Deep Dive Session 5.3: Promoting Evidence-based Policymaking Towards Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems

This session will highlight the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)'s Country Strategy Support Programs (CSSPs) athat deliver holistic support for country-led development by building evidence, tools, and capacity for agricultural transformation at the country level. This session will highlight the functioning and influence of these Country Programs in four of the poorest countries in Asia and the Pacific, spread over four of its sub-regions.

Moderator: 

• Bart Minten, Myanmar Country Program, International Food Policy Research Institute 

Speakers: 

• Emily Schmidt, Papua New Guinea Country Program, International Food Policy Research Institute
• Isabel Lambrecht, Tajikistan Country Program, International Food Policy Research Institute 
• Shahid Rashid, Nepal Country Program, International Food Policy Research Institute 
• Bart Minten, Myanmar Country Program, International Food Policy Research Institute