On Thursday, October 20, 2022, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), The International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), and CGIAR’s Initiative: National Policies and Strategies (NPS) jointly organized a Pre-COP27 seminar: Accelerated Action for Food Systems Resilience: Egypt’s Plans for Cop27 and The Role Of CGIAR. The virtual seminar was also live-streamed as Borlaug Dialogue side event. This event was inspired by Egypt's Presidency of COP27 and hence the main objective of the event was to highlight Egypt’s priorities for COP27. The event also covered discussions specific to Egypt’s agri-food sector as well as CGIAR’s research portfolio and plans for COP27. The event brought together representatives from Egypt's Presidency of COP27 and several senior leaders and climate scientists from CGIAR.
NEW PUBLICATION: Investing in Dates, Poultry, Olive, and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Value Chains in Egypt
This policy note summarizes an evaluation of public investment options for Egypt’s agri-food system conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Government of Egypt and Cairo University
IFPRI Egypt Webinar “COVID-19 lessons for rebuilding resilient value chains & agri-food system”
This webinar will shed light on global and national lessons from the pandemic for rebuilding resilient value chains and agri-food systems. Speakers will present global and national lessons to inform future food systems and functioning of value chains.
COVID-19 and the promise of food system innovation
Corinna Hawkes - Director of the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that followed have disrupted private food supply chains and the public support systems the poor rely on for food and good nutrition. But these problems have also triggered many creative and entrepreneurial responses [...]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Tunisia’s Economy, Agri-food System, and Households
Dalia Elsabbagh – Senior Research Assistant in the Egypt Strategy Support Program (ESSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), based in Cairo.
The COVID-19 pandemic quickly evolved from a health crisis to a large-scale global economic crisis. Like most of the world’s countries, Tunisia is facing a new unfamiliar challenge [...]
