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Rapid Fire Presentation/Speaker: More R&D to increase agricultural productivity by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge. In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Introduction: Neil Watkins, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development & Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge. In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI The Global Commission on Adaptation ( https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/adapt-our-world ) seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge. In this seminar ( https://www.ifpri.org/event/adapting-new-climate-realities-doing-more-better-and-new ), IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Nurul Islam’s contribution to development reflects his remarkable career—which ranged from research and university teaching, to heading a prestigious research institute, to becoming a freedom fighter, to running the first Planning Commission in Bangladesh, to serving as Assistant Director General at FAO. Speaker: Nurul Islam, Research Fellow Emeritus, IFPRI Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI

PIM Webinar with Dr. Steven Lawry (CIFOR) exploring how community tenure is facilitating investment in the commons for inclusive growth, with focus on cases from Guatemala and Nepal. More information about the webinar, including recording and presentation, at http://bit.ly/2k2s6yQ PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website: http://bit.ly/PIM-Webinars

Discussant: Jacob Kurtzer, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow of Humanitarian Agenda, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Discussant: Dominique van de Walle, Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Presenter: Sikandra Kurdi, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Presenter: Yashodhan Ghorpade, Economist, The World Bank Group An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Presenter: Lamis Al-Iryani, Evaluation Manager, Yemen Social Fund for Development An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Opening Remarks: Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event ( http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen ) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

Moderator: Olivier Ecker, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event (http://www.ifpri.org/event/impacts-cash-transfers-preventing-malnutrition-yemen) will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for Development and its positive impacts on key measures of child and maternal nutrition.

IFPRI Special Event: Discussion on the Key Findings of FAO’s 2019 SOFI Report - 7/18/2019 - Promo Audio FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Moderator: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Panelist: Kimberly Ann Elliott, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Keynote Speaker: Robert Johansson, Chief Economist, US Department of Agriculture FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Special Remarks: Congressman Jim McGovern, 2nd District of Massachusetts and Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.

Presentation of Report's Key Findings: Máximo Torero, Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition. Please join us for a presentation of the report, keynote address and panel discus

Welcome Remarks: Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO’s Liaison Office for North America FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition. Please join us for a presentation of the report, keynote address and panel discussion on the key findings of the 2019 SOFI report.

Welcome Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that global food insecurity and malnutrition, including obesity, persist and remain stubbornly high with approximately 820 million people continuing to suffer from hunger and nearly 2 billion people experiencing some form of malnutrition. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, economic slowdowns and downturns are among the key drivers of this worsening trend. The uneven pace of economic recovery and continuing poor economic performance in many countries after the 2008–2009 global economic downturn, are also undermining efforts to end hunger and malnutrition.