GFPR INDIA LAUNCH

With climate change posing increasingly complex existential challenges to the South Asian region, there is an imperative for urgent action on climate change — both to achieve the major emissions reductions needed to limit global warming and to increase adaptive capacity and resilience.

Our flagship publication, the 2022 Global Food Policy Report, highlights the urgency of accelerating innovation, reforming policies, resetting market incentives, and increasing financing for sustainable food systems transformation.

IFPRI’s South Asia Regional Office (IFPRI-SAR) is organizing a hybrid launch event for this year’s Global Food Policy Report in New Delhi, India in collaboration with the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on July 21, 2022.

Join us to learn more about possible opportunities for accelerated action that could be considered in policy and investment decision-making for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience.

Program Overview

• Welcome Address
  Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director-South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• Release of Global Food Policy Report 2022
• Keynote: Global Food Policy Report 2022
  Dr. Channing Arndt, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• GFPR 2022: Climate change and transforming food systems in South Asia
  Dr. Aditi Mukherji, Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC AR6
• Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Climate Change and Food Systems in India
  Moderator: Dr. Pratap Singh Birthal, Director and National Professor, ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)
  • Dr. Purvi Mehta, Global Growth and Opportunities, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Dr. Pramod Kumar Joshi, Secretary, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
  • Mr. Ulac Demirag, Country Director – India & Head of South Asia Hub, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • Dr. Bornali Bhandari, Senior Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
  • Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)

• Remarks by Chairperson
  Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR
• Remarks by Guest of Honor
  Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog, Government of India
• Remarks by Chief Guest
  Shri Bhupender Yadav, Honorable Minister of Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India
• Concluding Remarks
  Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director-South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)