FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION: CONCEPTS, MECHANISMS AND PRACTICES

Dr. Shenggen Fan is Chair Professor and Dean of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy (AGFEP) at China Agricultural University (CAU). Prior to joining CAU, he served as Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) from 2009 to 2019. His research interests include food and nutrition security, agricultural and rural development, poverty reduction, and the transformation of food systems and global food security. He is currently the CGIAR System Board member, acting Board Chair of the IFPRI, and Vice Board Chair of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). He is also a member of the Advisory Council at the World Food Prize Foundation and a member of the EAT-Lancet Commission. He is awarded as a Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and an honorary life member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

Dr. Ting Meng is an Associate Professor at the College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University of Georgia, the US, and conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the US. Her research interests are agricultural economics and environmental economics, including sustainable technology adoption, nonmarket evaluation of environmental policy, climate change and agriculture. Many of her research works have been published in high-rank academic journals. She leads projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and other sources. She is a member of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy

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[1] FAO, IFAD , UNICEF, WFP and WHO. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome: FAO, 2022

[2] Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy (AGFEP). China and Global Food Policy Report: Reforming Agricultural Support Policy for Transforming Agrifood Systems. Beijing: AGFEP, 2022

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