✨Join us for a plenary session on 'Agri-Food Value Chains and Sustainability'. Gain valuable insights from leading experts on creating more sustainable food systems. 📅August 4, 2024 | 5:00 PM #ICAE2024 #MeetinDelhi Anna Lartey Chris Barrett Meike Wollni #XimenaRueda Eva-Marie Meemken

Terrific The New York Times piece today by David Wallace-Wells on the challenges and opportunities in agrifood systems today. (For some background, see my UIUC MillerComm lecture from Feb2024 cas.illinois.edu/node/2860.)

Submit your review paper proposal for the 50th anniversary of Food Policy now! ▶️Review papers (10-15k words) offer a state-of-the-art summary of a food policy-relevant literature 🚨🚨2-4 page proposals are due by 31 Aug 2024 For out how to submit 👉 spkl.io/601947hV5

"Trust the science, protect the poor"...an interesting lecture looking at meeting the challenges facing our food system.

Regen ag: what works where? Transdisciplinary discussion ⁦Chris Barrett⁩ inspirational insights on innovation bundles & analytics 4 synthesis horse races lets go @cimmyt team shared use cases Nicaragua India SE Africa scaling agroecology inclusivity is vital #ICAE2024

I’ve seen the popular image of Tim Walz being hugged by the kids when signing the bill for free breakfast and lunch at schools, but this is my first time seeing the video and it’s very sweet.

22.3% of France is covered by mountains, the rest is covered by Naomi Girma.

Frictions in labor markets have resulted in severe misallocation of labor with major consequences for economic development and poverty reduction. What happens to environmental quality when such frictions are removed? A w/ Maulik Jagnani and Hemant K Pullabhotla aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Thank you Norman Ornstein. So brilliantly put. My brother was a lifelong newspaperman. My daughter in law, sister and nephew also spent time in print journalism. So I am partial to journalists. But the present state of US journalism is mainly shameful clickbait, I’m afraid. Sigh.

🌟 Don't miss this exciting opportunity to become a member of CGIAR's ISDC CGIAR seeks candidates whose origin, experience & usual work environment reflect the regions where CGIAR’s work is focused.👉bit.ly/4ck03z1 Lesley Torrance Nompumelelo (Mpumi) Obokoh Chris Barrett David Just

Happy that our paper led by Matthew Gammans on "Double cropping as an adaptation to climate change in the United States" is finally out in American Journal of Agricultural Economics ! Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

🎙️In episode 2⃣ of this ISDC podcast and video series you will learn about how Comparative Advantage (CA) works and how using a CA approach can better capture strategic opportunities and synergies across CGIAR and with partners. 🔗bit.ly/3NqbaNF Chris Barrett

Still working on proposals for review papers for our 50th anniversary? Today (Aug 31, 2024) is the last day to submit. Email our editorial office at [email protected] with your proposal!

Very excited that the IBLI story is now out as a short form, open access (I.e., FREE) book through UNU-WIDER and Cambridge University Press. We review the motivation for, design (and re-designs) of, evidence on, and scaling of IBLI since the original 2010 pilot in Northern Kenya.

We'll soon be posting an ad for an open-rank position in sustainability/environmental/resource/energy economics at Cornell. Stay tuned.

The second episode of the ISDC video series on comparative advantage (CA) presents an illustrative example to help viewers understand the impact of a CA approach 👇 Learn more and watch the full episode 👉 bit.ly/4cLrDFl CGIAR Joshua Graff Zivin Chris Barrett

Review paper out today in ⁦Science Magazine⁩: a big group of us explain how climate change aggravates agriculture’s environmental impacts and what researchers and public/private leaders can/must do in response. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Overarching review of how climate change is making agri-environmental issues even worse "Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture" | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Loving the ⁦Cornell CALS⁩ ⁦Cornell Dyson⁩ “True Cost of Food” webinar briefing - showcasing a new pilot with NYS as the model creating a data based tool to truly value the benefits of purchasing local food for purchasing entities. Science in action!

Asst/Assoc Prof development econ vacancy Cornell Dyson: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28367. Application reviews start Oct. 20. Join Heather Schofield ,Johannes Haushofer, Daniela Scur 🇨🇦🇧🇷, Joanna Upton , John Hoddinott ,Kaushik Basu, Julieta Caunedo, me and business.cornell.edu/centers/cider/ and enjoy this walk to work!