The document summarizes the launch of the Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP). The objectives of the Egypt SSP are to raise incomes of rural poor Egyptians and improve food and nutrition security through generating policy evidence, strengthening capacity building, and conducting actionable research. Initial program components funded by USAID include conducting impact evaluations of three projects in Upper Egypt, building national partners' capacity in monitoring and evaluation, and performing policy advisory research. A workshop was held to identify strategic research areas and topics for the Egypt SSP over 2016-2020 within four themes: economic transformation, institutions and social inclusion, food and natural resources, and public health and nutrition.
Market-based approaches to food safety and animal health interventions: Lesso...ILRI
Poster by Karl M. Rich, Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thu, Ha Duong-Nam, Hung Pham-Van, Nga Nguyen-Thi-Duong, Fred Unger and Lucy Lapar at the Tropical Agriculture Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 16-18 November 2015.
This document discusses improving human and environmental health in peri-urban areas through sustainable food systems. It notes that over half the world's population lives in cities, with rapid urbanization influencing consumption of less healthy, more environmentally intensive diets. The proposal is to work with 6 cities committed to reshaping their urban-peri-urban food systems through a research process involving system assessments, identifying and evaluating existing interventions, testing new interventions, and synthesizing results to scale up policies and tools. The goal is to improve diets, environmental health, social equity, and economic outcomes in both urban and rural areas.
Corinna Hawkes
POLICY SEMINAR
Virtual Event - No backsliding: How can we re-orient food systems and health systems to protect nutrition and healthy diets in the context of COVID-19?
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
MAY 28, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Michaela Cosijn presented at the Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture conference at University of Sydney on in the global innovation crisis rather than the global food crisis.
This document discusses the need for innovation in food systems to address current demands and crises. It argues that the real crisis is an innovation crisis, as food systems must change quickly to meet 21st century needs. Food systems innovation encompasses both technological changes and institutional/policy changes. Accelerating innovation requires constructive dialogue between public, private, and civil society stakeholders to set priorities, identify partnerships, and develop coherent policies and regulations. Australia's food system is connected globally, so domestic stakeholders must engage regionally for effective innovation.
Peace, Rural Development, and Prosperity through agriculture research for dev...CIAT
The document discusses the 50-year partnership between CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) and the United States in agricultural research for development. It notes that in 1966, the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations proposed establishing CIAT in Colombia to build on the success of the Green Revolution. CIAT conducts research on crops, climate change resilience, sustainable agriculture, inclusive businesses, and impact assessments in Colombia and globally through partnerships. It explores opportunities to strengthen the USA-CIAT partnership in areas like the Future Seeds project in Colombia.
The document summarizes the launch of the Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP). The objectives of the Egypt SSP are to raise incomes of rural poor Egyptians and improve food and nutrition security through generating policy evidence, strengthening capacity building, and conducting actionable research. Initial program components funded by USAID include conducting impact evaluations of three projects in Upper Egypt, building national partners' capacity in monitoring and evaluation, and performing policy advisory research. A workshop was held to identify strategic research areas and topics for the Egypt SSP over 2016-2020 within four themes: economic transformation, institutions and social inclusion, food and natural resources, and public health and nutrition.
Market-based approaches to food safety and animal health interventions: Lesso...ILRI
Poster by Karl M. Rich, Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thu, Ha Duong-Nam, Hung Pham-Van, Nga Nguyen-Thi-Duong, Fred Unger and Lucy Lapar at the Tropical Agriculture Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 16-18 November 2015.
This document discusses improving human and environmental health in peri-urban areas through sustainable food systems. It notes that over half the world's population lives in cities, with rapid urbanization influencing consumption of less healthy, more environmentally intensive diets. The proposal is to work with 6 cities committed to reshaping their urban-peri-urban food systems through a research process involving system assessments, identifying and evaluating existing interventions, testing new interventions, and synthesizing results to scale up policies and tools. The goal is to improve diets, environmental health, social equity, and economic outcomes in both urban and rural areas.
Corinna Hawkes
POLICY SEMINAR
Virtual Event - No backsliding: How can we re-orient food systems and health systems to protect nutrition and healthy diets in the context of COVID-19?
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
MAY 28, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Michaela Cosijn presented at the Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture conference at University of Sydney on in the global innovation crisis rather than the global food crisis.
This document discusses the need for innovation in food systems to address current demands and crises. It argues that the real crisis is an innovation crisis, as food systems must change quickly to meet 21st century needs. Food systems innovation encompasses both technological changes and institutional/policy changes. Accelerating innovation requires constructive dialogue between public, private, and civil society stakeholders to set priorities, identify partnerships, and develop coherent policies and regulations. Australia's food system is connected globally, so domestic stakeholders must engage regionally for effective innovation.
Peace, Rural Development, and Prosperity through agriculture research for dev...CIAT
The document discusses the 50-year partnership between CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) and the United States in agricultural research for development. It notes that in 1966, the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations proposed establishing CIAT in Colombia to build on the success of the Green Revolution. CIAT conducts research on crops, climate change resilience, sustainable agriculture, inclusive businesses, and impact assessments in Colombia and globally through partnerships. It explores opportunities to strengthen the USA-CIAT partnership in areas like the Future Seeds project in Colombia.
Promoting regional trade and agribusiness development in the Pacific :
2nd PACIFIC AGRIBUSINESS FORUM
"Linking the agrifood sector to the local markets for economic growth and improved food and nutrition security"
Organised by PIPSO, CTA, IFAD, SPC and SPTO
Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa, 29th August -1st September 2016
Linking public procurement and sustainable production systems: opportunities ...FAO
This document outlines opportunities for linking public food procurement programs to sustainable agricultural production systems in sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the potential for public demand to support smallholder farmers through predictable purchases. Case studies from Niger and Senegal show purchases from farmers organizations increased productivity and farmer incomes. However, scaling up poses challenges as enabling policies, services and regulations are also needed to operationalize procurement considering production objectives. While public demand may incentivize sustainable practices, other supports are likely required. The relative size of procurement compared to total supply is also important to consider impacts and tradeoffs between objectives of price and promotion of certain farming methods.
Jim Hansen, CCAFS Flagship 2 Leader, IRI
Presentation during an event on strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls,27 October 2015
This document outlines a framework for developing a sustainable food system in Southwestern Ontario. It discusses outcomes such as new jobs, economic opportunities for entrepreneurs, and prosperity for rural communities. Research covered food distribution systems, purchaser demands, alternative models, and mapping of soil types and crop values by county. The proposed framework establishes sustainable food clusters in each county, aggregated distribution systems, and a network of clusters. Next steps include action planning teams in each county to create customized cluster plans leveraging existing initiatives. Support for the sustainable food system includes knowledge, facilitation, collaboration, and advocacy.
Livestock production and climate change: towards sustainable production with ...ExternalEvents
the Produção Integrada de Sistemas Agropecuários (PISA) System in Brazil, by Paulo César F Carvalho, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
Collection of electronic poster submissions from the Knowledge Fair component of the 2020 Conference on "Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security," May 15-17, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Stephanie Jaquet and Björn Hecht
POLICY SEMINAR
Advancing Food Systems Transformation: Dialogue between German Development Cooperation and CGIAR
Co-organized by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), CGIAR, IFPRI and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
FEB 23, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST
Limits to the applicability of the innovation platform approach for agricultural development in West Africa: Socio-economic factors constrain stakeholder engagement and confidence by Ashley D. Sparrowa, (CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia) & Adama Traoré (Association pour la Promotion de l'Elevage au Sahel et en Savane (APESS), General Secretariat, 04, BP 590 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.05.014
2020 ReSAKSS Conference - Symposium on The 2021 UN Food Systems SummitAKADEMIYA2063
The document discusses the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit which aims to transform food systems to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It notes that current food systems are failing on several metrics related to hunger, nutrition, climate change, and the environment. The Summit will have five objectives: ensuring access to safe nutrition, shifting to sustainable consumption, boosting sustainable production, advancing equitable livelihoods, and building resilience. It will include stakeholder dialogues, action tracks to showcase solutions, and mobilize public support to address this urgent issue. The Summit represents an opportunity to improve food systems and advance progress on interlinked global challenges.
Dr Jason Clay, Senior Vice President Food and Markets, WWF-US visited New Zealand in September 2016 with support from the AgriBusiness Group/NZ Sustainability Dashboard and WWF-NZ.
The Sustainable Business Council hosted Jason at events for BusinessNZ members and guests in Wellington and Auckland. He made a powerful and sobering case for why we need to get it right with food if we're going to protect our biodiversity; how businesses need to lead from the front; and how Government policy will support food reliability and the value chain in the countries they govern.
This strategy will reinforce IFPRI’s position as an evidence-based research organization that partners for impact and will help achieve the
Institute’s vision of a world free of hunger and malnutrition.
Foresight Report on food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st...Glo_PAN
At the launch of the Global Panel's Foresight Report "Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century", which was held at FAO in Rome on 23 September 2016, Dr Lawrence Haddad, Chair of the Foresight Lead Expert Group, and Director of GAIN, presents the report.
This document summarizes a literature review of 112 papers on the relationship between climate change and poverty. The review found that while climate change and poverty are linked, evidence is limited. Most studies focus on impacts to production, productivity, and climate-crop relationships. Few consider gender/social impacts, diversification strategies, or post-production issues. The review identifies gaps in research on climate change's role as a driver of poverty. It calls for more research on topics like climate change impacts on income, prices, and social differentiation. The document outlines questions for breakout groups on improving understanding of climate change-poverty links and on identifying adaptation pathways to reduce poverty and prevent maladaptation.
Food, Nutrition, Agriculture and the Millennium Development GoalsJoachim von Braun
The document discusses the role of agriculture in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It outlines how agriculture can directly and indirectly contribute to reducing poverty and hunger, improving health and education outcomes, and promoting environmental sustainability. However, it also notes challenges like decreasing cereal stocks and rising food prices that could threaten progress toward the MDGs. The presentation examines the link between agriculture and each MDG, and considers different scenarios for world cereal production and malnutrition based on policy approaches.
Catalysing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems, From...Francois Stepman
Presentation of Hélène David-Benz - Senior Researcher, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development on 10 June 2021. Catalysing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems, From Assessment to Policy and Investment
Since 2020, the EU, FAO and CIRAD have entered into a partnership with governments and stakeholders to initiate a large-scale assessment and consultation on food systems in more than 50 countries.
This document discusses socio-technical innovation bundles for transforming agri-food systems and the implications for impact assessment in One CGIAR and country-level experiences. It notes that historical evidence on yield-enhancing innovations reducing poverty is no longer relevant given new challenges requiring different innovation bundles. Rigorous impact studies are needed to understand effects in multiple domains and advise on scaling modalities. The document also highlights shining a light on CGIAR reach at the country level using data from Ethiopia, showing many innovations from different research domains have scaled but many have not reached large numbers of households or target populations.
Livestock in ASEAN countries: Animal and human health and value chainsILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger and Delia Grace at a webinar on 'The future of farming: Opportunities for Irish agritech in Southeast Asia', 27 May 2021.
Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Formulation for Improved Nutrition by Akht...ifpri_dhaka
This document outlines a proposed research project to evaluate the impacts of different modalities for making agriculture in Bangladesh more nutrition-sensitive and empowering for women. The project would test six approaches using a randomized controlled trial methodology. Outcome indicators would measure impacts on incomes, dietary diversity, nutritional status, and women's empowerment. The goal is to identify effective policies and investments to strengthen links between agriculture, nutrition, and gender equality in Bangladesh.
Promoting regional trade and agribusiness development in the Pacific :
2nd PACIFIC AGRIBUSINESS FORUM
"Linking the agrifood sector to the local markets for economic growth and improved food and nutrition security"
Organised by PIPSO, CTA, IFAD, SPC and SPTO
Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa, 29th August -1st September 2016
Linking public procurement and sustainable production systems: opportunities ...FAO
This document outlines opportunities for linking public food procurement programs to sustainable agricultural production systems in sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the potential for public demand to support smallholder farmers through predictable purchases. Case studies from Niger and Senegal show purchases from farmers organizations increased productivity and farmer incomes. However, scaling up poses challenges as enabling policies, services and regulations are also needed to operationalize procurement considering production objectives. While public demand may incentivize sustainable practices, other supports are likely required. The relative size of procurement compared to total supply is also important to consider impacts and tradeoffs between objectives of price and promotion of certain farming methods.
Jim Hansen, CCAFS Flagship 2 Leader, IRI
Presentation during an event on strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls,27 October 2015
This document outlines a framework for developing a sustainable food system in Southwestern Ontario. It discusses outcomes such as new jobs, economic opportunities for entrepreneurs, and prosperity for rural communities. Research covered food distribution systems, purchaser demands, alternative models, and mapping of soil types and crop values by county. The proposed framework establishes sustainable food clusters in each county, aggregated distribution systems, and a network of clusters. Next steps include action planning teams in each county to create customized cluster plans leveraging existing initiatives. Support for the sustainable food system includes knowledge, facilitation, collaboration, and advocacy.
Livestock production and climate change: towards sustainable production with ...ExternalEvents
the Produção Integrada de Sistemas Agropecuários (PISA) System in Brazil, by Paulo César F Carvalho, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
Collection of electronic poster submissions from the Knowledge Fair component of the 2020 Conference on "Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security," May 15-17, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Stephanie Jaquet and Björn Hecht
POLICY SEMINAR
Advancing Food Systems Transformation: Dialogue between German Development Cooperation and CGIAR
Co-organized by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), CGIAR, IFPRI and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
FEB 23, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST
Limits to the applicability of the innovation platform approach for agricultural development in West Africa: Socio-economic factors constrain stakeholder engagement and confidence by Ashley D. Sparrowa, (CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia) & Adama Traoré (Association pour la Promotion de l'Elevage au Sahel et en Savane (APESS), General Secretariat, 04, BP 590 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.05.014
2020 ReSAKSS Conference - Symposium on The 2021 UN Food Systems SummitAKADEMIYA2063
The document discusses the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit which aims to transform food systems to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It notes that current food systems are failing on several metrics related to hunger, nutrition, climate change, and the environment. The Summit will have five objectives: ensuring access to safe nutrition, shifting to sustainable consumption, boosting sustainable production, advancing equitable livelihoods, and building resilience. It will include stakeholder dialogues, action tracks to showcase solutions, and mobilize public support to address this urgent issue. The Summit represents an opportunity to improve food systems and advance progress on interlinked global challenges.
Dr Jason Clay, Senior Vice President Food and Markets, WWF-US visited New Zealand in September 2016 with support from the AgriBusiness Group/NZ Sustainability Dashboard and WWF-NZ.
The Sustainable Business Council hosted Jason at events for BusinessNZ members and guests in Wellington and Auckland. He made a powerful and sobering case for why we need to get it right with food if we're going to protect our biodiversity; how businesses need to lead from the front; and how Government policy will support food reliability and the value chain in the countries they govern.
This strategy will reinforce IFPRI’s position as an evidence-based research organization that partners for impact and will help achieve the
Institute’s vision of a world free of hunger and malnutrition.
Foresight Report on food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st...Glo_PAN
At the launch of the Global Panel's Foresight Report "Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century", which was held at FAO in Rome on 23 September 2016, Dr Lawrence Haddad, Chair of the Foresight Lead Expert Group, and Director of GAIN, presents the report.
This document summarizes a literature review of 112 papers on the relationship between climate change and poverty. The review found that while climate change and poverty are linked, evidence is limited. Most studies focus on impacts to production, productivity, and climate-crop relationships. Few consider gender/social impacts, diversification strategies, or post-production issues. The review identifies gaps in research on climate change's role as a driver of poverty. It calls for more research on topics like climate change impacts on income, prices, and social differentiation. The document outlines questions for breakout groups on improving understanding of climate change-poverty links and on identifying adaptation pathways to reduce poverty and prevent maladaptation.
Food, Nutrition, Agriculture and the Millennium Development GoalsJoachim von Braun
The document discusses the role of agriculture in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It outlines how agriculture can directly and indirectly contribute to reducing poverty and hunger, improving health and education outcomes, and promoting environmental sustainability. However, it also notes challenges like decreasing cereal stocks and rising food prices that could threaten progress toward the MDGs. The presentation examines the link between agriculture and each MDG, and considers different scenarios for world cereal production and malnutrition based on policy approaches.
Catalysing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems, From...Francois Stepman
Presentation of Hélène David-Benz - Senior Researcher, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development on 10 June 2021. Catalysing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems, From Assessment to Policy and Investment
Since 2020, the EU, FAO and CIRAD have entered into a partnership with governments and stakeholders to initiate a large-scale assessment and consultation on food systems in more than 50 countries.
This document discusses socio-technical innovation bundles for transforming agri-food systems and the implications for impact assessment in One CGIAR and country-level experiences. It notes that historical evidence on yield-enhancing innovations reducing poverty is no longer relevant given new challenges requiring different innovation bundles. Rigorous impact studies are needed to understand effects in multiple domains and advise on scaling modalities. The document also highlights shining a light on CGIAR reach at the country level using data from Ethiopia, showing many innovations from different research domains have scaled but many have not reached large numbers of households or target populations.
Livestock in ASEAN countries: Animal and human health and value chainsILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger and Delia Grace at a webinar on 'The future of farming: Opportunities for Irish agritech in Southeast Asia', 27 May 2021.
Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Formulation for Improved Nutrition by Akht...ifpri_dhaka
This document outlines a proposed research project to evaluate the impacts of different modalities for making agriculture in Bangladesh more nutrition-sensitive and empowering for women. The project would test six approaches using a randomized controlled trial methodology. Outcome indicators would measure impacts on incomes, dietary diversity, nutritional status, and women's empowerment. The goal is to identify effective policies and investments to strengthen links between agriculture, nutrition, and gender equality in Bangladesh.
The evaluation of an intermediate impact on organizational performance allows to explain a program’s success or failure, which can be more important than identifying ultimate outcomes at the farm-household level (as in this case).
Escalation of Real Wage: Is it the Beginning of Structural Transformation? by...ifpri_dhaka
This document summarizes a presentation on rising real wages in Bangladesh and its implications. It finds that real wages have been escalating since the mid-2000s, with rural wages increasing at a faster rate from 2008 onward. Wages for women and in the agricultural sector have risen particularly quickly. This suggests Bangladesh may have reached a "turning point" where the supply of rural labor is constrained, causing wages to rise. Higher wages could help reduce poverty but also increase costs for businesses. The presentation discusses policy options to manage structural transformation, including boosting manufacturing productivity, modernizing agriculture, and reevaluating employment programs in light of rising wages.
The document outlines the objectives and key research areas for the second phase of a partnership between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and various Bangladeshi government ministries and organizations. The main objectives are to generate new policy options from previous research, conduct additional research to fill knowledge gaps, strengthen the analytical capacity of the Agricultural Policy Support Unit, and evaluate the impacts of development initiatives on smallholder farmers. Key research areas include the role of agriculture in improving nutrition and women's empowerment, measuring women's empowerment in agriculture, assessing the impacts of initiatives like the USDA's Feed the Future program, and analyzing the adoption of new technologies.
Towards innovation and growth in Bangladesh’s seed sector by Firdousi Naherifpri_dhaka
The document discusses the seed system in Bangladesh and provides recommendations. It summarizes that the seed system has undergone policy reforms leading to increased private sector participation. However, challenges remain such as slow varietal turnover, crowding out by public sector organizations, and weak incentives for private research. It recommends creating stronger innovation incentives, a more level playing field for private companies, stronger quality control, and greater investment in research and extension.
This document discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture according to recent research. It finds that climate change will negatively affect agriculture through higher temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and increased variability and extreme weather events. This will likely reduce rainfed maize and rice yields significantly by 2050 according to models. Adaptation is essential through investments in agricultural research, infrastructure, and policies to promote resilience. Agriculture also needs to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through practices like improved rice cultivation, cropland management, and reforestation.
Climate Scope is a Google Earth mash-up tool developed by the Institute of Biometeorology (IBIMET CNR) to communicate the physical and social dimensions of climate change on global and local levels. The tool displays scientific climate and environmental themes available online in real-time views as well as local information from cities involved in the R.A.C.E.S EU LIFE project. Climate Scope was proposed for use in secondary school science education to present climate change as a global, current issue with different impacts. The goal is to enhance visual communication and encourage participation by allowing users to integrate climate and social data as "volunteered geographic information" producers.
Rapid Transformation of the Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh by Ricardo ...ifpri_dhaka
The aquaculture sector in Bangladesh has undergone rapid transformation, growing from 2000 to 2012 at 220% while inland and marine capture grew only 62% and 70% respectively. This is driven by strong domestic demand as fish consumption doubled from 2002 to 2012. Aquaculture has been particularly important, with the development of clusters, structural changes in the value chain including input suppliers and processors, technological changes, and product differentiation. While this transformation has increased food and nutrition security, challenges remain around input and electricity costs.
Bangladesh Rice Stock Policy and the International Market by Paul Doroshifpri_dhaka
This document discusses Bangladesh's rice stock policy and international rice market from 1994-2014. It finds that a combination of moderate national rice stocks and openness to international rice trade successfully stabilized domestic rice prices for most of this period. However, India's export restrictions during the 2007/08 global rice price shock caused domestic prices in Bangladesh to rise sharply. The document concludes that ensuring future rice availability and avoiding price spikes will require continued production investments, moderate national stocks paired with international trade access, and ongoing market monitoring and policy analysis.
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: What Role for Food and Nutrition Security...ifpri_dhaka
This document summarizes a study examining the relationship between women's empowerment in agriculture and household, maternal, and child dietary diversity in Bangladesh. The study uses a new Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index to measure women's empowerment across several domains. It finds that higher overall empowerment scores, as well as greater group participation, control over assets and credit decisions, and reduced gender parity gaps, positively impact household and individual dietary diversity. The results suggest policies should strengthen women's access to and control over land, resources, credit, and leadership opportunities to improve food and nutrition security outcomes.
Women make up a significant portion of the agricultural workforce in developing countries, ranging from 20% in Latin America to over 50% in some parts of Africa and Asia. They perform many agricultural tasks like crop farming, animal husbandry, food processing, and household chores. However, female farmers often have less access to resources like land, credit, education, and extension services compared to male farmers. As a result, yields are typically 20-30% lower for women compared to men cultivating the same plots. Closing this gender gap in agriculture could increase overall production by 2.5-4% and reduce global hunger by 12-17%. Organizations are working to promote gender equality and empower women in the agricultural sector to reduce
Integrating Gender In Agricultural ProgramsIFPRI Gender
The document discusses integrating gender into agricultural programs by addressing constraints women face in agriculture. It outlines why focusing on gender is important, then discusses constraints women face in accessing key assets like land, water, livestock, soil fertility, new technologies, extension services, labor, markets, and support services. It provides strategies to alleviate these constraints, like strengthening women's land rights, increasing female extension agents, introducing labor-saving technologies, and investing in market interventions to improve women's access and asset base. Case studies show promising examples of projects that have successfully addressed gender.
This document summarizes an event discussing value chains for food and nutrition security. It notes that agriculture has historically not focused on maximizing nutrition from farming systems. There is increasing interest in food systems approaches and agricultural biodiversity. While a few major crops provide most calories globally, over 7,000 species are used locally and 120 are important nationally. The document discusses reducing undernutrition and overnutrition by improving diets and livelihoods. It proposes assessing food value chains to increase availability of safe, nutritious foods for vulnerable groups through inclusive business models. Specific priorities outlined include beans, broader food baskets in East Africa and Central America from 2015-2017.
Demand-Driven innovation in agriculture: Creating economic opportunity for sm...ICRISAT
This document summarizes David Bergvinson's presentation on demand-driven innovation in agriculture. It discusses how demand-driven innovation integrates farmer needs into product development. It highlights challenges like climate change and changing demographics that threaten food security. It provides examples of projects in India that achieved adoption at scale through participatory approaches and partnerships. The presentation argues that public-private-producer partnerships, mobile technologies, and open data can help accelerate demand-driven innovation to meet future global food demand in a sustainable way.
How plant breeding can be deployed to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on foo...Francois Stepman
WEBINAR: How plant breeding can be deployed to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19
10 June 2020. How plant breeding can be deployed to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on food and nutrition security across the African continent.
Presentation 1: Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Director, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) Ghana - How plant breeding can be deployed to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on food and nutrition security across the African continent: Insights & perspectives from Western Africa
In 2015, the world witnessed two critical global agreements – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Climate Agreement. Both agreements emphasize the need to enhance gender equality while developing response measures to address climate change, reduce food insecurity and improve nutrition. This webinar looks at how gender can be incorporated in this process.
This document discusses opportunities for engaging youth in rural enterprises in Africa. It notes that most Africans live in rural areas and are involved in agriculture, so rural transformation is critical. Agriculture and rural development must address youth employment needs. Despite economic growth, poverty remains high in rural areas, including fishing communities. The document proposes developing agro-enterprises and value addition to create jobs. It advocates improving access to finance, skills training, and markets. Integrating fisheries and aquaculture into the knowledge economy by building science and technology capacity could produce higher-value goods. Reforming education and technical training can improve youth skills for rural industries like aquaculture.
The Imperative of Extension: Lessons from Recent MEAS ExperienceMEAS
This document summarizes the key points from a presentation on lessons learned from recent experiences strengthening agricultural extension services. It argues that investing in extension is critical to reducing rural poverty and increasing agricultural productivity. It highlights several country examples where strengthened extension contributed to agricultural growth, poverty reduction, and improved nutrition outcomes. It also identifies some common challenges facing extension systems, such as weak research linkages, low and unpredictable financing, and lack of coordination among actors. Overall it advocates for continued efforts to strengthen extension through policies that enable pluralism, improve human and institutional capacity, and foster partnerships.
Gender dynamics in smallholder vegetable production: Insights from Tanzaniaafrica-rising
The Africa RISING program comprises three projects in West and East Africa, and Ethiopia's highlands, led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and International Livestock Research Institute. It is supported by USAID to create opportunities for smallholder farmers to improve food security and lift themselves out of poverty through sustainable agriculture. An associated project monitors the impact. This study examines gender dynamics in vegetable farmers' households in Tanzania related to labor, income, and expenses to understand who contributes most labor, income, and covers expenses.
India spends 4.5% of its GDP on health yet 42.5% of children suffer from malnutrition. Madhya Pradesh has the highest rate of malnutrition. To address this, a multi-stakeholder platform is proposed to coordinate action across sectors like health, education, agriculture, and social protection. Specific actions include promoting exclusive breastfeeding, antenatal/postnatal care, fortifying foods, treating acute malnutrition, and supplementing micronutrients. Nutrition-sensitive strategies involve community nutrition education and training, incorporating nutrition into school curriculums, and prioritizing health schemes for small children. Improving agriculture, surveillance, employment opportunities, and awareness campaigns are also recommended. An organizational structure is outlined to
The webinar was a culmination of a month long online discussion organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CGIAR Research Program on Livestock, the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN), AgriProFocus, and ICCO Cooperation.
As a wrap-up to the online discussion, this webinar discussed novel opportunities for youth, practitioners, policymakers, scientists, technical experts and other stakeholders emerging in the discussion and provided an impetus towards developing a framework for concrete youth engagement in agribusiness within the context of a changing climate.
The document discusses food policy and the work of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). IFPRI conducts research to help shape effective food policies and programs that contribute to sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems. Some of its key areas of research include ensuring sustainable food production, promoting healthy food systems, improving markets and trade, transforming agriculture, and building resilience to climate change. IFPRI shares its research through publications, data, and offices around the world to inform policymakers and support food security.
Report Presentation
Sheryl Hendriks, Professor of Food Security, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
The Brussels Development Briefing no. 52 on “Food safety: a critical part of the food system in Africa ” took place on 19 September 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission (DG DEVCO & DG Health and Food Safety), the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and the Global Food Safety Partnership.
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1. IFPRI at a Glance
Paul Dorosh
Egypt Strategy Support Program Launch
MARCH 1, 2016 | CAIRO, EGYPT
2. Vision
A world free of hunger and malnutrition
Mission
To provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably
reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition
Day-to-day work
• Conducting and communicating research
• Enhancing partnerships
• Building partners’ capacity
IFPRI is an independent research institute and a member
of the CGIAR Consortium.
About IFPRI
3. Strategic research areas
Ensuring
sustainable
food
production
Promoting
healthy food
systems
Improving
markets and
trade
Transforming
agriculture
Building
resilience
Strengthening
institutions
and
governance
Gender
Vision
A world free of hunger and malnutrition
Mission: To provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition
IFPRI. 2013. IFPRI Strategy 2013-2018: Food Policy Research in a Time of Unprecedented Challenges. IFPRI, Washington, DC.
4. Where IFPRI works
IFPRI. 2016. IFPRI at a Glance. IFPRI, Washington, DC.
52%48%
Staff
(01/2016)
574
5. Our work addresses several Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) directly …
Link to SDGs
… and contributes to many others.
End poverty in all its forms
everywhere
End hunger, achieve food security,
and improve nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture
Achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls
Promote sustained, inclusive, and
sustainable economic growth, full
and productive employment, and
decent work for all
Ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all at all ages
Reduce inequality within and
among countries
Take urgent action to combat
climate change and its impacts
Strengthen the means of
implementation and revitalize the
global partnership for sustainable
development
6. Link to Egypt’s SDS
“The Sustainable Development
Strategy (SDS): Egypt 2030 aims at
creating a modern, open, democratic,
productive, and happy society.”
“The SDS deals with the main
challenges that affect sustainable
development, namely related to
physical resources; energy, land, water,
and environment, human development
resources; population, health, and
education, inadequate governance
system, and disincentivized
innovation.”
7. A few big stories over the past 40 years
Debunking myths on Green Revolution
• Smallholders benefit: Yield growth = 3% / yr (1961-85)
• Agricultural growth multipliers: Each $1 earned on-farm
additional $1 to local economy
Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)
• Influenced funding decisions of institutions
• Kenya and Tanzania: Value of use of ASTI data = ~US$ 3 million
Pro-poor public investments in China (1998-2007)
• Increased spending on agric. R&D, irrigation and education
• Growth / yr: Ag R&D = 9% | Irrigation = 3% | Rural education = 12%
Opening rice markets in Vietnam (1995-97)
• Led to improved rural income and reduced poverty
• Relaxation of trade restrictions benefits = US$ 61 million
8. A few big stories over the past 40 years
Intrahousehold allocation
• 1st to show that intrahousehold dynamics matter
• Doubling women’s share of cash income = 2% rise in budget share of
food eaten within household
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
• Adopted for monitoring Feed-the-Future programs in 19 countries
• Bangladesh: Evaluation led to increased USAID funding for gender work
CCT programs in Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
• Improved design and expansion of programs
• PROGRESA, Mexico: Median value of benefits = $992/student
Country Strategy Support Programs
• Strengthening research and policymaking capacities
• 8 country offices| 3 regional offices | 30% researchers in developing
countries
9. Quality of research is top priority
#2
#2
#6
#9
#13
RePEc Ranking
RePEc = Research Papers in Economics (as of 01/2016)
Agricultural economics
Africa economics
Development economics
MENA economics
Environmental economics
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
ISI Citations (per year)
~4,200
citation
in 2015
Thomson Reuters, Web of Science (as of 01/2016,
non-cumulative)
10. IFPRI’s work on Egypt
1980s Food subsidies and economic distribution (with
INP, MoE, MoSHT, and MoA; funded
by USAID and Ford Fnd.)
1990s Food subsidy and agricultural market reforms
(with MoTS and MoALR; funded by USAID)
2000s Malnutrition and food subsidies
Public spending and poverty reduction
(with API; funded by EC)
Trade liberalization and poverty (funded
by IFAD)
2010s Food and nutrition security(with
CAPMAS and WFP; funded by
IFAD and CGIAR-PIM)
Egypt SSP
11. Aims: To generate policy-relevant evidence and to
contribute to building national capacity to raise incomes of
the rural poor and to improve food and nutrition security in
Egypt
Initial funding from USAID
Program components (under USAID funding):
1) Impact evaluation of USAID-funded programs in Upper
Egypt on agriculture-nutrition-health linkages
2) Capacity building of national partners on program M&E
3) Policy advisory and actionable research
Egypt SSP
Welcome to the audience
Word of thanks to USAID mission director and USAID Egypt for generous support
CGIAR is the only worldwide partnership addressing agricultural research for development, whose work contributes to the global effort to tackle poverty, hunger and major nutrition imbalances, and environmental degradation. It is carried out by 15 Centers, that are members of the CGIAR Consortium, in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations and the private sector (copied from website).
IFPRI and ICARDA are two CGIAR sister centers that are collaborating on many projects and in several countries. As part of this CGIAR-wide collaboration, ICARDA is hosting IFPRI’s activities in Egypt. I am looking forward to this collaboration with ICARDA, and particularly Dr. Mahmoud Solh and Dr. Alaa Hamwieh, who will give their introductory remarks later.
IFPRI is an independent research institute that is funded on a project basis by many different national and international partners. Many representatives of these partners are in the room today and I would like to thank you all for your organization’s continued trust and support. Egypt SSP is supported by USAID and we are also looking forward to working with many of you in the room towards a food-secure Egypt.
Six strategic research areas and gender—a cross-cutting theme
IFPRI staff: more women than men
3 regional offices, 8 project office; headquarters in Washington, DC
CSSP = Country Strategy Support Program
USAID has provided fundamental and substantial financial support to most CSSPs. Thanks!
Most recent country project office: Egypt SSP office
Promoting sustainable food production: Ex. 1
Improving markets and trade: Ex. 2
Setting priorities for public investments: Ex. 3 and Ex. 4
Investing in social protection: Ex. 5
Closing the gender gap: Ex. 6 and Ex. 7
Country strategy support: Ex. 8
A fraction of IFPRI’s work has had large impacts:
Benefits of only a few big projects exceed $1 billion already covers total spending from 1976-2014
Even higher benefits with cross-country spillovers and IPGs
Peer-reviewed publications
IFPRI will host a research priority setting day tomorrow (March 2) to systematically discuss potential research areas for Egypt. You are welcome to participate.
Clemens will talk more about it.
INP = Institute of National Planning
MoE = Ministry of Economy (at that time)
MoSHT = Ministry of Supply and Home Trade; later: MoTS= Ministry of Trade and Supply; today: MoSIT = Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade
MoA = Ministry of Agriculture; later & today: MoALR = Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
CAPMAS = Central Agency of Public Mobilization And Statistics
API = Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait
Long history of IFPRI’s work on Egypt (by main projects)
In 1981, the Government of Egypt asked IFPRI to study the effectiveness of its food subsidy system and to look at ways to reduce costs without jeopardizing the welfare of the poor. Some reforms to reduce the costs of the food subsidy system were undertaken in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Because many policymakers were concerned that further efforts to cut costs and reform the system might threaten the food security of those who need it most, the Government of Egypt again asked IFPRI to conduct food policy research in collaboration with Egypt’s MoALR and MoTS) in 1996.
Most of IFPRI’s work on Egypt was carried out during these two projects. IFPRI had staff posted in Cairo during these projects (1980s: e.g., Harold Alderman and Joachim von Braun; 1990s: e.g. Akhter Ahmed, Howdy Bouis, Hans Loefgren).
Not only research, but IFPRI also helped to conduct several surveys, incl. the Egyptian Integrated Household Survey (EIHS) in 1997 and the Egypt Wheat Producers Survey (EWPS) in 1998.
More recently, in 2013-14, IFPRI helped strengthening analytical capacities related to food and nutrition security indicators and construction of social accounting matrices—both with CAPMAS.
To build on this work, now Egypt SSP.
One of the objectives of the meeting today is to strengthen partnerships with stakeholders in Egypt, and we are looking forward to interacting and working with all of you.
To systematically discuss potential research areas for Egypt, IFPRI will host a research priority setting workshop tomorrow here at the Conrad hotel (March 2). You are welcome to participate, please talk to our staff here or send an email to ifpri-egypt@cigar.org for more information.
Clemens will talk more about the Egypt SSP in his inauguration presentation later.