFPRI Special Event: Reflections with Ousmane Badiane - 02/24/2020 As Ousmane Badiane leaves IFPRI at the end of February, this special event reflects on his work for IFPRI and for Africa. Ousmane's contributions to transforming Africa’s agriculture sector are widely recognized throughout the development community. As IFPRI’s Director for Africa, Ousmane significantly expanded IFPRI’s engagement in Africa and played a key role in developing and guiding the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). His accomplishments include helping to establish the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (ReSAKSS), a major collaboration between CG centers and leading African organizations to support evidence-based policy efforts and launching and leading the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP) with members from more than 30 countries. His latest initiative, the Malabo Montpellier Panel, encourages policy innovations for better development outcomes by bringing together leading global experts and decision makers. Ousmane has also initiated the Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) and the African Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM), two of the most important annual publications on African agriculture. More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/reflections-ousmane-badiane Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Greening of trade policies: The EU-Mercosur agreement - 02/19/2020 Feb 19, 2020

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This IFPRI Policy Seminar held on February 19, 2020, at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring presentations from Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head, Latin American and Caribbean Program, IFPRI; Ramiro Costa, Deputy Executive Director of the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange, Bolsa de Cereales; and David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Sofia Perini, Economist, INAI Foundation (Institute for International Agricultural Negotiations), and moderated by Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI The 2030 Agenda calls on all countries to use trade to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world. We must ensure that the global trading system actively contributes to sustainability. Trade policies offer an opportunity to promote a broad shift in production and consumption that helps consumers to make better choices. The European Union-Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) free trade agreement, recently announced after 20 years of negotiations, has not yet been ratified. If ratified, it would represent the largest trade deal struck by both the EU and Mercosur bringing together 779 million people, 24 trillion dollars of GDP and covering 18 million of square kilometers. Representing a quarter of the global GDP and could also presage a redistribution of agricultural market shares in the EU, the world’s second largest agricultural import market, for US-based exporters. The agreement may serve as a model for future deals, making it critical to get this one right. This discussion will consider fundamental questions about “greening” of the EU-Mercosur agreement: • How will the agreement impact trade in goods? • How will it protect standards, including environmental standards? • Can it promote sustainable farming in both regions? • How will it contribute to the fight against climate change? • Will commitments on environmental protection be enforceable? More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/greening-trade-policies-eu-mercosur-agreement Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Policy Seminar: European Green Deal--Farm to Fork Strategy for Sustainable Food - 02/18/2020 Feb 18, 2020

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This IFPRI Policy Seminar was held last Februrary 18, 2020 at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring keynote presentation from Tassos Haniotis, Director, European Commission with remarks from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and M. Ann Tutwiler, Chair, Bioversity International USA, Inc. and moderated by Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI The “Farm to Fork” Strategy, part of the European Commission’s Green Deal, is integral to Europe’s ambitious response to climate change challenges along the food chain. The “Farm to Fork” strategy reflects the ongoing transformation of food systems worldwide and the goal of making Europe’s food system the gold standard for sustainability. “Farm to Fork” is also linked directly to current discussions on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. The EU experience is highly relevant to the debate around food system transformation—Europe’s policy- and private-driven initiatives demonstrate that green best practices can be successful in jointly increasing economic efficiency and environmental and climate sustainability. This seminar will review the “Farm to Fork” strategy and its implications for European and global agriculture. More about the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/european-green-deal-farm-fork-strategy-sustainable-food Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

IFPRI Book Launch: The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh - 02/11/2020 Feb 12, 2020

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The Washington DC launch of The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh was held last Februrary 11, 2020 at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring presentations from Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI; Nicholas Minot, Deputy Division Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI; Shahidur Rashid, Director, South Asia, IFPRI; and Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI, remarks from Loraine Ronchi, Practice Manager for South Asia, Food and Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank Group, and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish value chain has occurred and how it has improved the lives of both fish producers and fish consumers and considers the future potential of aquaculture in Bangladesh. More about the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/making-blue-revolution-bangladesh-enablers-impacts-and-path-ahead-aquaculture-0 Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

PIM Webinar Series: Integrating Gender in Policy Research and Outreach - 02/06/2020 Feb 07, 2020

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This PIM Webinar recorded on February 6, 2020, features a presentation by and a discussion with Dr. Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI and Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI. There is growing recognition of the importance of gender issues in policy and research. Gender equality is recognized as one of the Sustainable Development Goals and is key to achieving most of the other goals as well. Yet it is often not clear what this means, in practice, or what kinds of knowledge and interventions are needed to contribute to these goals. This webinar will discuss key gender issues and entry points for policy research and outreach, focusing on processes for integrating gender into each stage of the research process, including priority setting, research design, methodologies, conduct of research, and communications for impact. More: https://pim.cgiar.org/2020/01/30/webinar-integrating-gender-in-policy-research-and-outreach/ The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: bit.ly/PIM-Webinars Subscribe to the alerts about the future webinars: pim.cgiar.org/subscribe/

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