Past Webinars

Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Speaker Series Ben Ruddell, Ph.D., P.E., Director Associate Professor of the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University and Director of FEWSION project, held the webinar, “FEWSION, a National U.S. Mesoscale Supply Chain Network” on September 13th. FEWSION is an empirical description of the U.S. food, energy, […]

Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Fall Speaker Series On September 20th, a seminar and coffee hour with Claudia Ringer was held at Penn State University. Claudia Ringler was appointed deputy division director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at IFPRI in 2011. Claudia manages IFPRI’s Water Research group and since 2015 is also […]

Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Fall 2019 Speaker Series at Penn State "Building a Food-Water-Energy Nexus Community of Transformative and Convergent Research" Upcoming Events: Friday, September 20, 11:00 AM Seminar with Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division at IFPRI, entitled: "The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Global, Basin and Local Case […]

Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP) Fall Speakers Series On October 8th, Penn State hosted Christopher Scott for seminar titled: “Sustaining Groundwater Irrigation in Breadbasket Regions: A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Diagnostic Assessment” Prof. Scott serves as Director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, Professor of Geography and Development, and Director of the Consortium […]

About Presenter: Thomas Jayne, University Foundation Professor of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University The rise of medium-scale farms in Africa is affecting the region in diverse ways that are difficult to generalize. Many such farms are a source of technical change and commercialization of African agriculture; they attract agribusiness investment and […]

About TOPIC: Why increasing the role of renewable energy mini-grids is essential to transforming agricultural productivity and food security in Africa Discussion of lessons learnt from policy innovations and programmatic interventions from Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda WELCOME REMARKS : Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Malabo Montpellier Panel Co-Chair PRESENTER: Prof. Nuhu Hatibu, Regional Head (Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda), Alliance for […]

Details Lecturer: Dr. Serena Caucci (Senior Research Associate, UNU-FLORES) Event date: 27 April 2020 at 14:50-16:20 ONLINE Register Here About A sustainable development that integrates the environmental, social, and economic dimensions has been the pillar for the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for promoting sustainable policy actions. This lecture will look into the […]

About Webinar entitled “Social Safety Nets and COVID-19: Can we protect food security and nutrition?” Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) Recorded JUN 11, 2020 – 09:30 AM TO 10:45 AM EDT View full webinar recording here

Details The webinar is for-free and will take place on 23 June 2020, between 10 and 12:30 CEST, including half an hour to demonstrate the SIM4NEXUS Serious Game: SIM4NEXUS Serious Game (12-12:30 CEST) Find further information here Register here. Once registered, SIM4NEXUS will send you a confirmation, and the ZOOM link shortly before the event. About The webinar will present […]