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Miss an Agrilinks event in 2012? Don't worry, all of our Ag Sector Council Seminars, Feed the Future Stakeholder Meetings, and special seminars are recorded and easy to access. And for many events, you can also watch video interviews with the presenters and download presentations and transcripts.
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Shenggen Fan
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Shenggen Fan has been Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since 2009. Growing up in rural China in the 1960s and 1970s, Fan became deeply committed to reducing poverty and hunger. He is convinced that innovative, country-owned, country-led approaches are required to achieve ambitious development goals. Along those lines, he recently proposed a new “business-as-unusual” approach to ending hunger: (1) invest in two core pillars—agriculture and social protection, (2) bring in new players, (3) adopt a country-led, bottom-up approach, (4) design policies using evidence and experience, and (5) measure whether commitments have been fulfilled.
Fan joined IFPRI in 1995 as a research fellow, conducting extensive research on pro-poor development strategies in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He led IFPRI’s program on public investment before becoming the director of the Institute’s Development Strategy and Governance Division in 2005. He also received a PhD in applied economics from the University of Minnesota and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Nanjing Agricultural University in China. Fan is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Food Security, as well as an Executive Committee member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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David Quinn is a Policy Specialist on the USAID/Enabling Agricultural Trade (EAT) project.
Please join CSIS for an in-depth discussion on biofortification, a strategy to improve public health through more nutritious staple food crops. The event will feature a presentation by HarvestPlus on their experiences developing and delivering biofortified crops, and three panel discussions on current practices in the field; how biofortification can help meet nutrition goals; and next steps for bringing these solutions to scale.
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This presentation was part of the Feed the Future Meeting, "New Country and Region-Led Efforts and Partnerships for Enhancing Resilience and Building Growth in the Horn of Africa" The seminar was held in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 2012. The meeting began with remarks from Nancy Lindborg (USAID/DCHA) and Jeff Hill (USAID/BFS) followed by a Q&A panel discussion which included Greg Gottlieb (USAID/BFS), Susan Fine (USAID/AFR), and Tom Beck (USAID/PPL).
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This blog post was written by Joe Sanders, Chief of Party, USAID-Nepal Flood Recovery Program.
Nutrition is an important component of economic development and food security. Evidence shows that malnutrition in the first two years of life permanently reduces cognitive function and physical capacity, making individuals more vulnerable to disease. This, in turn, reduces productivity, slows economic growth, and perpetuates poverty.
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