The document outlines IFPRI's regional research conference on agricultural transformation and food security in Central Asia held in April 2014, highlighting its research divisions and programs aimed at improving agricultural policies and food security. It discusses trends in food policy in Central Asian countries and the importance of collaborations for capacity building and effective policy implementation. Key findings indicate that agricultural productivity improvements and nutrition have gained significant attention in the recent global context, with notable policy developments in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

1. REGIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
AND FOOD SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
IFPRI Research and Network
Building Experience in Central Asia
Dr. Paul Dorosh
Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division
Regional Conference on Agricultural Transformation and Food Security in
Central Asia
8-9 April, 2014, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

2. Outline
• IFPRI Overview
• IFPRI’s research and network experience in
Central Asia
• Current research and capacity strengthening
agenda
• Agricultural Policy and Food Security in Central
Asia project

3. IFPRI Overview
• Four Research Divisions
• Development Strategy and Governance
• Environment, Production and Technology
• Markets, Trade and Institutions
• Poverty Health and Nutrition
• IFPRI leads two CGIAR research programs
• Policies, Institutions and Markets (CRP2)
• Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health (CRP4)
• IFPRI’s research has broad impact
• Shaping public investment priorities (India, CAADP, Ethiopia)
• Moving nutrition up the global agenda (2020 policy dialogue)
• Food security monitoring, analysis and planning (2007-08 food crisis,
China)
• Supporting sound trade and market policies (Ethiopia, Nigeria,
Bangladesh)

4. IFPRI Research on the Ground

5. IFPRI supports country-led
development processes
CSSPs*
Project offices
IFPRI offices
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Note: * CSSPs = Country Strategy Support Programs
 Improved access to information
 Cross-country mutual learning
 Capacity building
 Policy dialogue

6. 2013Global Food Policy Report
Broad trends:
• In 2013, staple food prices were relatively stable,
lacking the spikes that often dominated headlines
in previous years.
• But prices of important dietary components, such
as vegetables and fruits and nutrient- intensive
crops, increased and fluctuated in many
countries, particularly China and India.
• Nutrition captured the international spotlight in
an unprecedented way.
IFPRI’s annual flagship report: Overview of the
food policy developments that have contributed to
or hindered progress in food and nutrition security.
• Recent developments in food policy
• Key challenges and opportunities
• New evidence and knowledge
• Updated food policy indicators
• Emerging issues
For the first time, the 2013 GFPR includes a chapter on policy developments in Central
Asia and Russia, and the publication overview is printed in Russian…

7. 2013Global Food Policy Report
Kazakhstan
• Adopted its Agribusiness 2020 program, a multiyear agricultural development
program targeting long-term efficiency and productivity improvements.
Kyrgyzstan
• Adopted a new National Export Strategy focused on promoting exports of
fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and meat.
Tajikistan
• Continued implementing a comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Programme, finalized in late 2012, to
improve farm productivity; amended the land code
to establish inheritable and exchangeable land-use
rights; adopted an integrated water resources
management approach.
Uzbekistan
• Advanced its policy on land consolidation;
continued its policy on diversification of crop
production.

8. RegionalStrategicAnalysisandKnowledgeSupport
SysteminAsia(ReSAKSS-Asia)
An initiative based on a multi-country regional network for informing food
and nutrition security strategies in Asia.
The work of the ReSAKSS-Asia is organized around three main objectives:
1. Strategic Analysis: provide analytical tools and policy analysis to impact
food and nutrition outcomes,
2. Knowledge management: develop and monitor common indicators at
the continental, sub-regional and national level to facilitate better
strategic analysis,
3. Capacity strengthening and policy communication: work with individual
countries and regional organizations to:
 Exchange skills, and practical experiences to build capacity for food and nutrition
security research
 Tailor research to local needs and build bridges between research and policy
making
 Communicate key trends, research findings, and emerging challenges to policy
makers

9. • Key research products and policy analysis on agricultural growth, poverty reduction,
and food and nutrition security in the region;
• Data from national governments and regional and international organizations, as
well as data collected by IFPRI and network partners;

10. • An interactive map tool that allows users to track and monitor Asian countries’
performances over time, and provide open-source and ready-to-use maps and
graphs, and raw datasets on economic and welfare indicators, rural incomes and
employment, and food and nutrition security

11. IFPRI Activities in Central Asia

12. Economicindicatorsvary widely across
Central Asian countries
GNI per
capita, PPP,
current
international
$ (2012)
Average
GDP
growth, %
(2003-
2012)
Agriculture
share of
employment,
% of total
(2013)
Agriculture
share of
GDP, %
(2012)
Average
agricultural
growth, %
(2003-
2012)
Undernou-
rishment,
% of
population
(2011)
Stunting, %
of children
under 5
(latest
available)
Kazakhstan 11,780 7.3 26 4.7 2.9 5.0 13.1
Kyrgyzstan 2,230 4.1 33 20.2 0.2 6.4 18.1
Tajikistan 2,180 7.6 64 26.5 8.2 31.7 39.2
Uzbekistan 3,670 7.8 27 18.9 6.6 6.1 19.6
Source for agriculture share of employment data: World Bank Country Snapshots 2013
Source for undernourishment data: FAO State of Food Insecurity in the World
Source for stunting data: WHO, UNICEF and World Bank harmonized dataset (Latest available stunting data is
from 2010 for Kazakhstan; 2006 for Kyrgyzstan; 2007 for Tajikistan; 2006 for Uzbekistan)
Source for all other data: World Bank.

13. Past research activities in Central Asia
Collaborations
• Research on institutional change and rural services in Kyrgyzstan funded by BMZ
• Analytical support to USAID’s Feed the Future program in Tajikistan
• Regional Strategic and Analytical Knowledge Support System in Asia (ReSAKSS
Asia) involves Central Asian policy-makers and researchers
Selected Research Findings
• Recent global food and financial crisis exposed region’s vulnerability to external
shocks, food security deteriorated at macro and household levels (Akramov and
Shreedhar 2012)
• Food and financial crises strongly impacted households, negative impacts on
poverty and household welfare (Akramov and Shreedhar 2012)
• Agriculture-nutrition linkages in Tajikistan—agricultural diversity positively
associated with dietary diversity, and in turn positively associated with child
nutrition (Akramov and Malek forthcoming)

14. IFPRI’scurrent and future researchand
capacitystrengtheningactivitiesin the region
• Applied policy research on agriculture and food security
• Methodological issues
• Macro and sectoral issues
• Household level analysis
• Regional and intraregional issues
• Developing research tools and models
• Dynamic CGE and econometric models
• Combining biophysical, GIS and economic models
• Promote the exchange of experiences and dialogue, and
the use of knowledge in the policy process

15. Agricultural Policyand FoodSecurity in
Central Asia project
• Policy research components
• Economywide modeling
• Climate change
• Assessing food and nutrition security, agriculture-nutrition
linkages and value chains
• Emerging issues in agricultural development and food
security
• Capacity strengthening component
• Support to improved capacity in quantitative policy analysis
through formal training and collaborative research
• Content support for ECFS’s distance learning program
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16. Potential partners
• The European Center for Food Security (ECFS) is both the
donor’s technical focal point and the key research partner
• CGIAR PFU provides organizational and logistic support in the
region
• Collaboration with various policy research institutes in the
region
• Kyrgyzstan: University of Central Asia, National Academy of
Sciences, and Kyrgyz National Agrarian University
• Tajikistan: Tajikistan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of
Agricultural Economics, and Research Center “Sharq”
• Uzbekistan: Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic
Research, Uzbek Scientific Design and Investigation Institute
(UzGIP), and Westminster International University in Tashkent
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17. Спасибо
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