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IFPRI Policy Seminar: Nigeria's Solar-Powered Cold Chain Business - 10/2/2018 - NIkegwuonu Oct 05, 2018

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Presenter Nnaemeka C. Ikegwuonu, Founder and CEO, ColdHubs Development of cooled storage and transportation is critical for increasing agricultural productivity and reducing food loss and waste and price volatility. But development of “cold chains” is often hampered by lack of organization, access to credit and energy, and markets. In Nigeria, ColdHubs has built a successful business providing walk-in, solar-powered cold stations for use on-farm and in markets. This policy seminar will reflect on Nigeria’s “cold hub” experience and discuss how cold chain development can work for rural communities, women’s empowerment, food loss prevention, and broader agri-food system development.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Economic Growth, Convergence and Ag Economics - 9/27/2018 - HJacoby Oct 04, 2018

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Discussant: Hanan Jacoby, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda? This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Economic Growth, Convergence and Ag Economics - 9/27/2018 - LFox Oct 04, 2018

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Discussant: Louise Fox, Chief Economist, USAID Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda? This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Economic Growth, Convergence and Ag Economics - 9/27/2018 - DTaglioni Oct 04, 2018

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Discussant: Daria Taglioni, Lead Economist, International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda? This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Economic Growth, Convergence and Agric Economics - 9/27/2018 - WMartin Oct 04, 2018

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Keynote Speaker: Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Growth in many developing countries has surged in the last 25 years, driving major shifts in food demand, production, policies, and trade. What do these unprecedented changes mean for our research agenda? This seminar will look at the impacts of rapid developing country growth and convergence with developed countries, and the implications for future research in agricultural economics.

IFPRI Special Event: Book Launch: Food Citizenship - 10/1/2018 - CSmithDeWaal Oct 04, 2018

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Speaker: Caroline Smith DeWaal, International Food Safety Policy Manager, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition The global food system is the largest sector of the world's economy, and critical for the health of our planet—from land and water resources to plants, animals, and people. Managing this system is a huge responsibility, requiring women and men who are efficient, creative, and caring. Public, private, and not-for-profit managers are recognizing the need to produce nourishing and safe products sustainably.

IFPRI Special Event: Book Launch: Food Citizenship - 10/1/2018 - JUlimwengu Oct 04, 2018

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Perspective: John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI The global food system is the largest sector of the world's economy, and critical for the health of our planet—from land and water resources to plants, animals, and people. Managing this system is a huge responsibility, requiring women and men who are efficient, creative, and caring. Public, private, and not-for-profit managers are recognizing the need to produce nourishing and safe products sustainably.

IFPRI Special Event: Book Launch: Food Citizenship - 10/1/2018 - RGoldberg Oct 04, 2018

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Speaker: Ray Goldberg, Professor of Agriculture and Business, Harvard Business School The global food system is the largest sector of the world's economy, and critical for the health of our planet—from land and water resources to plants, animals, and people. Managing this system is a huge responsibility, requiring women and men who are efficient, creative, and caring. Public, private, and not-for-profit managers are recognizing the need to produce nourishing and safe products sustainably. Dr. Goldberg reflects on his interviews with change-makers of today's food system who provide a panoramic and in-depth look at a revolution in progress.

PIM Webinar Series: Helping smallholder farmers manage risks Sep 21, 2018

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The PIM Webinar “Helping smallholder farmers manage risks: Innovations to improve agricultural insurance” was conducted on September 19, 2018 by Berber Kramer (IFPRI) and Patrick Ward (Duke Kunshan University). We discussed two research-based innovations in the agricultural insurance: (1) bundling of index-based insurance products with novel climate-smart risk-reducing agricultural technologies and practices, and (2) a new technology that uses smartphone photo data over time to create a new picture-based insurance product. The major advantage of field-based monitoring is that it can be used to reduce basis risk. Findings from research in India and Bangladesh were presented. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/AgInsuranceWebinar

IFPRI Policy Seminar : Water Security in a Changing World - 7/12/2018 - SFan Jul 17, 2018

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Speaker: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI Secure water supplies are critical to future sustainable economies and societies. Unprecedented human impact is directly degrading resource quality on every continent and, through global warming, threatens vast change in hydrological systems, with impacts on water availability and access in nearly all parts of the world. Those with fewest resources to tackle these changes will inevitably suffer the most. Please join us as we inaugurate IWMI’s US-based office in Washington, DC, with a discussion of our collaborative research to tackle these complex challenges. The seminar will focus on new and promising solutions to ensure a more water-secure future with less risk and greater equity for rapidly growing populations and economies worldwide.

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