13 May 2021. In the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI researchers and experts explore the impacts of the pandemic and government policy responses to date, particularly for the poor and disadvantaged, and consider what it all means for transforming our food systems to be healthy, resilient, efficient, sustainable, and inclusive.
During this session, speakers shared evidence on the impact of COVID-19, and discuss the way forward for food systems transformation.
Video recording will be posted shortly on INTPA/Infopoint Conference
Leonard Mizzi - Head of Unit, European Union Directorate General for Planet and Prosperity, European Commission
Johan Swinnen - Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI
John McDermott - Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), IFPRI
Neha Kumar - Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI
Danielle Resnick - Senior Research Fellow, and Theme Leader, Governance, IFPRI
Resource
IFPRI (2021). 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. 124
Webinar: COVID-19 risk and food value chains (presentation 1)IFPRI-PIM
Presentation "Food Consumption and Food Security during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Addis Ababa" by Kalle Hirvoven, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Netherlands Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
Co-Organized by The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IFPRI and Netherlands Food Partnership
APR 15, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:15 AM EDT
Webinar: COVID-19 risk and food value chains (presentation 1)IFPRI-PIM
Presentation "Food Consumption and Food Security during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Addis Ababa" by Kalle Hirvoven, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Netherlands Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
Co-Organized by The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IFPRI and Netherlands Food Partnership
APR 15, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:15 AM EDT
John McDermott
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Netherlands Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
Co-Organized by The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IFPRI and Netherlands Food Partnership
APR 15, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:15 AM EDT
John McDermott
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
APR 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
John McDermott
POLICY SEMINAR
CGIAR COVID-19 Hub Seminar: COVID-19 and Implications for One Health Research
Co-Organized by CGIAR COVID-19 Hub and IFPRI
MAY 4, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
How far has Africa gone in achieving the zero hunger target? Evidence from Ni...Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
Sustainable Development Goal 2 is hinged on achieving zero hunger, worldwide, by the year 2030. Many developing countries, especially African countries, are faced with extreme hunger often caused or compounded by bad governance, conflicts and climate change. In this paper, we review patterns of Global Hunger Index scores across Africa from 2000 to 2018 noting advances and setbacks in the fight against hunger in relation to the underlying causes of hunger in these nations, using Nigeria, the poverty capital of the world, as a case study. We also review selected policies of the Nigerian government and development partners aimed at reducing hunger in Nigeria and proffer solutions that can help actualise the target of zero hunger by 2030.
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
IFPRI South Asia Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
Co-Organized by IFPRI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Johan Swinnen
(ICAR), and Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)
JUL 6, 2020 - 04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM IST
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Rwanda Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
Rwanda Strategy Support Program (Rwanda SSP)
APR 28, 2021 - 09:00 AM TO 10:30 AM EDT
Roman Romashkin and Kamiljon Akramov
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Implications of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia
Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Armenian National Agrarian University, the World Bank, & IFPRI
MAY 27, 2021 - 07:30 AM TO 09:00 AM EDT
Máximo Torero
POLICY SEMINAR
Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses
Co-Organized by IFPRI and FAO North America
JAN 19, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
Derek Headey, Elisa Maria Maffioli, Sophie Goudet
POLICY SEMINAR
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Food and Nutrition Security in Myanmar
SEP 15, 2020 - 09:00 AM TO 10:30 AM MMT
On Friday 14 May 2021, the ESRI hosted the webinar 'Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland.'
Dr. Barra Roantree presented key findings from the report of the same name, which was funded by The Community Foundation for Ireland.
Read the publication here: https://www.esri.ie/publications/poverty-income-inequality-and-living-standards-in-ireland-0
Watch a video of the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwqVlZpWHu8
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Implications of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia
Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Armenian National Agrarian University, the World Bank, & IFPRI
MAY 27, 2021 - 07:30 AM TO 09:00 AM EDT
Samuel Benin
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
APR 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
APR 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
John McDermott
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Netherlands Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
Co-Organized by The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IFPRI and Netherlands Food Partnership
APR 15, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:15 AM EDT
John McDermott
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
APR 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
John McDermott
POLICY SEMINAR
CGIAR COVID-19 Hub Seminar: COVID-19 and Implications for One Health Research
Co-Organized by CGIAR COVID-19 Hub and IFPRI
MAY 4, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
How far has Africa gone in achieving the zero hunger target? Evidence from Ni...Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
Sustainable Development Goal 2 is hinged on achieving zero hunger, worldwide, by the year 2030. Many developing countries, especially African countries, are faced with extreme hunger often caused or compounded by bad governance, conflicts and climate change. In this paper, we review patterns of Global Hunger Index scores across Africa from 2000 to 2018 noting advances and setbacks in the fight against hunger in relation to the underlying causes of hunger in these nations, using Nigeria, the poverty capital of the world, as a case study. We also review selected policies of the Nigerian government and development partners aimed at reducing hunger in Nigeria and proffer solutions that can help actualise the target of zero hunger by 2030.
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
IFPRI South Asia Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
Co-Organized by IFPRI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Johan Swinnen
(ICAR), and Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)
JUL 6, 2020 - 04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM IST
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Rwanda Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
Rwanda Strategy Support Program (Rwanda SSP)
APR 28, 2021 - 09:00 AM TO 10:30 AM EDT
Roman Romashkin and Kamiljon Akramov
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Implications of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia
Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Armenian National Agrarian University, the World Bank, & IFPRI
MAY 27, 2021 - 07:30 AM TO 09:00 AM EDT
Máximo Torero
POLICY SEMINAR
Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses
Co-Organized by IFPRI and FAO North America
JAN 19, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
Derek Headey, Elisa Maria Maffioli, Sophie Goudet
POLICY SEMINAR
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Food and Nutrition Security in Myanmar
SEP 15, 2020 - 09:00 AM TO 10:30 AM MMT
On Friday 14 May 2021, the ESRI hosted the webinar 'Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland.'
Dr. Barra Roantree presented key findings from the report of the same name, which was funded by The Community Foundation for Ireland.
Read the publication here: https://www.esri.ie/publications/poverty-income-inequality-and-living-standards-in-ireland-0
Watch a video of the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwqVlZpWHu8
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Implications of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia
Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent, Armenian National Agrarian University, the World Bank, & IFPRI
MAY 27, 2021 - 07:30 AM TO 09:00 AM EDT
Samuel Benin
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
APR 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT - 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19
APR 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
Johan Swinnen
CONFERENCE
IFIAD Annual Conference 2020
COVID-19 & Sustainable Food Systems - Transforming food systems in times of crises
OCT 21, 2020 - 10:00 AM TO 01:00 PM IST
Johan Swinnen
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Virtual Event--Discussion on the Implications of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia
Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent, the World Bank Group, and IFPRI
MAY 27, 2020 - 02:30 PM TO 04:00 PM MSK
Johan Swinnen (IFPRI) • MENA Discussion “2021 Global Food Policy Report: Tran...Lina Abdelfattah
The MENA regional section examines the diverse experiences of countries in the region, highlighting how the pandemic has compounded other serious challenges — including low oil prices, ongoing conflicts, and political transitions, as well as natural disasters — and has tested the resilience of those national food systems that are heavily dependent on food imports. At the launch event, speakers share updates on the post-COVID-19 recovery plans and discuss the way forward for strengthening the food system’s resilience to shocks.
Assessing Food Insecurity and Its Drivers among Smallholder Farming Household...Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
Hunger and food insecurity take center stage in most debates in Africa, and in recent times with serious concerns about Nigeria. This study assessed food insecurity among farming households in rural Oyo State, Nigeria, using cross-sectional datasets from 211 farming households through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) module was employed in assessing food insecurity status of farming households, and the ordered logit model (OLM) was used to analyze factors influencing food insecurity among farming households. The results revealed that 12.8% of the farming households were food secure while 87.2% had varying levels of food insecurity. The OLM results indicated that age, household head’s years of schooling, gender, farm size, farm experience, non-farm income, food expenditure, and access to extension service significantly influenced food insecurity among farming households. Based on the findings, efforts should be geared towards promoting households’ education-related intervention programs in order to improve their nutrition-related knowledge that can enhance their food security status. Additionally, there should be provision of rural infrastructural facilities such as piped water, rural electrification, and healthcare service that promote healthy living and enhance households’ agricultural productivity.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is organizing a hybrid launch event for its 2023 Global Food Policy Report in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with University of Nairobi and as part of the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) seminar series on May 19, 2023, at 2.00pm.
The 2023 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI’s flagship report, provides a broad set of evidence-based recommendations for better predicting and preparing for crises, addressing crises when they occur and building equity and resilience of food systems.
The recent overlapping, complex shocks to food systems, including the COVID-19 pandemic, higher food prices, conflicts, and natural disasters have increased the risk of food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition, thus disrupting livelihoods, increasing poverty, and further diminishing prospects for the world’s most vulnerable people. As crises become more frequent, complex, and prolonged, the report calls for reconsideration of food crisis responses, and building more long-term response solutions guided by solid evidence on the impacts of policies, programming, tools, and governance approaches. There is an urgent need for renewed and broader efforts to prevent, mitigate, and recover from crises in ways that build food system resilience, protect the livelihoods of women and marginal groups, ensure their inclusion in crisis response, and address the impacts of conflict and migration.
The Kenya discussion of IFPRI’s 2023 GFPR will present key findings and recommendations of the report at global and regional levels. A distinguished set of discussants will then present their reflections on the report and provide insights on crisis response and resilience building in Kenya.
Shenggen Fan
Transforming Agriculture and Food systems for Higher Income and Better Nutrition: Global and Emerging Perspective, IFPRI-JICA Workshop
June 28, 2018
IFPRI Egypt Seminar Series provides a platform for all people striving to identify and implement evidence-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. The series is part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Johan Swinnen
CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES
Food Security Trends and Resilience-Building Priorities
Co-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
SEP 1, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EDT
Shaping Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition: Im...ExternalEvents
Shaping Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition: Implementing the ICN2 Framework for Action Recommendations
Patrick Webb
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University
How far has Africa gone in achieving zero hunger target? evidence from Nigeria Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
Sustainable Development Goal 2 is hinged on achieving zero hunger, worldwide, by the year 2030. Many developing countries, especially African countries, are faced with extreme hunger often caused or compounded by bad governance, conflicts and climate change. In this paper, we review patterns of Global Hunger Index scores across Africa from 2000 to 2018 noting advances and setbacks in the fight against hunger in relation to the underlying causes of hunger in these nations, using Nigeria, the poverty capital of the world, as a case study. We also review selected policies of the Nigerian government and development partners aimed at reducing hunger in Nigeria and proffer solutions that can help actualise the target of zero hunger by 2030.
Similar to WEBINAR: European Commission Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report (20)
The Innovative Agriculture for Smallholder Resilience (iNASHR) project (Egypt) was implemented over 3 years during which there was the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to instability in farm prices and uncertainties in water availability.
Despite this, 18 teams of Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) serving as digital extension service providers were able to reach more than 60,000 people in rural communities between 2021 and 2023.
Three specially commissioned “farmer-to-farmer” style training videos were produced (see at the bottom of this blog post),
and 60 other relevant Access Agriculture videos were translated into Arabic and shown to farmers.
These active service providers, half of whom are women, used a solar-powered smart projector to reach communities where access to power supply, internet connection and mobile phone signal can be challenging.
West Africa Scene Setting African Continental Master Plan (CMP) for electrici...Francois Stepman
6 February 2024. Drive Renewable Energy Investments in West Africa Hosted by IRENA Coalition for Action
Recording forthcoming
The session covered the African Continental Master Plan (CMP) for electricity generation and transmission, delved into West Africa's electricity sector, and presented recommendations from the Policy Brief titled:
IRENA (2023) Scaling up renewable energy investments in West Africa # 12 p.
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2024/02/drive-renewable-energy-investments-in.html
Scaling up renewable energy investments in West AfricaFrancois Stepman
6 February 2024. Drive Renewable Energy Investments in West Africa Hosted by IRENA Coalition for Action
Recording forthcoming
The session covered the African Continental Master Plan (CMP) for electricity generation and transmission, delved into West Africa's electricity sector, and presented recommendations from the Policy Brief titled:
IRENA (2023) Scaling up renewable energy investments in West Africa # 12 p.
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2024/02/drive-renewable-energy-investments-in.html
Advances of the AU-EU FNSSA Partnership towards Food Systems TransformationFrancois Stepman
23-25 January 2024. Joint SCAR workshop: “Research needs and priorities for the transformation to Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) at European and global level”
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2024/01/research-needs-and-priorities-for.html
Research needs for sustainable food systems – concepts and prioritiesFrancois Stepman
23-25 January 2024. Joint SCAR workshop: “Research needs and priorities for the transformation to Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) at European and global level”
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2024/01/research-needs-and-priorities-for.html
The Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) of the EC: its principles and working p...Francois Stepman
6 - 17 March 2021. In 2021, Aarhus University hosted the first European Seminar on science-based advice in agriculture and environment
More than 200 researchers and advisers from all over Europe participated. One of the conclusions was, that there is a need to learn from each other, to share best practices and to discuss the main principles, in order to strengthen the evidence based policy development in Europe. See: https://paepard.blogspot.com/2024/01/science-based-advice-for-policy-in.html
Transformation: An introductory guide to fundamental change for researchers a...Francois Stepman
7 Sep 2023 12:30 - 14:00 CEST. Transformation: An introductory guide to fundamental change for researchers and change makers in a world of crises
Fazey, I and Colvin, J. (2023). Transformation: An introductory guide to fundamental change for researchers and change makers in a world of crises - A Report for the Transforming UK Food Systems SPF Programme. University of York, Emerald Network Ltd. #52 p.
Online workshop based on a newly published report by Professor Ioan Fazey (University of York) and Dr John Colvin (Emerald Network Ltd) for the UKRI Transforming UK Food Systems SPF Programme.
This workshop was be an opportunity to learn, and engage with others, about the concept of transformational change in a context of a rapidly changing world.
The authors gave an overview of the concept of transformation and highlighted some of the critical aspects that need to be considered when embarking on an initiative, approach or campaign which is intended to be transformational. They talked about the challenges and opportunities of adopting these concepts in practice and research and there was an opportunity for participants to explore with others their own understanding and approaches to transformation.
Presentation by Kathelijne Beenen, Netherlands Space Office - Space for Climate Adaptation and Food Security
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2023/05/earth-observation-artificial.html
Machine learning for the environment: monitoring the pulse of our Planet with...Francois Stepman
Presentation by Davis Tuia, EPFL - Machine learning for the environment: monitoring the pulse of our Planet with remotely sensed data
25 May 2023. 9H30 - 16H25 Earth Observation & Artificial Intelligence solutions for climate change challenges
This new edition of the AI4Copernicus event focused on climate change and its impact on energy, food and water security. To withstand current and future pressures on our natural resources, integrated and sustainable management practices are required to balance the needs of people, nature and the economy.
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2023/05/earth-observation-artificial.html
‘How is the African insurance industry responding to climate change?’Francois Stepman
6 June 2023. ‘How is the African insurance industry responding to climate change?’
https://paepard.blogspot.com/2023/06/how-is-african-insurance-industry.html
The insurance industry is exposed to the risks of climate change and that risk is increasing. Insurers should be aware of these risks and the potential impact on their business. A 2019 global survey [With Climate Impacts Growing, Insurance Companies Face Big Challenges] found that 72 percent of insurance companies believe climate change will affect their business, but 80 percent of them have not taken significant steps to lessen climate risks. Moreover, insurance companies invest the money from the premiums they collect in the financial markets. They have $582 billion invested in fossil fuels investments that could be devalued as climate risks increase.
As natural disasters become more frequent and more costly, insurance companies are facing big challenges. If insurers are to weather the storms ahead, they’ll need to make some changes. The insurance industry needs to make substantial changes to deal with its own climate risks. Some of these changes could also enable insurance companies to help speed the transition to a net-zero society.
Speakers
Diana Castro (picture) is part of UNEP. As the Programme
Supervisor of the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) initiative, Diana oversees the largest collaboration between the United Nations and the insurance industry, which has over 250
members worldwide committed to integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance risks into their decision-making.
Lesley Ndlovu (picture) is currently the Chief Executive Officer of African Risk Capacity “ARC” Ltd, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Kelvin Massingham is Director of Risk and Resilience at FSD Africa, where he is responsible for driving financial market innovation in Africa to increase resilience and create pathways for green finance to flow towards a net-zero and nature-positive future.
How are African banks coping with Climate ChangeFrancois Stepman
16 May 2023. This webinar discussed how climate-related risks threaten the functioning of banking institutions as well as the stability of the financial system.
Climate change and climate policy affect the balance sheets and business models of banks in different ways. African banks are vulnerable to the increasing frequency and severity of climate change shocks. They are also increasingly aware of the importance of adopting green financing principles, seeking to address risks and more importantly, to grasp new opportunities.
However, only 17% of banks have so far introduced specific green financing products, and these are estimated to account for only 2-20% of their portfolio . The webinar discussed how climate-related risks threaten the functioning of banking institutions as well as the stability of the financial system. The discussions also shed light on initiatives of banks to implement sustainable practices and central banks to create an enabling environment for sustainable finance drawing on international best practices.
http://paepard.blogspot.com/2023/05/climate-and-african-financial-sector.html
Webinar 1: Climate Change: What does it mean for the Financial Sector in Africa?
Financial institutions can play an important role in society’s adaptation to climate change risks mitigation. This webinar will highlight risks and opportunities that climate change poses for the financial sector in Africa and discuss how financial institutions can best respond to these, in a sustainable manner. In particular, the webinar is expected to:
Raise awareness on climate change within the financial industry in Africa and facilitate a broader dialogue aimed at integrating climate change considerations;
Clarify the pivotal role the financial sector can play in mitigating climate change risks and adapting to its effects; and
Present examples of transformative change in financial institutions’ practices
Speakers
Paul SMITH has worked for the climate team at the United Nations’ Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) for over four years. Paul leads UNEP FI’s climate adaptation and physical risk work supporting the Climate Risk Programme, the Climate Adaptation Working Group of the Principles for Responsible Banking and the Adaptation and Resilience Investor Collaborative (ARIC). He also leads on climate policy in partnership with the Investor Agenda and has co-authored The Climate Risk Landscape, Physically Fit? and Adapting to a New Climate, as well as contributing to Climate Risk: Managing the Financial Risk and Funding the Transition
Anthony NYONG is the Director of Climate Change and Green Growth at the AfDB. Mr. Nyong has about 30 years of experience in environmental and natural resources management, renewable energy and green growth. He was a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and a member of the IPCC Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis.
David ASHIAGBOR is the Chief Financial Sector Strategy Officer in the Financial Sector Development Department of the African Development Bank. He is currently leading the design and development of the Bank’s new Financial Sector Development Strategy, in addition to supporting the Director on policy and strategy issues.
Marina FINKEN is the Partnership Coordinator for Making Finance Work For Africa (MFW4A). She is an experienced Finance Professional who, before joining MFW4A had a successful career within Big 4 firms, providing audit and advisory services to large Banking groups and other financial services entities.
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Guest Speaker: Dr. Marlene Lee, PRB, United States
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Guest Speaker: Dr. Marlene Lee, PRB, United States
Speaker bios
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Johannes Schunter showed a number of useful applications in development work ; what the bot is good at and what it is not good at. He is Head of Knowledge Management · Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e.V., Berlin, Germany.
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23 February 2023 Reaching the Right People at the Right Time: How to Use the Stakeholder Analysis Section
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jose Rodriguez, International Consultant, Philippines
This webinar introduced the Stakeholder Analysis Section to identify influential individuals or groups who might use your research, and plan effective engagement with them to increase the impact of your research insights or technical innovations.
February 9 A Vital Resource: Exploring USAID’s Research Translation Toolkit
This webinar introduced the importance of research translation – the process that transforms research findings into a form that is relevant to practitioners or other audiences – and provides a high-level overview of the Research Translation Toolkit, including real world examples of research teams that have used the processes from the toolkit.
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23 - 24 November 2022. Nairobi, Kenya and online. AU-EU Innovation Agenda Stakeholder Event
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Have you ever wondered how search works while visiting an e-commerce site, internal website, or searching through other types of online resources? Look no further than this informative session on the ways that taxonomies help end-users navigate the internet! Hear from taxonomists and other information professionals who have first-hand experience creating and working with taxonomies that aid in navigation, search, and discovery across a range of disciplines.
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f you offer a service on the web, odds are that someone will abuse it. Be it an API, a SaaS, a PaaS, or even a static website, someone somewhere will try to figure out a way to use it to their own needs. In this talk we'll compare measures that are effective against static attackers and how to battle a dynamic attacker who adapts to your counter-measures.
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Diogo Sousa, Engineering Manager @ Canonical
An opinionated individual with an interest in cryptography and its intersection with secure software development.
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Madeline Smith, The Glasgow School of Art
This presentation by Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota), was made during the discussion “Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations” held at the Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 10 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/crps.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
WEBINAR: European Commission Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report
1. Johan Swinnen
Director General
International Food Policy Research Institute
Infopoint virtual conference
May 13, 2021
Beyond the Pandemic
Transforming Food Systems after
COVID-19
2. Tools and resources
Agricultural Production
and Stocks Monitor
Visualizing production and
stocks of key crops at global
and country levels, with
comparisons to levels during
the 2008–2009 food price
crisis.
COVID-19 Food Price
Monitor
Providing daily updates of
food price movements in
wholesale and retail markets
in key countries in South Asia
and Africa south of the
Sahara.
COVID-19 Policy Response
Portal
Capturing policy responses
to the pandemic, including
population restrictions, social
protection, trade, health,
fiscal, and monetary
measures.
Food Trade Policy Tracker
Monitoring restrictions on
food exports and trade and
their impacts on food
imports.
TOOLS
3. Source: FAO 2020; Fan et al 2021
12,6
8,6
8,9
9,8
825,6
628,9
687,8
841,4
400
500
600
700
800
900
8
10
12
14
16
18
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2030**
Millions
Percentage
Prevalence and number of
undernourished worldwide
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)
Number of people undernourished (million)
The world is not on track to eliminate
hunger and malnutrition
4. -4,0
-2,0
0,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,0
10,0
GDP growth per capita (annual %)
Low & middle income Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank 2020
Source: FAO 2020
Economic growth,
conflict, and food security
12,6
8,6
8,9
9,8
825,6
628,9
687,8
841,4
400
500
600
700
800
900
8
10
12
14
16
18
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2030**
Millions
Percentage
Prevalence and number of
undernourished worldwide
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)
Number of people undernourished (million)
Forcibly displaced people worldwide
5. 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet
2 billion people with
micronutrient
deficiencies
Child malnutrition
Stunting, wasting and
overweight at unacceptable
levels
Source: Heady et al 2020 Torero 2020.
6. Food system pressures planetary boundaries
Climate change reinforces this
4
6
2
8
1
1
14
5
11
3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Energy
consumption (%)
GHG emissions
(%)
Share
of
global
total
(%)
Retail and food preparation
Processing and distribution
Fisheries production
Livestock production
Cropping production
Source: EAT-Lancet Report 2019
The global food system
consumes >30% of energy and
produces >20% of GHG emissions
7. COVID-19 impacts on global poverty and nutrition
Impact on Global NUTRITION
Source: Laborde, Martin and Vos, 2020
148
79
42
20%
23%
15%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
0
40
80
120
160
World Sub-Saharan
Africa
South Asia
Increase no. of poor (millions)
% increase poverty (RHS)
Impact on Global POVERTY
8. Prabhat Kumar Verma / Shutterstock.com
Poor people are disproportionately affected
1. Main asset is physical labor
2. Large share of income for food
3. More disruptions in food value chains –
since more labor-intensive
4. More affected by disruptions of public social
and nutrition programs
5. Less access to health services
9. 50
26.7 27.5
Poorest Middle Richest
Poor people suffer more
from INCOME declines
% of households that have much lower incomes
COVID-19 impacts on inequality in food systems
Survey results from Ethiopia
Source: Hirvonen et al. 2020; Tesfaye et al. 2020.
30,8
60,8
71,7
20,8
44,2
69,2
Poorest Middle Richest
Jan-Feb May
Poor people suffer more
from NUTRITION effects
% of households consuming dairy products
10. COVID-19 impacts : Rural vs Urban
Atul Loke / Panos Pictures
13,3
16,7
12,2
12,6
16,8
10,7
14,0
16,5
15,0
Indonesia Ghana Nigeria
Increase in POVERTY
(% points
– average per month of lockdown)
National Rural Urban
Source: Amewu et al. 2020; Baulch et al. 2020; Diao et al. 2020; Pradesha et al. 2020; Thurlow, 2020.
11. COVID-19 impacts : Rural vs Urban
Atul Loke / Panos Pictures
13,3
16,7
12,2
12,6
16,8
10,7
14,0
16,5
15,0
Indonesia Ghana Nigeria
Increase in POVERTY
(% points
– average per month of lockdown)
National Rural Urban
Source: Amewu et al. 2020; Baulch et al. 2020; Diao et al. 2020; Pradesha et al. 2020; Thurlow, 2020.
-38%
-18%
-14%
-29%
-92%
Total Agriculture Food services
Changes in GDP (%),
NIGERIA: 5-week lockdown
12. Gendered impacts of COVID-19
Health measures affect women and men differently in
developing countries, particularly in rural areas
Income shocks also have gendered impacts
Impact on women’s empowerment and children’s
schooling could affect female labor force participation in
the next generation, also violence-related services
Children
6.7 M (14.3%) more children with wasting (compared to
no COVID-19 projections)
Child mortality increased by 128,000 deaths
(~10,000 more deaths/month)
Women and children are especially vulnerable
Source: Quisumbing et al. 2020; Hidrobo et al. 2020. Headey et al. 2020
13. Food supply chains
disruptions
Supply disruptions vs. income and job loss
Survey evidence from Myanmar
Respondent assessments of three largest impacts of COVID-19 on their household
Source: IFPRI and MSU, 2020
Household income
and job loss
14. i_am_zews / Shutterstock.com
Atul Loke / Panos Pictures
Restructuring supply chains
and food systems
Heterogeneity:
global vs local
labor vs capital intensity
large vs small (SMEs)
staples vs perishables
Many innovations to overcome restrictions
Organizational
Technology : digital growth and e-commerce
…..
Source: Reardon and Swinnen, 2020.
15. Sumit Saraswat / Shutterstock.com
Beyond the Pandemic
Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19
1. A transformative moment in history
2. Use lessons from crisis to transform food
systems
3. Much creativity and innovation in value
chains and food systems and policy-thinking
to deal with crisis
finance, digital, social protection, …
4. Use opportunity of global summits in 2021
5. Crucial role to play for public and private
sectors
16. John McDermott
Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture
for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), IFPRI
Infopoint virtual conference
May 13, 2021
GFPR 2021 Report Overview
17. Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths
COVID-19 Year 1
Deaths and economic disruption
–8,0
–7,0
–6,0
–5,0
–4,0
–3,0
–2,0
–1,0
0,0
World
Advanced
Economies
Emerging and
Developing
Asia
Latin America
and the
Caribbean
Middle East
and Central
Asia
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Low-Income
Developing
Countries
Percentage
change
Real GDP growth, 2020
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, January 2021 Update (Washington, DC: 2021).
Source: Johns Hopkins University, CSSE COVID-19 Database (updated March 18, 2021).
18. COVID-19 Year 1
Policy responses in 6 LMICs
MAR 2020 APR 2020 MAY 2020 JUN 2020 JUL 2020 AUG 2020 SEP 2020 OCT 2020 NOV 2020 DEC 2020 JAN 2021
LOCKDOWNS
AND HEALTH
MEASURES
Bangladesh, Honduras, and Rwanda issue lockdowns
Zambia implements targeted lockdown of Nakonde
Rwanda imposes targeted lockdown in Kigali Myanmar announces stay-at-home orders in Yangon
STIMULUS AND
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
Egypt issues
$6.25 billion
package
Bangladesh issues $8 billion stimulus
Rwanda receives IMF loan
Bangladesh, Egypt, Honduras receive IMF loans
Myanmar receives IMF loan
SOCIAL
PROTECTION
Operation Honduras Solidaria provides 30 days of groceries to 800,000 families
Egypt expands Takaful & Karama monetary subsidies Myanmar secures $950 million for vaccines
Zambia provides $40–$80 per month to affected households in major cities Rwanda submits to COVAX framework
FOOD SECTOR
INTERVENTIONS
Honduras offers Productive Solidarity Bonus to 190,000 producers
Zambia suspends weekly markets Myanmar announces a $60 million plus relief plan for the agriculture sector
Bangladesh allocates more than $1 billion to subsidize fertilizer
Egypt postpones farmers’ debt payments, fixes wheat price Rwanda temporarily closes Kigali Market, other markets operate at 50% with traders working on rotational basis
Source: Johns Hopkins University, CSSE COVID-19 Data (updated Feb. 19, 2021).
Honduras
Zambia
Rwanda
Myanmar
Egypt
Bangladesh
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Daily
new
confirmed
cases
per
million
people
(7-day
rolling
average)
20. Regional differences
Africa
Disease impacts later in 2020 and
into 2021
Rural – urban differences
Policy responses depending on fiscal
capacity and existing programs
MENA
Food supply resilience
Major income disruptions –
remittances, tourism; urban
businesses; greater hardship for the
poor
Safety nets critical and effectiveness
varied
South Asia
Great initial concern, lockdowns
Disease wave (India) later in 2020
and into 2021
Massive scale-up of existing social
protection
Transforming food systems showed a
mix of resilience and fragility
E & SE Asia
Disease impacts early 2020
Successful lockdowns and disease
control in East Asia with rapid food
and economic recovery
More varied impacts in smaller SE
Asian countries
LAC
Massive health and economic impact
of the pandemic in many countries
(evolving)
Ongoing modernization of food
systems effective but vulnerabilities in
transitioning systems
Central Asia
Disruptions exacerbated ongoing
food system transformation
challenges – diversification, jobs,
value addition, infrastructure, and
digital capacity
21. Food system transformation
Source: Based on S. Fan et al., “Food Systems for Human and Planetary Health: Economic Perspectives and Challenges,” Food System Economics (forthcoming).
22. Agarianna76 / Shutterstock.com
Healthy diets for all: 3 billion could not afford
recommended diets pre-pandemic; number has
increased by approximately 10% since.
Recommendations
Focus on diets to address all forms of malnutrition
Support LMICs: food-based dietary guidelines and
diet standards
Supplement with social protection for those left
behind
Demand-side will drive healthy diets: focus on
consumers and food environments
Nutrition
23. jeep2499 / Shutterstock.com
Awareness increasing but evidence and action lag
behind
Interplay of environment and food systems in disease
emergence (One Health)
Climate and other environmental shocks will increase
in frequency and consequences
Responses
Build evidence and capacity to integrate environmental
sustainability into nature-positive food systems
Multi-pronged approaches: governance, institutions,
policy, and technologies bundled together at
appropriate scales
Natural resources and
environment
24. Tom Pilston / Panos Pictures
COVID-19 exacerbated inequalities with
vulnerable groups most affected
Reversed progress on many SDGs (poverty,
health, gender, nutrition, education)
Complex rural-urban dynamic in COVID-19
impacts
Major investments made in social protection
Reflect urgent needs
Most effective if adapting and scaling of existing
programs
Inclusion
25. Majority World CIC / Alamy Stock Photo
Disruption of food supply and impacts differed
by food and food system
Transitioning food systems had the most
challenges
Some dramatic acceleration of food supply
innovations: re-organization of supply,
logistics, and digital technology
Enabling business environment
Enabling regulations, “infrastructure”
Recognize transitional challenges: capacity of
SMEs, formalizing markets, evolving standards
Efficiency and food supply
chains
26. Adam Dean / Panos Pictures
Resilience needs to be integrated into food
systems approaches as one of 5 outcomes to
be considered
Resilience planning needs to consider multiple
and more frequent shocks: disease, climate,
financial, conflict, …
1. Mitigating frequency and severity of shocks
2. Information systems to help anticipate
shocks and plan responses
3. Build capacity to absorb shocks
Resilience
27. Pandemic is far from over
Evolving situation
Inequalities exposed; more concerted support to vulnerable groups critical
Beyond the pandemic – climate and other shocks
Public enabling and regulation of private food system actors in transitioning
systems
Learn lessons and address multiple food system transformation goals
Resilient policy systems: effectiveness and sustainability of policy
responses
Cross-sectoral coordination
What is next?
28. Neha Kumar
Senior Research Fellow
Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division
International Food Policy Research Institute
Infopoint virtual conference
May 13, 2021
Towards inclusive food systems
Pandemics, vulnerable groups, and the
role of social protection
29. Tommy Trenchard / Panos Pictures
living in suboptimal conditions
dependent on unreliable livelihoods
limited (no) access to healthcare and safety
net
Poor households in rural and urban areas,
informal workers, migrant workers, women,
refugees and internally displaced persons
Coping strategies will have long-term
implications
The COVID-19 pandemic
disproportionately affected the
most vulnerable…
30. Giacomo Pirozzi / Panos Pictures
Rural and urban dwellers had different
experiences
- Rural households better insulated in short term
- Food supply chain disruptions affected urban dwellers more
- Coverage of safety nets limited in urban areas
Informal sector workers
- Unregulated sector and worst hit by lockdowns
- Low coverage of safety nets or unemployment/health insurance
Women and children
- Women lose autonomy and their assets sold first
- “Stay at home” – potential exposure to violence for women &
children
- Children affected in multiple ways
Impacts were widespread and
uneven and with limited
coverage of safety nets
31. Anton Jankovoy / Shutterstock.com
1,414 social protection measures taken by 215
countries and territories
- Reached over 1.1 billion people or 14% of world’s population
- Compared to pre-pandemic levels benefit amounts doubled
and coverage increased by 240%!!!
Yet, it was limited in many ways…
- Transfers were one-off or short duration
- Transfer amount was not sufficient
- Coverage remained low
- Not gender-sensitive
But there are important lessons for improving
social protection programs going forward…
Social protection response to the
pandemic was unprecedented…
32. Edward Echwalu / ESP
the importance of basic needs
the importance of political will
the need for a multifaceted approach to
dealing with it
It is imperative to distill lessons learned
during the pandemic for long term
transformation of food systems and social
programs to alleviate inequalities that exist
The pandemic highlighted…
33. Danielle Resnick
Senior Research Fellow,
Development Strategy and Governance Division
IFPRI
Infopoint virtual conference
May 13, 2021
Resilient Policy Systems
34. Four Pillars of Policy System Resilience
Adaptability Ability to modify extant
policies quickly
• Enabling business
environment
• Technology governance
• Credible partners
• Nimble bureaucracy
Source: Devex
Ghana used drones for C19
testing and PPE deliveries
35. Four Pillars of Policy System Resilience
Coordination Horizontal, vertical, and
temporal dimensions
• Executive leadership
• Subnational autonomy
• Political polarization
Varying mask
mandates, Brazilian
states, April 2020
Source: Agência Brasil
36. Four Pillars of Policy System Resilience
Implementation
Capacity
Administration
• Human & financial resources
• Oversight & accountability
• Autonomous public
institutions
Enforcement
• Monopoly of force, protect
borders, maintain order
C19 food aid warehouses
looted in Nigeria due to
poor distribution
Source: AFP
37. Four Pillars of Policy System Resilience
Citizen Trust Reflects state-society
relations
• Past experiences
• Identities
• Partisan affiliations
Source: Afrobarometer, Oct.2020-Jan.2021
83
78
62 61
56
79
66
49 49
58
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Senegal Liberia Togo Benin Niger
Don't trust government to ensure vaccine is safe (%)
Not likely to try to get vaccinated (%)