Development Economist. Director Markets, Trade and Institutions @IFPRI Tweeting on #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange #FoodIndustries #FoodLoss #TradeWars
Washington, DC
Joined April 2014
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On 30 July, @IFPRI, @BMZ_Bund, @CGIARnutrition & @CGIARPolicy convened an Expert Consultation on 'Options for Reorienting India's Agri Support Policies' to deliberate on how India can reorient agri support to better deliver on food security, nutrition, & sustainable growth?
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This recent blog written by IFPRI's @RobVos26 and originally published by @Welthungerhilfe details the effects of the Iran crisis in detail and what this means for consumers and the poor.
Read the blog here 👉 on.cgiar.org/44MUxDo
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#UK @FCDOGovUK acquires all remaining non regional shares @BIDInvest capital increase idbinvest.org/en/news-media/…
Iran war: From fertilizer to food crisis? ifpri.org/blog/iran-war-from…
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With the #StraitofHormuz still unstable, it's time to think about how prolonged shortages of agricultural inputs would affect the economy. @AlixUCASSE explores the possibilities.
Thanks to @RobVos26 at @IFPRI for expert insight.
steadystate.org/a-wave-of-in…
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Even as new efforts at getting to an end of the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz may reopen soon, it will still take months before oil and fertilizer shipments will resume at some level of normalcy. The risk of increasing food security and hunger later this year remains high.
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Risk of greater good insecurity remains: see my latest analysis here: welthungerhilfe.org/global-f…
Risk of greater good insecurity remains: see my latest analysis here: welthungerhilfe.org/global-f…
Even as new efforts at getting to an end of the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz may reopen soon, it will still take months before oil and fertilizer shipments will resume at some level of normalcy. The risk of increasing food security and hunger later this year remains high.
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This hybrid policy seminar on April 16 will highlight how policy attention and investment remain essential, despite past challenges in sustaining agricultural insurance markets, as well as existing approaches that hold promise for scaling insurance & priority policy reforms:
👉🎟️ bit.ly/AG-Insurance
@CGIAR @BMZ_Bund @FAO @Bayer4Crops @gatesfoundation @WorldBankGroup @ucdavis @GuyCarpenter
@ACREAfrica @DvaraGroup
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🆕New in @NatureFoodJnl
IFPRI’s Will Martin & @RobVos26 find that green innovations—from improved rice water management to better animal feeding—are the most effective way to cut agrifood system emissions.
Read the article in #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-0… here: rdcu.be/eZbSR
@CGIAR @CGIARPolicy #Climate #FoodSystems
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🔍 🌍 How do prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa?
Learn more in this blog by Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @BerberKramer: on.cgiar.org/48soIT2
@CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa
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Experts: What is causing food prices to spike around the world? | @GAViglione w/ comment from @EJZRobinson66 @levisucre @IFADPresident @sirajnoida @AndyChallinor @robvos26 @xAlan_Matthews @shourodasgupta Xiomara Paredes #CBarchive
Read here ⬇️ buff.ly/3YcM4HF
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🍽️ 🌍🌐This new book, edited by Keith Wiebe and @ElisabettaGotor, presents a collection of short chapters on the current state of knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems:
📘 ifpri.org/ifpri-book/what-do…
🔗Download #OpenAccess: hdl.handle.net/10568/175019
📹 ifpri.org/event/what-do-we-k…
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3️⃣ days until this #IFPRIPolicySeminar:
📌 Worsening food insecurity, waning response capacity: Options for a better way forward
🗓️ July 2 from 9:30 to 11:00AM EDT
📍Online
Register here: bit.ly/Fragility-
@FSIN_News @CGIAR @Jo_Swinnen @Lucamzee @RobVos26 @kkosec @WFP @fightfoodcrises
Truly concerning trend in acute food insecurity. See my blog with Sara Gustafson:
Rising food insecurity, waning humanitarian assistance: 2025 Global Report on Food Crises released foodsecurityportal.org/node/…
Rob Vos - IFPRI retweeted
Engaging with representatives of Multilateral and Regional Organizations at today’s WTO retreat on “Sustainable Agriculture in the Multilateral Trading System”. Looking ahead at fresh developments in the agricultural sector and how this might inform the thinking on agricultural trade negotiations with particular emphasis on enhancing global food security. With General Council Chair H.E. Amb Saqer Abdullah Almoqbel of Saudi Arabia, Dr Andrea Zimmermann @FAO, Dr Ruth Hill @IFPRI, @MJansenEcon, @y_lokko, @luzmadelamora, @NorwayAmbWTO, H.E. Amb Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota @OMCBrasil, @GloriaAbrahamP, Prof. Tetsushi Sonobe @ADBInstitute, @RobVos26, and @swomamo
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🆕 #Blog by @v_pineiro, @jpgianatiempo, Fousseini Traoré, and @JoeGlauber1:
🌍 New U.S. tariff policies: What’s at stake for sub-Saharan Africa?
🔗 on.cgiar.org/42LMmr2
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A recent study by IFPRI and the @WorldBank examines the degree of price and volatility transmission from international to domestic food and fertilizer markets in seven countries in #CentralAmerica and the #Caribbean.
Learn more in this #blog: on.cgiar.org/4gQVm1X
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