Join experts from Farming First and IFPRI on Twitter at 10am EDT on Wednesday, April 16, to discuss how poor people and communities can build resilience to shocks that threaten their food and nutrition security.
Questions to be addressed include:
- How is resilience relevant to agricultural development and food security?
- Which trends are currently threatening people’s resilience?
- Which programs are succeeding in building farmers’ resilience?
- How can resilience be incorporated into the post-2015 development goals?
The following experts from Farming First and IFPRI will be tweeting live and responding to your questions and comments:
- Clemens Breisinger, Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI
- Jay Kaufman, Senior Vice President/Field Operations, Fintrac
- Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Coordinator, CGIAR program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), IFPRI
- Tenna Shitarek, Programme Manager (Quality), Farm Africa
- Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI
Tweet us YOUR questions for the experts, using the handle @farmingfirst or @ifpri using the #2020Resilience hashtag!
Learn more about the experts and this event here.
