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IFPRI Policy Seminar: Ag, Structural Transformation & Poverty Reduction - 10/22/2018 - IWalker Oct 23, 2018

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Agricultural development has traditionally been among the most effective tools for reducing poverty and central to development efforts. But does this still stand today, as countries have urbanized and the world has opened up? This seminar will present key results from a recent Special Issue of World Development that add important nuances to our understanding of the critical relationship between agriculture, structural transformation and poverty reduction. Using a variety of analytical techniques, the authors, including IFPRI researchers, address the relative effectiveness of agricultural growth in reducing poverty, who benefits, where it works best, and how financing affects the outcomes.

PIM Seminar Series: Measuring policy distortions along agricultural value chains 10/17/2018 - Oct 17, 2018

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Policy distortions to agricultural incentives can affect different value chain actors in different ways. For example, an export tax may help domestic maize consumers by decreasing the price of maize and increasing the availability of supply in the domestic market, but such a policy may hurt smallholder producers by decreasing their profit margins. In this webinar, Dr. Simla Tokgoz (IFPRI) is sharing new research findings on the analysis of policy distortions to agricultural incentives along selected value chains in four countries: Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Tanzania. More about the webinar: http://bit.ly/DistortionsValueChainsWebinar

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - JMcGovern Oct 12, 2018

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Speaker: Jim McGovern, Congressman for the 2nd District of Massachusetts and Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus joins the Policy Event. FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - TRawe Oct 12, 2018

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Panelists Tonya Rawe, Global Policy Lead for Food and Nutrition Security, CARE International FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Discussion on the Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - KKosec Oct 12, 2018

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Panelists Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - JMcArthur Oct 12, 2018

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Panelists John McArthur, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - MvanNieuwkoop Oct 12, 2018

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Keynote Speaker Martien van Nieuwkoop, Director, Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - MCantillo Oct 12, 2018

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Presentation of the Report’s Key Findings: Marco Sanchez Cantillo, Deputy-Director, Agricultural Development Economics, FAO FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - VSharan Oct 12, 2018

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Remarks Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO’s Liaison Office for North America FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.

IFPRI Policy Seminar: The Future of the Commons - 10/4/2018 - THilhorst Oct 05, 2018

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Discussant: Thea Hilhorst, Senior Land Governance Specialist, Development Research Group, World Bank 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garret Hardin. Its widely accepted message about the inevitable degradation of shared resources prompted privatization or nationalization of much common property. Yet sustainable management of the commons has a long history, and new evidence is increasing our understanding of effective governance of these resources for the future. This policy seminar will discuss recent developments in research and policy on the commons, with particular attention to tenure and governance. Following an overview of key issues, speakers will present the factors that led to the adoption of the UK Commons Act to protect the commons; results of an international review of tenure security of land-based commons, particularly forests and rangelands held by communities and indigenous peoples; new evidence on how tenure can affect investment in shared resources by community members and outsiders; and factors shaping national policies on common resources and implications for the future.

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