Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation for Better Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.

This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food transformation means for future policy and research.

Opening Remarks

• Simeon Ehui, Director, Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank 

Keynote Speaker

• Johan Swinnen, Professor of Economics and Director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at the Catholic University of Leuven; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium 

Panelists

• Kamiljon Akramov, Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Artavazd Hakobyan, Senior Agricultural Economist, World Bank, Moscow, Russian Federation
• Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Closing Remarks

• Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator

• Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)