Sustainable Food Systems

IFPRI Policy Seminar "Transforming food systems to deliver healthy, sustainable diets: The view from the world’s science academies"

14 February 2019
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm (EST)
IFPRI | 1201 Eye St. NW | 12th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today.

This seminar will provide details on the scope and priorities of the IAP project, the regional perspectives of participants, and a global synthesis. During the discussion, participants will explore mutual interests in increasing the sciences’ contribution to informed policy development, innovation, and practice.

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