The 2020 Conference on "Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security" officially kicked off in Addis Ababa this morning with the first round of side events. The three-day event, which is being attended by more than 800 experts and practitioners from food, nutrition, health, agriculture, humanitarian, and related development sectors, aims to incorporate resilience into the post-2015 development agenda and improve policies, investments, and institutions to strengthen resilience so that food and nutrition security can be achieved for all. Read more
IFPRI's Shenggen Fan greets H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, before both deliver opening remarks (M. Mitchell/IFPRI).