On March 27, 2019, IFPRI launches the 2019 Global Food Policy Report in Washington D.C., with livestream. The report  is a review of major developments in food policy around the world, highlighting the urgent need for rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs.

The 2019 Global Food Policy Report reviews major food policy developments and events from the past year. In this eighth annual report, leading researchers, policymakers, and practitioners explore the potential of rural revitalization to improve rural lives and meet the Sustainable Development Goals. IFPRI hopes the report spurs action by policymakers as well as academics and members of the business community, civil society, and the media, all of whom have a stake in food policies that benefit the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

The 2019 Global Food Policy Report is already published online: please visit the IFPRI website to download the full report or synopsis and to find a clear overview of the themes, regions and indicators.

Launch events

The report will be officially launched in Washington D.C. on March 27, 2019 at 17:15, with keynote addresses by Shenggen Fan, Diretor General IFPRI, and Achim Steiner, Administrator United Nations Development Programme (video message), followed by various rapid-fire presentations.
Please register to join the launch in-person or online.

The main launch will be followed by a series of launch events in the coming months all over the world:

• April 15, 2019: Cairo, Egypt
• April 18, 2019: Dhaka, Bangladesh
• April 26, 2019: New Delhi, India
• April 29, 2019: Thimphu, Bhutan
• May 2, 2019: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• May 3, 2019: Kigali, Rwanda
• May 28, 2019: Moscow, Russia
• May 31, 2019: Tashkent, Uzbekistan