A workshop dedicated to presenting tools developed at IFPRI and their potential for use in Colombia was given with the participation and collaboration of the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development (MADR), the CGIAR Program for Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS), and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). During this workshop, >> Read more
Strategic Foresight Conference 7 November 2014
A one-day Strategic Foresight Conference took place at IFPRI Headquarters in Washington DC on November 7, 2014. Participants from leading global modeling groups, collaborating CGIAR centers and research programs, and other partners reviewed new long-term projections for global agriculture from IFPRI and other leading institutions, examined the potential impacts of climate change and other key challenges, >> Read more
Mapping the Crop of the Future – IRRI featured in Rice Today
By 2035, the world will require more than 100 million tons of additional rice when the population surpasses 8.5 billion. To meet this global demand, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), through the International C4 Rice Consortium and as part of the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight program, is developing C4 rice, a new kind >> Read more
Agricultural Projections at the Cereals Exchange in Buenos Aires – INAI conference Argentina
On October 29th, 2014, INAI (Instituto para las negociaciones agricolas internacionales) hosted their first conference on Agricultural Projections at the Cereals Exchange in Buenos Aires. INAI invited representatives from IFPRI and FAO, institutions specializing in Agricultural Projections and Foresight, and major agriculture exporting countries (USA and Brazil) to present their work and perspectives on agriculture >> Read more
RESCHEDULED: Short Course on Cropping System Models: Applications in Land Resource Management, 22-26 September 2014, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India
***Nota Bene: This course will now take place January 2015. Dates will be updated soon. Course Overview: The program will describe a practical approach for simulating effects of soil. weather, management, and genetic factors on crop production. Instructors will explain how crop growth and development, water use, uptake of water and nutrients and carbon dynamics >> Read more
Regional training workshop on “Crop modeling for identification of promising agricultural technologies: the use of the APSIM model”
Hosted by ICARDA in Amman, Jordan In the frame of the Global Futures & Strategic Foresight Project, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), through its Socioeconomic and Policy Research Program (SEPRP) and its Capacity Development Unit (CDU), organized a four-day regional training workshop on “Crop modeling for identification of promising >> Read more
Global Futures and IMPACT Introductory Training: April 28th – May 9th, 2014
Hosted by WorldFish in Penang, Malaysia The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) presented the third Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) Phase 2 training workshop at the World Fish Center in Penang, Malaysia. Participants in the workshop include GFSF team members from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Centro Internacional de Papa (CIP), the >> Read more
Global Futures and IMPACT Introductory Training: Feb 24 – March 7, 2014
Hosted by CIAT in Cali, Colombia Following the first Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) workshop on the updated IMPACT model in January, 2014 in Washington, DC, the PIM/IFPRI foresight team held a second training session at CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) in Cali, Colombia. Colleagues from CIAT, World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), IITA, CIP, and the University of Oxford (Oxford Martin >> Read more
