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BOOK LAUNCH The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World Hybrid Event NOV 14, 2023 - 3:00 TO 4:30PM EST Amid rising geopolitical conflict, populism and nationalism, and clashes between empirical evidence and disinformation campaigns, many countries are trying to transform their food systems to achieve healthier, more sustainable outcomes. To accomplish this challenging goal, pathways to transform food systems must be grounded in a sound understanding of interest group dynamics, incentive systems, the role of ideology and coalitions, and accountability structures. The Political Economy of Food System Transformation, a new IFPRI and Oxford University publication edited by Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen, tackles this complex subject by integrating insights from a global set of interdisciplinary scholars. Their work encompasses food system policy issues relevant to diets and environmental sustainability at the local, national, and international levels. The authors address a wide range of issues, including the need to repurpose costly agricultural subsidies, reduce red meat and ultra-processed food consumption, increase uptake of appropriate biotechnologies, adopt sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, implement the European Union's Farm to Fork Strategy, adapt urban food system councils to local contexts, and track accountability for global food system commitments. Join us for this hybrid book launch at IFPRI headquarters and online—speakers will discuss the political economy of these issues and reflect on opportunities to pursue food system policy reforms in an increasingly polarized world. A light reception will follow the presentations. Speakers Christopher Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University Koen Deconinck, Economist, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Eduardo Gómez, Professor and Director of the Institute of Health Policy and Politics, Lehigh University Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit, IFPRI and Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Discussant Loraine Ronchi, CGIAR Senior Advisor for Policy Impact, IFPRI Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Download a free copy of the book: The Political Economy Of Food System Transformation: Pathways To Progress In A Polarized World - https://www.ifpri.org/publication/political-economy-food-system-transformation-pathways-progress-polarized-world More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/political-economy-food-system-transformation-pathways-progress-polarized-world Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

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 The new CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience kicks off with a seminar examining food security trends and the impacts of recent shocks to food systems. Speakers will highlight the need for renewed efforts to strengthen food systems resilience and identify priority investments and actions. Johan Swinnen, Director General IFPRI; CGIAR Managing Director Systems Transformation Science Group: Overview of Food Security Trends and Impacts of Past Crises Dirk Meyer, BMZ Director General, Global Health; Employment; Transformation of the Economy; Digital Technologies; Food and Nutrition Security: Crisis Response and Resilience-Building: Priority Actions of the German Government Simeon Ehui, Director General, IITA; CGIAR Regional Director Continental Africa: Supporting African-Led Resilience Building Katrina Kosec, IFPRI, Senior Research Fellow and co-lead of CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration: Key Findings and Recommendations of IFPRI's 2023 Global Food Policy Report “Rethinking Food Crisis Responses” Lynn Brown, Director, Policy, Strategy and the Africa Region, Harvest Plus: Gender Considerations for Just and Strong Food Systems Martien Van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank: Food Systems 2030: A Better Food System for Healthier People Planet and Economy: Funding Considerations Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/cgiar-seminar-series-stock-take-food-system-shocks-and-resilience-building-priorities Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription LINKS CGIAR - https://www.cgiar.org/ Germany's Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation And Development (BMZ) - https://www.bmz.de/en CGIAR Policy Seminar Series: Strengthening Food Systems For Increased Resilience To Future Shocks - https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/cgiar-seminar-series-food-systems-resilience 2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses - https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-launch-event-2023-global-food-policy-report-rethinking-food-crisis-responses

POLICY SEMINAR Science and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation – follow up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit In cooperation with the former Scientific Group of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit APR 11, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT The UN Food Systems Summit held in September 2021 was first of its kind in several respects: it was the first UN summit to focus on food systems, the first food-related summit involving heads of state in the UN General Assembly, and the first such summit that was informed by an independent Scientific Group. Food systems require ongoing attention, as evidenced by the widespread repercussions of the Ukraine crisis and the focus on food systems at COP27. A UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, established in early 2022, coordinates follow-up to the summit, including facilitation of food systems transformation pathways at the country level, and will organize the first biannual stocktaking of the summit outcomes and follow-up actions in 2023. Please join us as we bring together members of the UNFSS Scientific Group, the Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, and the Managing Director of the CGIAR Science Group on Systems Transformation to explore scientific findings that inform food systems transformation and point to research gaps, and examine food systems governance and the role of global institutions in shepherding food systems transformation. Welcoming Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Setting the Context / What Is at Stake Joachim von Braun, Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group 2021; Professor, Economic and Technological Change at Center for Development Research (ZEF) Reflections from the 2021 UNFSS Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA A Preview of the 2023 UNFSS Stocktaking Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub; Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (video recording) Bringing together scientific expertise to advance food systems transformation Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan, Vice Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group; World Academy of Sciences Food systems transformation for advancing nutrition and health Kaosar Afsana, Vice Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group; James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Prioritizing scientific evidence to inform food systems transformation Ismahane Elouafi, member of the UNFSS Scientific Group; Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) The role of the CGIAR in advancing food systems transformation / How to advance on food systems transformation in fragile settings/amid crises? Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Links: Science And Innovations For Food Systems Transformation Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5 More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/science-and-innovations-food-systems-transformation-%E2%80%93-un-food-systems-summit-2021-and-what Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINAR Call for Action to Address the Global Food Security Crisis OCT 5, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT The world is facing a potential food crisis worse than any seen since World War II. With Russia's devastating war on Ukraine, a historic drought and heat wave in China, and an irregular monsoon season in South Asia, food supplies from several of the world's largest granaries are highly uncertain and concerning. Global hunger has been rising since 2015, and the number of people facing acute, crisis-level food insecurity has doubled to well over 200 million. Famine is threatening the lives of large populations in the Horn of Africa, Yemen, and South Sudan. Already, climate change is compounding the global risks to food security. In response to this “code red for global food systems,” the world community is beginning to coalesce around several action areas set forth by the Declaration of Leaders' Summit on Global Food Security, the Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS) convened by the G7 Development Ministers, and the French Initiative for an International Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM), among others. At the G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting, held in Bali on September 27th, serious concerns were expressed about the global food security situation, but members stopped short of announcing concrete, concerted efforts to address the crisis. This may still come at the joint G20 Agriculture and Finance Ministers' meeting on October 11, 2022. What can the G20 do to help, and should it play a role in enhancing, strengthening, and coordinating initiatives to help avoid a potential food catastrophe and prevent future threats by making food systems resilient and sustainable? This seminar will address these questions and consider the proposals made by the Task Force on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture of the Think20 (T20). What can the G20 do to address the global food security crisis? Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Panel Discussion Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, African Union Commission Damayanti Buchori, Lead Co-chair, Task Force Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture T20 Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, IICA Visiting Fellow, IFPRI Arif Husain, Chief Economist, World Food Program (WFP) Q&A Closing Remarks Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI Moderator Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of the Latin American region & Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/call-action-address-global-food-security-crisis Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Opgedoekte ambassades, uitgezette diplomaten en mislukte vredesbesprekingen. Hoewel iedere oorlog geheel volgens het cliché uiteindelijk aan de onderhandelingstafel eindigt, lijkt de diplomatieke uitweg in Oekraïne nog niet zo makkelijk gevonden. Maar hoe succesvol kan diplomatie eigenlijk zijn als het voor het oog van de hele wereld bedreven wordt? Hoeveel vrijheid heeft een ambassadeur om zijn eigen koers te varen? Kun je als diplomaat in crisistijd wel echt het verschil maken? En hoe blijf je praten wanneer de tijd van praten eigenlijk voorbij is? In deze aflevering van De Publieke Tribune een gesprek met drie oud-diplomaten met een lange staat van dienst. Over de kunst van de dialoog, over de balans tussen bruggen bouwen en problemen oplossen en over de grenzen van de diplomatie. * Ron Keller (1958) werkte bijna twintig jaar in de diplomatieke dienst als Nederlandse ambassadeur in Rusland, Turkije, China en Oekraïne en als NAVO-ambassadeur in Oekraïne; * Johan Swinnen (1946) was jarenlang de Belgische ambassadeur in Den Haag, Madrid, de Democratische Republiek Congo én in Rwanda, toen zich daar in 1994 de genocide ontketende; * Ron Muyzert (1949) was ambassadeur voor Nederland op Cuba, in Bolivia en was de Nederlandse vertegenwoordiger in de Palestijnse gebieden ten tijde van de Tweede Intifada in 2000.

Opgedoekte ambassades, uitgezette diplomaten en mislukte vredesbesprekingen. Hoewel iedere oorlog geheel volgens het cliché uiteindelijk aan de onderhandelingstafel eindigt, lijkt de diplomatieke uitweg in Oekraïne nog niet zo makkelijk gevonden. Maar hoe succesvol kan diplomatie eigenlijk zijn als het voor het oog van de hele wereld bedreven wordt? Hoeveel vrijheid heeft een ambassadeur om zijn eigen koers te varen? Kun je als diplomaat in crisistijd wel echt het verschil maken? En hoe blijf je praten wanneer de tijd van praten eigenlijk voorbij is? In deze aflevering van De Publieke Tribune een gesprek met drie oud-diplomaten met een lange staat van dienst. Over de kunst van de dialoog, over de balans tussen bruggen bouwen en problemen oplossen en over de grenzen van de diplomatie. * Ron Keller (1958) werkte bijna twintig jaar in de diplomatieke dienst als Nederlandse ambassadeur in Rusland, Turkije, China en Oekraïne en als NAVO-ambassadeur in Oekraïne; * Johan Swinnen (1946) was jarenlang de Belgische ambassadeur in Den Haag, Madrid, de Democratische Republiek Congo én in Rwanda, toen zich daar in 1994 de genocide ontketende; * Ron Muyzert (1949) was ambassadeur voor Nederland op Cuba, in Bolivia en was de Nederlandse vertegenwoordiger in de Palestijnse gebieden ten tijde van de Tweede Intifada in 2000.

Op een Oud-Egyptische papyrusrol, gedateerd 2000 BC, wordt al over kanker geschreven. Zelfs in botresten van Neanderthalers en dino's, werden kankersporen gevonden. Kanker kennen we dus al heel lang. Maar steeds meer mensen lijden er aan. Johan Swinnen, kankeronderzoeker aan KU Leuven, in gesprek met Danira Boukhriss Terkessidis.

In this episode, Caitlin Welsh and Johan Swinnen, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, sit down to discuss IFPRI's reorganization and how research had to adapt amid challenges posed by Covid-19. Swinnen details a holistic view of the current state of food insecurity and its contributing factors, focusing on economic causes, the diverse implications of Covid-19, and the distribution of food insecurity across regions and rural/urban divides. Caitlin Welsh and Jo Swinnen also consider what we may discover retroactively about the current moment, what to expect in the future, and possible implications of the September 2020 UN Food Systems Summit.

POLICY SEMINAR Financing food systems transformation JUL 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT In the run-up to the UN Food Systems Summit, excitement is building around game-changing solutions emerging from the Action Tracks and country policy priorities identified in national dialogues. Development of these solutions is benefiting from the lens of the five UNFSS cross-cutting levers and the evidence-based focus provided by the Scientific Group. But implementation will depend on countries' ability to access and adequately utilize funding for food systems transformation. This event, organized by CGIAR-IFPRI in coordination with the UNFSS Scientific Group, will bring together a group of experts to discuss options for mobilizing and utilizing funding to finance food systems transformation and achieve the related Sustainable Development Goals. Speakers will consider financing options from the perspective of consumers, value chain operators, international development funds, public budgets, banking systems, and capital markets, with a particular focus on SDG 2 Zero Hunger. Opening remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Financing Food Systems Transformation Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, CGIAR-IFPRI Panelists Bettina Prato, Senior Coordinator, Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (Presentation) Carin Smaller, Director, Agriculture, Trade & Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Presentation) Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, CGIAR-IFPRI (Presentation) Deissy Martinez-Baron, Regional Coordinator, CGIAR Research Program for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CGIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Presentation) Tony Siantonas, Director, Scaling Positive Agriculture, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Closing Remarks Joachim von Braun, Chair, Scientific Group for the UNFSS; Director, Center for Development Research and Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Bonn University; & President, Pontifical Academy of Sciences Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, CGIAR-IFPRI Links: IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 UNFSS Science Days Side Events: https://www.ifpri.org/unfss/2021/science-day-side-events More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/financing-food-systems-transformation Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINAR UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Reforming Agricultural Policies to Support Food Systems Transformation Co-organized by IFPRI, Indian Council for International Economic Research (ICRIER) and Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University JUL 7, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT Agriculture receives around US$600 billion per year worldwide in government support, giving rise to questions about how such support could be restructured to meet important goals of food systems transformation, such as emission reduction and climate resilience, improved food and nutritional security, enhanced poverty reduction and equity. This UNFSS Science Days side event, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Council for International Economic Research (ICRIER), and Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University, will examine the latest trends in agricultural support policies and examine this topic of how such support could be “repurposed” to support food systems transformation. Opening remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Key Findings of 2021 Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Report Jonathan Brooks, Head of Agricultural and Resource Policies Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD Overview of research on reformulating agricultural policies Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI Discussants: Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Lee Ann Jackson, Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, OECD Marie Ruel, Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Chair professor, College of Economics Management & Dean of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University, Beijing; and CGIAR System Board Member Moderator: Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Links: IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 UNFSS Science Days Side Events: https://www.ifpri.org/unfss/2021/science-day-side-events Indian Council For International Economic Research (ICRIER): http://icrier.org/ China Agricultural University: https://en.cau.edu.cn/ UNFSS Summit Dialogues: https://summitdialogues.org/dialogue/29392/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/unfss-science-days-side-event-reforming-agricultural-policies-support-food-systems Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Opening Remarks: Impact of policy research and lessons for post-COVID development December 08, 2020 Speakers: H.E. Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development H.E. Dr. Nivine Elkabbag, Minister of Social Solidarity Dr. Saad Mousa, General Supervisor of Foreign Agricultural Relations, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ms. Leslie Reed, Mission Director for Egypt, USAID Dr. Nasredin Hag Elamin, Country Representative for Egypt, FAO Dr. Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Moderator: Dr. Clemens Breisinger, MENA and Egypt Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI LINKS: Symposium Policy Notes (in Englisha and Arabic): https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/Symposium%20policy%20note/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc Other EIBC Publications: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/search/searchterm/EIBC/field/ifpri/mode/all/conn/and Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook IFPRI Resources And Analyses Of COVID-19 Impact: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 IFPRI-Egypt Office: http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/

The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting pressures on public finances and donor resources are necessitating stark trade-offs among different policy priorities within the agriculture sector and across the food system. In what ways has the pandemic altered the balance of power among urban and rural populations, the state and private sector, and across government ministries? For example, are social protections and interventions to help heavily hit urban areas complementing or displacing government and donor investments in the agriculture sector? How are governments helping agri-businesses during this period, and which industries are prioritized for financial and other forms of state support? And are responses to COVID-19 fostering improved coherence across the food system to protect incomes, livelihoods, and food security, or leading to increased inter-governmental fractionalization around scarce resources? These are some of the considerations that decision makers must now confront. This seminar discussed these and other questions by examining the political economy dynamics caused by the pandemic in different regions of the world. Speakers Samuel Benin, Deputy Division Director, Africa Regional Office, IFPRI Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Astrid Haas, Policy Director, International Growth Centre (IGC) Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, and Theme Leader, Governance, IFPRI Carlos Furche, Former Minister of Agriculture of Chile (2014-2018) and Former Director of ESA (Agriculture Development Economic Division of FAO) (2018-2019) Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Moderator Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, IFPRI LINKS: Book: COVID-19 And Global Food Security: http://bit.ly/IFPRICovidBook Websites: West and Central Africa Office(WCAO): https://wca.ifpri.info/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-political-economy-covid-19-impacts-agriculture-and-food-policies Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

How much of an impact on developing economies will COVID-19 really have? Why will food systems change prevent dire impacts from happening in the future? On this episode of Hacking Hunger, we talk to Johan Swinnen, a top economist and currently director general of The International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC.   

This virtual policy seminar held April 30, 2020, featuring introduction from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=1:43); and the following rapid fire presentations: • COVID-19 and the economic impact on Egypt: Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=4:08 ) • COVID-19 and agricultural value chains in Ethiopia: Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=10:35 ) • COVID-19 and informal food traders in Africa -- government responses and citizen compliance: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=17:40 ) • COVID-19 and food security and nutrition in Myanmar: Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=24:48 ) • COVID-19 and gender-sensitive social protection: Shalini Roy, Research Fellow, IFPRI ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=31:45 ) Question and Answer session: ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=38:51 ) Speaker's closing remarks: ( https://soundcloud.com/ifpri/ifpri_polsem_30apr2020#t=1:14:24 ) Related website: https://www.ifpri.org/covid-19 More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-covid-19-emerging-problems-and-potential-country-level-responses Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

This policy seminar held April 14, 2020, featuring introduction from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and the following rapid fire presentations: -Global implications for food security and poverty: David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Developments in India and implications for food security and nutrition: Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Country level implications for food security and poverty: James Thurlow, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI -Developments in China and implications for food security and poverty: Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Closing remarks from John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI. COVID-19 threatens devastating impacts on food security, poverty, and nutrition, particularly in developing countries. IFPRI researchers are taking an early look at the pandemic’s global and country-level implications. More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-covid-19-implications-global-and-country-level-food-security-nutrition-and Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

This launch event held April 7, 2020, featuring overiew from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and presentations from John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH); Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI; Laura Zseleczky, Program Manager, IFPRI; and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI. Food systems are critical to every aspect of people’s well-being, from what they eat to how they earn their livelihoods to their options for the future. IFPRI’s flagship report ( https://gfpr.ifpri.info) highlights the critical role that inclusive food systems can play in improving nutrition, creating employment and income-generating opportunities, and increasing empowerment of disadvantaged groups. More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-launch-event-2020-global-food-policy-report-building-inclusive-food-systems and https://gfpr.ifpri.info) Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event annoucements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

This IFPRI Policy Seminar was held last Februrary 18, 2020 at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring keynote presentation from Tassos Haniotis, Director, European Commission with remarks from Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI, and M. Ann Tutwiler, Chair, Bioversity International USA, Inc. and moderated by Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI The “Farm to Fork” Strategy, part of the European Commission’s Green Deal, is integral to Europe’s ambitious response to climate change challenges along the food chain. The “Farm to Fork” strategy reflects the ongoing transformation of food systems worldwide and the goal of making Europe’s food system the gold standard for sustainability. “Farm to Fork” is also linked directly to current discussions on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. The EU experience is highly relevant to the debate around food system transformation—Europe’s policy- and private-driven initiatives demonstrate that green best practices can be successful in jointly increasing economic efficiency and environmental and climate sustainability. This seminar will review the “Farm to Fork” strategy and its implications for European and global agriculture. More about the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/european-green-deal-farm-fork-strategy-sustainable-food Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at https://www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Beer has been a part of human civilization dating back to its beginnings. In summarizing the role it has played over the millennia, Johan Swinnen and Devin Briski’s book Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World (Oxford University Press, 2017) reveals how the evolving roles the beverage has played exposes broader trends in the economy and society. As Briski explains in this podcast, while beer has been consumed since at least as early as Sumerian times, it wasn’t until the addition of hops as a preservative by brewers in Europe during the Middle Ages that beer became commercially viable. The development of the industry reflected more general trends, from the economies of scale that took place during the Industrial Revolution to the impact of television on small brewers in the United States in the mid-20th century. Today the industry is characterized both by a few multinational conglomerates and numerous craft brewers whose products provide a diverse counterpoint from the mass-produced lagers of the large companies. Briski reveals how these products reflect the different trends of consumption throughout the world, from the increased focus upon quality consumption in the United States and western Europe to the rapid expansion of beer consumption in places like Russia, China, and Brazil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beer has been a part of human civilization dating back to its beginnings. In summarizing the role it has played over the millennia, Johan Swinnen and Devin Briski’s book Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World (Oxford University Press, 2017) reveals how the evolving roles the beverage has played exposes broader trends in the economy and society. As Briski explains in this podcast, while beer has been consumed since at least as early as Sumerian times, it wasn’t until the addition of hops as a preservative by brewers in Europe during the Middle Ages that beer became commercially viable. The development of the industry reflected more general trends, from the economies of scale that took place during the Industrial Revolution to the impact of television on small brewers in the United States in the mid-20th century. Today the industry is characterized both by a few multinational conglomerates and numerous craft brewers whose products provide a diverse counterpoint from the mass-produced lagers of the large companies. Briski reveals how these products reflect the different trends of consumption throughout the world, from the increased focus upon quality consumption in the United States and western Europe to the rapid expansion of beer consumption in places like Russia, China, and Brazil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beer has been a part of human civilization dating back to its beginnings. In summarizing the role it has played over the millennia, Johan Swinnen and Devin Briski's book Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World (Oxford University Press, 2017) reveals how the evolving roles the beverage has played exposes broader trends in the economy and society. As Briski explains in this podcast, while beer has been consumed since at least as early as Sumerian times, it wasn't until the addition of hops as a preservative by brewers in Europe during the Middle Ages that beer became commercially viable. The development of the industry reflected more general trends, from the economies of scale that took place during the Industrial Revolution to the impact of television on small brewers in the United States in the mid-20th century. Today the industry is characterized both by a few multinational conglomerates and numerous craft brewers whose products provide a diverse counterpoint from the mass-produced lagers of the large companies. Briski reveals how these products reflect the different trends of consumption throughout the world, from the increased focus upon quality consumption in the United States and western Europe to the rapid expansion of beer consumption in places like Russia, China, and Brazil.

Beer has been a part of human civilization dating back to its beginnings. In summarizing the role it has played over the millennia, Johan Swinnen and Devin Briski’s book Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World (Oxford University Press, 2017) reveals how the evolving roles the beverage has played exposes broader trends in the economy and society. As Briski explains in this podcast, while beer has been consumed since at least as early as Sumerian times, it wasn’t until the addition of hops as a preservative by brewers in Europe during the Middle Ages that beer became commercially viable. The development of the industry reflected more general trends, from the economies of scale that took place during the Industrial Revolution to the impact of television on small brewers in the United States in the mid-20th century. Today the industry is characterized both by a few multinational conglomerates and numerous craft brewers whose products provide a diverse counterpoint from the mass-produced lagers of the large companies. Briski reveals how these products reflect the different trends of consumption throughout the world, from the increased focus upon quality consumption in the United States and western Europe to the rapid expansion of beer consumption in places like Russia, China, and Brazil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beer has been a part of human civilization dating back to its beginnings. In summarizing the role it has played over the millennia, Johan Swinnen and Devin Briski’s book Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World (Oxford University Press, 2017) reveals how the evolving roles the beverage has played exposes broader trends in the economy and society. As Briski explains in this podcast, while beer has been consumed since at least as early as Sumerian times, it wasn’t until the addition of hops as a preservative by brewers in Europe during the Middle Ages that beer became commercially viable. The development of the industry reflected more general trends, from the economies of scale that took place during the Industrial Revolution to the impact of television on small brewers in the United States in the mid-20th century. Today the industry is characterized both by a few multinational conglomerates and numerous craft brewers whose products provide a diverse counterpoint from the mass-produced lagers of the large companies. Briski reveals how these products reflect the different trends of consumption throughout the world, from the increased focus upon quality consumption in the United States and western Europe to the rapid expansion of beer consumption in places like Russia, China, and Brazil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beer has been a part of human civilization dating back to its beginnings. In summarizing the role it has played over the millennia, Johan Swinnen and Devin Briski’s book Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World (Oxford University Press, 2017) reveals how the evolving roles the beverage has played exposes broader trends in the economy and society. As Briski explains in this podcast, while beer has been consumed since at least as early as Sumerian times, it wasn’t until the addition of hops as a preservative by brewers in Europe during the Middle Ages that beer became commercially viable. The development of the industry reflected more general trends, from the economies of scale that took place during the Industrial Revolution to the impact of television on small brewers in the United States in the mid-20th century. Today the industry is characterized both by a few multinational conglomerates and numerous craft brewers whose products provide a diverse counterpoint from the mass-produced lagers of the large companies. Briski reveals how these products reflect the different trends of consumption throughout the world, from the increased focus upon quality consumption in the United States and western Europe to the rapid expansion of beer consumption in places like Russia, China, and Brazil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johan Swinnen is fotograaf, 'overlever' en kunstcriticus die bij de brand van de Innovation vijftig jaar geleden zijn beide ouders verloor. Hij was toen dertien jaar. Het laatste fotootje dat Johan van zijn papa en mama maakte, dateert van net vóór de ramp. Swinnen weet als geen ander wat tragedie met een mens kan doen. Hij schreef er een aangrijpend boek over.

Economics Professor Kym Anderson discusses ways to improve economic welfare and reduce poverty and food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa through trade. Commentary by Johan Swinnen.