The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched IFPRI’s Egypt Strategy Support Program (SSP) on March 1, 2016. The new program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will produce scientific evidence and build national capacity to raise incomes of the rural poor and improve food and nutrition security in Egypt. The objective of the event was to introduce IFPRI’s new program and to strengthen partnerships with stakeholders, national policy makers, researchers, and development partners in Egypt.
Agenda
Welcome Remarks
- Dr. Anne Patterson, Deputy Mission Director, USAID Egypt (See Video)
- Dr. Paul Dorosh, Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI (See Video, See Slides)
Introductory Remarks
- Dr. Alaa Azouz, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MoALR)
The role of the agricultural sector in improving food security and nutrition (See Video) - Dr. Atef El-Shitany, Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP)
The role of the health sector in improving food security and nutrition (See Video) - Major General Abu Bakr El-Guindy, President, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)
The role of data for research and evidence-based policy making (See Video) - Dr. Hala El-Said, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University (CU-FEPS)
The role of economic research in policy making (See Video) - Dr. Aladdin Hamwieh, Acting Regional Coordinator, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
The role of agricultural research in policy making (See Video)
Inauguration of the Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP)
- Dr. Clemens Breisinger, Egypt SSP Leader, IFPRI (See Video, See Slides)
- Ms. Fatma Mahfouz, Senior Research Assistant, IFPRI (See Video)
- Dr. Paul Dorosh, Division Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI (See Video)
