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28 February 2019.  Washington.  Agriculture for Improved Nutrition:Seizing the Momentum Live webcast and post-event viewing available here Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus ; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past decade has created boundless opportunities for redesigning and reimagining agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition. This event marks the publication of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum , co-edited by Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. The volume reviews the latest evidence, results from on-the-ground interventions, and recent national policy experiences of bringing agriculture and nutrition closer together. Panelists will discuss big data, the design of agriculture-nutrition programming, the global obesity epidemic, and...

26 February 2019.  IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the National Nutrition Committee (ASRT). "100 million healthy lives: Scientific evidence on double burden of malnutrition in Egypt" The seminar discussed the current status of malnutrition among children and adults; providing a policy framework for managing determinants of malnutrition and obesity; and identifying options for preventive action to reduce the costs of nutrition-related diseases. In that respect, the seminar provided the occasion for researchers, decision makers and other stakeholders to discuss and inform the 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative on state-of-the art nutrition and health related policies and interventions. Presentations took stock of the available nutrition data and provide an overview of the latest nutrition research findings from IFPRI and CAPMAS. The seminar also presented a multidimensional framework to control obesity and non-communicable diseases developed by Egypt’s National Nutrit...

18 February 2019 . Brussels. Recent trends and Outlook in African Agricultural Trade Trade is an important avenue through which countries transform their economies and raise standards of living. For African countries, trade in agricultural products offers great potential to boost incomes for farmers, processors and other agricultural value chain actors. Leonard Mizzi , Head of Unit DEVCO C1- Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition Chair Isolina Boto  Manager, CTA Brussels Office Ousmane Badiane  Director for Africa, IFPRI "Increasing the ability of African countries to participate in regional and global trade helps to improve well-being of consumers, raise incomes of farmers, build resilience of food markets, and ultimately it also helps to boost economic growth and reduce poverty," "Increasing the ability of African countries to participate in regional and global trade helps to improve well-being of consumers, raise incomes of farmers, build resilience of food m...

14 February 2019 . Washington. IFPRI.  Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today. This seminar provided details on the scope and priorities of the IAP project, the regional perspectives of participants, and a global synthesis. During the discussion, participants explores mutual interests in increasing the sciences’ contribution to informed policy development, innovation, and practice. Volker ter Meulen , President, InterAcademy Partnership ( Presentation | Video ) Joachim von Braun , Director, Center for Development and Professor for Economic and Technological Chang...

12-13 February  2019 .  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .  First FAO/WHO/AU International Food Safety Conference In this pivotal moment, this conference, co-organised by FAO, WHO, WTO and AU, brought together Ministers and representatives of national governments, senior policy makers as well as representatives of non-state actor groups from all regions of the world to engage in an urgent reflection on food safety challenges to: Identify key actions and strategies to address current and future challenges to food safety globally. Strengthen commitment at the highest political level to scale up food safety in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Extract of the programme: OPENING SESSION  Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) – Conference Chairperson  Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko , African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture  José Graziano da Silva , FAO Director-General  Tedros Adhan...

28-30 November 2018 . Bangkok, Thailand.  The IFPRI-FAO Global Event: Accelerating the end of hunger. Having won the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) agri-pitch competition at the  first Nutrition Investors Forum in Nairobi, Kenya   (16-18 October 2018), two Nigerian SME's represented Africa at the IFPRI-FAO meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Over 450 SMEs from across Africa applied for the SUN Pitch competition and through rigorous selection processes at various levels, 21 top businesses qualified as finalists, five of which were NutriPitch entrepreneurs from Nigeria , namely: Veggie Victory, Hakeem Jimo Soupah Kitchen, Ifeoluwa Olatayo Augustsecrets, Oluwatoyin Onigbanjo Prothrive, Oluyemisi Obe Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics, Ope Olanrewaju.  Other countries represented at the final competition are Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. The award which included specialised technical assistance worth $15,000 to be provided at country level and in Switzerlan...

28-30 November 2018 . Bangkok, Thailand.  The IFPRI-FAO Global Event: Accelerating the end of hunger. 29 November  Launch of the Global Nutrition Report 2018 We need young people to be going out with the report and spreading the messages and the data.” @CorinnaHawkes speaking @IFPRI The 2018 Global Nutrition Report shares insights into the current state of global nutrition, highlighting the unacceptably high burden of malnutrition in the world. It identifies areas where progress has been made in recent years but argues that it is too slow and too inconsistent. It puts forward five critical steps that are needed to speed up progress to end malnutrition in all its forms and argues that, if we act now, it is not too late to achieve this goal. In fact, we have an unprecedented opportunity to do so. DOWNLOAD THE SUMMARY ENGLISHPDF 3.1MB FRENCHPDF 3.2MB SPANISHPDF 3.2MB JAPANESEPDF 3.4MB FULL REPORTPDF 29.3MB

28-30 November 2018 . Bangkok, Thailand.  The IFPRI-FAO Global Event: Accelerating the end of hunger. 29 November Side event  LAUNCH OF THE REPORT “ALL HANDS ON DECK: REDUCING STUNTING TROUGH MULTISECTORAL EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA” Organized by: The World Bank The report “All Hands on Deck: Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa” lays the groundwork for more effective multisectoral action on reducing stunting by analyzing and generating empirical evidence useful for informing the joint targeting and, if necessary, the sequencing of sector-specific interventions in countries in SSA. Dr. Purnima Menon  (Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI) Dr. Emmanuel Skoufias  (Lead Economist, The World Bank) Elan Satriawan  (Head of Policy Working Group TNP2K, Office of the Vice President, Republic of Indonesia) Harold Alderman  (Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI, USA) Main Report Report Annex

28-30 November 2018 . Bangkok, Thailand.  The IFPRI-FAO Global Event: Accelerating the end of hunger. 30 November Side event  HOW TO BUILD URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS FOR BETTER DIETS, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES Organized by: IFPRI Diets of poor urban dwellers in low and middle-income countries are rapidly shifting from traditionally rich in coarse grains and pulses to highly concentrated in refined sugar, salt, saturated fats, animal-sourced foods, refined grains, and (ultra-)processed foods. These dietary changes, which are believed to unfold faster in urban than in rural areas, increase the risks of malnutrition in all its forms and diet-related non communicable diseases. Contributing factors include the rapid expansion of modern food retail systems, and the abundance of convenient, cheap, ultra-processed yet nutrient-poor foods. This side event will provide in-depth perspectives from research and industry on how to build food systems that provide ...