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Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists

Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems
Organized by the International Association of Agricultural Economists

NASC Complex

New Delhi

India

August 2 to 7, 2024

  • 9:00 – 6:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 12:00 am (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 3:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)
About the conference
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The triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE-2024), centred on the theme “Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” is scheduled from August 2-7, 2024, in New Delhi, India. The conference offers a distinctive platform, providing a golden opportunity for the agricultural academic institutions and researchers to convene in person, exchange knowledge, and actively contribute to the global agricultural research community. This International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) flagship conference attracts about a thousand colleagues from around the world. The IAAE has a worldwide membership of agricultural economists and others concerned with agricultural economic problems, organized to foster the application of agricultural economics to improve rural economic and social conditions.

Pre-Conference Workshops

Transdisciplinary Approaches in Agri-Food Systems Transformation Research

Assessing the Impacts of International Agricultural Research: New Methods, Rigorous Evidence, Better Decisions [SPIA Fest 2024]

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR

Transforming Food Systems in South Asia

Plenary 3: Healthy and Sustainable Diets and Nutrition

Eating well: Insights on dietary patterns and drivers of healthy dietary choices in low- and middle income countries

  • Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

Plenary 5: Gender in Agri-Food Systems

From bargaining power to empowerment: Measuring the unmeasurable

Organized Symposia

Productivity and Growth Under Climate Change

  • Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI

Bioeconomic Technologies and Their Contributions to the Food Systems Summit’s Action Tracks

Food Value Chains’ Contributions to Climate and Sustainability Goals

FVCs’ Contribution to Address Climate/Sustainability Challenges: Overview of the Issues

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR

Recurring Food Crises: Causes, Lessons and Implications

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
  • Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Recurring Food Price Crises and the Role of Food Price Insulation

Healthy, Sustainable, and Affordable Diets: New Methods and Tools for Evidence-Based Policymaking and Programming

  • Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

What, When, Where, and Why We Eat: Consumption Behavior and Drivers of Food Choice Among Adolescents and Adults in Rural South Asia

Writing, Presenting, Publishing and Promoting Research in Agricultural and Development Economics: A Primer for Early Career Researchers

  • Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
  • Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI
  • Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow/ Program Leader of the Myanmar Strategy Support Program, IFPRI
  • Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI

Economic and Non-Economic Constraints to Achieving Healthy and Nutritious Diets in Asia

Is Bennett’s Law Broken? Exploring the Nutritional Implications of Excessive Consumption of Rice in Asia

Agri-Food Systems and Poverty in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

  • Bart Minten, Senior Research Fellow/ Program Leader of the Myanmar Strategy Support Program, IFPRI

Technology and Policies for Groundwater Management in South Asia

Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Total Factor Productivity

Mitigating Regional Income Disparities amidst Structural Transformation and Climate Change: Insights from Senegal

Integrated Simulation Modelling Approaches to Address the Food-Agriculture-Energy-Water Nexus: Case Studies from India

Sustainable Transformation Pathways for India: The Case of Food and Water

Economic Impacts of Recent Conflicts in Ethiopia – Economy-Wide Estimates Using CGE Simulations

Changing Food Environments: What Does It Mean for Consumers and Producers? Experience from Africa and Asia and Implications for Policymakers

Agrifood Sector Growth, Poverty, and Diet Quality in Low-Income Countries

Balancing Energy and Sustainability: Evaluating the Impacts of India’s Biofuel Policy on Sugarcane Production, Land Use, and Trade Dynamics

How Good Are Livestock Statistics in Africa? Can Nudge and Direct Counting Improve the Quality of Livestock Asset Data?

Taking on Tech – Integrating Innovation into Household Surveys for High-Resolution Agricultural Data at Scale

Estimating the Direct and Indirect Effects of Improved Seed Adoption on Yields: Evidence from DNA-Fingerprinting, Crop Cuts, and Self-Reporting in Ethiopia

The More We Know, the Less We Know? the Evolution of Knowledge Gaps on Measurement Error in Farm Household Survey Data

The Cluster Panacea: Impacts of Shrimp Value Chain Upgrading Initiatives in Bangladesh

Does Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture Increase Labor Productivity and Returns to Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Nutritional Knowledge, Food Taboos and Dietary Quality in Southeast Asia

Employment and Compensation in Agri-Food Value Chains in India – a Multi-Year Input-Output Analysis

Revisiting the Digital Provide

Invited Panel

Alternative Proteins: Challenges and Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Settings

Gender Research in the CGIAR: Addressing a Key Cross-Cutting Theme

Gender Research in the CGIAR: Addressing a Key Cross-Cutting Theme

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR

What is the Future of Agricultural Economics? Perspectives from Former IAAE Presidents

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR
  • Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Food Trade Policy and Food Price Volatility

Perspectives and Practices in Ethical Research

Nourishing Growth: How Public Spending Decisions are Shaping Agricultural Transformation and Food Security in India and Africa

An Evaluation of the Impact of the “Space to Place” Approach to Fertilizer Recommendations in Malawi

Disclosing Maize Seed Quality and Competition Among Agro-Dealers in Uganda

Contributed Posters

Climate change and the environment 4

Agrifood supply chains 1

  • Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR

Poverty and inequality 2

Differences in Farmer and Scientist Beliefs about Delayed Wheat Sowing in Bihar: A Best-Worst Scaling Approach

Agribusiness 3

Monitoring Indicators of Economic Activities in Sudan amidst Ongoing Conflict Using Satellite Data

Policies and Investments for Skills and Enterprise Leadership and Management in Agri-Food Sector

Reimagining Sustainable Intensification: A Novel Application of Modern Portfolio Theory in a General Equilibrium Framework

Understanding the Diffusion Pattern of Potato Varieties in India

Food Security and the Indo-Gangetic Basin: An Integrated Methodological Approach to Determine Food Security and Environmental Conservation

Healthy Diet Food Prices during a Period of Crisis: A Case Study of Myanmar in 2022-2023

Marketing Efficiency of Tomato, Onion, and Potato Supply Chains: A Study of e-NAM and Fpos in India

Contributed Papers

Climate change and farming

Climate Shocks and Fertilizer Responses: Evidence from Nationally Representative Rice Production Data in Bangladesh

Remoteness, Farm Production, and Dietary Diversity in Nepal

Rural Electrification and the Changing Energy-Irrigation Nexus in Bihar, India

Agricultural productivity dynamics

Agricultural Productivity Growth in African Agriculture over the Last Six Decades

Cooperative Membership and Performance of Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Bihar, India: Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis

Public Expenditure in South Asian Agriculture: Trends, Breaks and Growth Dynamics

Assessing the Development Impacts of Bio-Innovations: The Case of Genetically Modified Maize and Cassava in Tanzania

Assessing the Potential of Participatory Extension Approaches for Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture: Insights from Women Farmers in India

Conflicts, Crop Choice, and Agricultural Investments: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

  • Kwaw Andam, Country Program Leader / Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Fertilizer Use and Maize Yield Response in Nigeria. What Role Does Violent Conflicts Play?

Conflict and agriculture 2

  • Kwaw Andam, Country Program Leader / Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Climate Change, Conflict, and the Coping Capacity of Farm Households in Myanmar

Conflict and agriculture 1

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