The Academy of Science, Research and Technology (ASRT) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) are organizing a workshop under the title of "National Wheat Day". The workshop will be held over two days, on February 13th and February 14th, at the St-Regis Al-Massa Hotel in the New Administrative Capital.
Food Price Shocks and Diets among Poor Households in Egypt
Because of its dependence on food imports, Egypt is particularly vulnerable to the high world food prices and trade shocks triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Imports account for more than 40% of Egypt’s calorie consumption, and the country is the world’s largest importer of wheat, with about 85% coming from Russia and Ukraine before the war began
NEW PUBLICATION: Forsa Pilot Evaluation Baseline Survey Results
The Forsa program, launched in 2021 by the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity has been designed as a graduation program targeted to current beneficiaries of the Takaful cash transfer program. To understand how well Forsa supports household income generation and to better understand the beneficiary household characteristics which may relate to program success, the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Solidarity is running a randomized control trial of the pilot Forsa program..
NEW PUBLICATION | Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Forsa graduation program
Forsa, which means “Opportunity” in Arabic, is a new economic inclusion program of the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Implemented by the Ministry of Social Solidarity, the program aims to graduate beneficiaries of the national cash transfer program, the Takaful & Karama Program (TKP), to economic self-reliance by enabling them to engage in wage employment or sustainable economic enterprises..
CGIAR Borlaug Dialogue 2022 side event: Egypt’s COP27 plans and the role of CGIAR
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.
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