Back

Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

benin_samuel_0

Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

Where we work

Back

Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Beijing Launch of IFPRI’s 2016 Global Food Policy Report

Beijing Friendship Hotel

1 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, China

June 6 to 7, 2016

  • 10:00 – 1:00 am (Asia/Shanghai)
  • 10:00 – 1:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 7:30 – 10:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

Beijing Launch of IFPRI’s 2016 Global Food Policy Report
Speakers:
Panelists:
  • Hongyu Zhang, director general, Department of Rural Economic System and Management, Ministry of Agriculture
  • Yan Fang, deputy director general, Department of Rural Economy, National Development and Reform Commission
  • Zhong Tang, dean and professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China                  
Moderator:
  • Kevin Chen, senior research fellow, China program leader, IFPRI

2016 Global Food Policy Report reviews major trends, events, and changes affecting food security and nutrition in 2015 and beyond. The year 2015 was a watershed moment for the international development community. The endpoint of the Millennium Development Goals highlighted the striking advances made since 1990: extreme poverty, child mortality, and hunger all fell by around half. However, enormous challenges remain.