The National Policies and Strategies for Food, Land and Water Systems Transformation (NPS) Initiative
June 28, 2022
2:00-4:00 PM Cairo Time
Venue: Cairo, Egypt
Hybrid Event
Recurrent food crises and shocks in the world necessitate immediate national as well as global responses to provide short-term relief and longer-term policy change. As economies began recovering from the global COVID-19 pandemic during 2021, the Russian-Ukraine crisis emerged and has become a major setback to global recovering, sparking another global food security crisis. Some countries are particularly vulnerable, including those experiencing uneven economic recovery due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict-affected and fragile economies, and low-income countries with high levels of food import dependence.
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is one such region. The Russian-Ukraine crisis has triggered a major food price surge across the region as well as a range of policy responses—especially export restrictions by major producing countries— which are affecting the situation in different ways. Some of these responses could fan further food price inflation in an already ailing global economy recovering slowly from the COVID-19 pandemic. Domestic and regional policy responses to the unfolding food crisis therefore require careful consideration of their impact on domestic and regional markets. This represents a particularly complex set of policy challenges in the MENA region, where looming threats from climate change and water scarcity are already affecting agricultural production and productivity.
This high-level panel discussion brought important global and national lessons from diverse policy makers and researchers on how countries and markets are responding to the unfolding multiple crises.
Questions? Please contact Fatma M. Abdelaziz.
Overview of the NPS key goals
AGENDA
Keynote Speakers
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Session Moderator: Yumna Kassim, NPS Program Manager
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| Channing Arndt (See Slides) (See video) Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
Aly Abousabaa (See Slides) (See video) Regional Director, Central & West Asia & North Africa (CWANA), CGIAR, and Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) |
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| H.E. Dr. Nivine Elkabbag (See video) Minister, Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS), Egypt |
Ahmed Kamaly (See video) Deputy Minister, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), Egypt |
High-Level Panel: Global, Regional And National Implications Of The Russian-Ukraine Crisis And Policy Responses
2:30– 3:00 PM
Session Moderator: Clemens Breisinger, NPS Initiative Lead
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| Maximo Torrero (See video and slides) Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
David Laborde (See Slides) (See video) Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI |
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| Tahani Sileet (See video) Head of Central Department for External Cooperation, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MoWRI), Egypt |
3:00-3:15 PM Q&A Session (See video)
The National Policies and Strategies (NPS) for Food, Land and Water Systems Transformation Initiative
3:15-3:30 PM
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| Clemens Breisinger (See slides) (See video)
NPS Initiative Lead, MENA Regional Program Leader, and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI |
Alan Nicol (See video)
NPS Initiative Co-Lead, Director of Water, Growth, and Inclusion, IWMI |
Session commentator: Nasredin Hag Elamin FAO Representative in Egypt (See Video)
Presentations of ONE CGIAR Initiatives with Key Policy Component and Operating in Egypt
3:30 – 3:50 PM
Session Moderator: Kibrom Abay, Egypt Country Program Leader, IFPRI
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| Michael Baum (See Slides) (See video)
Initiative Lead of From Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa (F2R-CWANA) |
Renaud Mathieu (See Slides) (See video)
Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) |
Next Steps for NPS and One CGIAR Crises Response in Egypt
3:50 – 4:00 PM
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| Kibrom Abay (See video) Egypt Country Program Leader, IFPRI |
Youssef Brouziyne (See video) Country Representative, IWMI |
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| Yumna Kassim NPS Program ManagerEvent Moderator |
[i] Other CGIAR Centers include International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Potato Center (CIP), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), The Alliance of Bioversity International, and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), WorldFish and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
