On May 8, 2019 (10:00-11:00 EST) the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) organizes a webinar entitled “Power, Politics, and Governance in the Food System: Applications to Africa”. Presenter is Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Moderator is Frank Place, Director, PIM.

Growing interest by the development community in stimulating transformation throughout the agri-food system in Africa implies a more complex role for the region’s governments. Such roles include not only creating an enabling environment for the private sector but re-orienting public expenditures, resolving coordination failures, and regulating food safety. This webinar will draw on case studies from Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia to show how electoral incentives, overlapping ministerial mandates, and relations between central and local authorities structure the ability of governments to fulfill these roles in the food system. In doing so, the webinar will summarize research findings relevant to different policy domains of the food system, including fertilizer subsidies, agricultural extension services, land governance, and urban informal food trade.

Presenter: Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Moderator: Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

About PIM Webinars

The PIM Webinars aim to share findings of research undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), discuss their application, and get feedback and suggestions from participants. Webinars are conducted by PIM researchers in the form of research seminars. Each webinar is a live event consisting of a presentation (30 min) and a facilitated Q&A session (30 min). Recordings and presentations of the webinars are freely available on the PIM website.