AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUTRITION IN CIS COUNTRIES FEATURING THE GLOBAL NUTRITION REPORT 2015
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS) and the World Bank are organizing a conference on the linkages between climate change, agriculture, food systems, social safety net and nutrition outcomes at the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia. It will bring together various stakeholders from the research, government, and donor communities to exchange and review knowledge, ongoing research efforts, identify gaps for improvement and future research in the region. The objective of the event is to help raise awareness about the importance of nutrition and to make development in the region more nutrition sensitive.
Agenda: English | Russian
Opening Session and Welcome Notes
- Mr. Andras Horvai, Country Director and Resident Representative for the Russian Federation, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank, Moscow, Russia
- Prof. Alexander Auzan, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Dr. Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
Session 1: Presentation of the Global Nutrition Report 2015 – Highlights and main findings specific to CIS countries
- Dr. Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
Session 2: Panel Discussion: How do we get agriculture and food systems, climate change and social protection to have a bigger impact on food security and nutrition?
- Dr. Alexander Baturin, Deputy Director of Institute of Nutrition in Russia
- Dr. Roman Romashkin, Deputy Director of Agricultural Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Comission
- Ms. Akkumis Salkhanova, Leading Researcher at Kazakh Academy of Nutrition and Executive Director of Academy of Preventive Medicine
- Prof. Tursun Mamyrbaeva, Deputy Director of National Mother and Child Health Centre, Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Dr. Mavzuna Karimova, Institute of Economic Development and Demography of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan
- Prof. Anatoliy Khudaiberganov, Chief Dietitian and Chief Specialist on Nutrition Hygiene, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Session 3: Climate Change and Nutrition
Moderator: Dr. Kamiljon Akramov, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
- Impact of Climate Change on Crop production and Nutrition in Central Asia, Dr. Timothy Thomas, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
- Scenarios of Climate Change and its potential impact on agriculture, food security and nutrition in Kazakhstan and the region using the IMPACT Model, Dr. Aidan Islyami, International School of Economics, Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Scenarios of Climate Change and its potential impact on agriculture, food security and nutrition in Uzbekistan and the region using the IMPACT Model, Dr. Ziyodullo Parpiev, Westminister International University in Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Climate Change and Food Security in Armenia, Dr. Elena Zhuravleva, Krasnodar State University, Krasnodar, Russia
Session 4: Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages
Moderator: Dr. Natalia Shagaida, Director of Agricultural Policy Center of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russia
- Agriculture, Dietary Diversity, and Nutrition Outcomes in Central Asia, Dr. Kamiljon Akramov, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
- Food security index in Tajikistan, Prof. Alka Parikh, Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar, India
- Dairy Value Chains in Kyrgyzstan: Food Safety and Nutrition Perspective, Dr. Alexander Saak, IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
- Uzbekistan – 2030: Rethinking the approach to formulating food security strategy, Ms. Kamila Mukhamedkhanova, Center for Economic Research, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Disclaimer: Any opinions stated in these presentations are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily representative of or endorsed by the International Food Policy Research Institute, the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), or the World Bank.
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