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Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Samuel Benin

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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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality

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United Nations Plaza Conference Room F in the UN Conference Building

405 East 42nd Street

New York, United States

July 9 to 18, 2019

  • 9:00 – 6:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 12:00 am (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 3:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the 2019 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level. It is being convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council.

CropLife International, International Fertilizer Association, International Seed Federation, and One Acre Fund are co-organizing the session:

Agricultural Inputs Towards Goal 13 (July 11, 2019 — 1:15pm – 2:45pm EDT, Delegates Dining Room)

  • Channing Arndt, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI