IFPRI Director General releases “The Way Forward” statement
In his closing remarks, Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General at the International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI), referenced "The Way Forward" statement, a synthesis of the conference organizers' conclusions intended to stimulate international debate on the way forward and action. read more
Day Three in Pictures
Video message from Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
Video remarks from Indra Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo, at the IFPRI 2020 Conference on "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health," February 11, 2011, New Delhi, India.
Wole Soyinka video message to 2020 conference attendees
Video remarks from Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate in Literature from Nigeria, at the IFPRI 2020 Conference on "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health," February 11, 2011, New Delhi, India.
Day Two in Pictures
Panel Discussion: Where are we now, where are we headed, and where do we want to be?
Today's opening plenary session featured comments by Per Pinstrup-Andersen from Cornell University, Francesco Branca of WHO and David Nabarro of the UN. Each speaker underscored the negative impacts of recent food price increases and overall volatility in agricultural markets on food security and nutrition, particularly among the poorest citizens in developing countries. According to Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen, this problem has been exacerbated by extreme weather events related to global climate change as well as by poorly informed expectations by speculators, traders and farmers and inadequate policy responses by governments. Effective policy interventions, meanwhile, will entail a clear understanding of the problem we are seeking to address- namely, that we must understand that the world is not running out of food yet citizens of developing countries continue face problems of access to adequate amounts of nutritious foods. read more
Keynote addresses underscore linkages between agriculture, nutrition and health
Hans Rosling addresses conference participants, shows power of data animation
Video message from Hans Rosling presented at the IFPRI 2020 conference, "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health," February 10 2010, New Delhi, India.
Hillary Clinton offers video remarks at 2020 Conference
Video remarks from US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, at the IFPRI 2020 Conference, "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health," February 10, 2011, New Delhi, India.