Skip to main content

Conference Schedule

Wednesday, May 10

1-5 p.m.

Registration

Warren 375

Thursday, May 11

8-8:30 a.m.	Registration	Mann 102
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Opening remarks from TCI Director Prabhu Pingali	Mann 102
8:45-9:15 a.m.	Keynote speaker Ruth DeFries: Nimble Science for Locked-In Food Systems	Mann 102
9:15-10:35 a.m.	Session 1: Environment-Nutrition Linkages Chair: Jaweriah Hazrana	Mann 102
	The Effects of Weather on Nutrients Consumption Speaker: Jung Hoon Han, North Carolina State University, NC Impact of Climate Change on Food Consumption Patterns in India Speaker: Ridhima Gupta, South Asian University, New Delhi, India (via Zoom) Food security, climate shocks and social safety nets in Bangladesh Speaker: Jaweriah Hazrana, Ohio State University, OH Exposure to high temperature and children’s dietary diversity: Evidence from India Speaker: Pallavi Rajkhowa, Tata-Cornell Institute (via Zoom)
10:35-11 a.m.	Break
11 a.m.-12 p.m.	Session 2: Externalities in the Food System Chair: Chuan Liao	Mann 102
	Free Power, Irrigation and Groundwater Depletion: Impact of the Farm Electricity Policy of Punjab, India Speaker: Disha Gupta, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Mumbai, India (via Zoom) Crop Residue Burning in India: Agricultural Policy Changes and Consequences Speaker: Kajal Gulati, Purdue University, IN Risk of zoonotic disease outbreaks from the global land rush Speaker: Chuan Liao, Cornell University. NY
12-1 p.m.	Lunch	Mann 102
1-2:20 p.m.	Session 3: Food Prices and Household Diets Chair: Avinash Kishore	Mann 102
	Links between Household Agricultural Production Diversity, Food Price Volatility and Household Food Security: Evidence from Malawi Speaker: Mrignyani Sehgal, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, IL Guilty Pleasures: Expenditure Elasticities of Packaged Foods and Paid Meals in India Speaker: Avinash Kishore, IFPRI South Asia, New Delhi, India Designing price policies to achieve a healthy and sustainable diet Speaker: Grace Melo Guerrero, Texas A&M University, TX (via Zoom) Early-Year Milk Price and Child Stunting in Zambia Speaker: Chungmann Kim, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, IL (via Zoom)
2:20-2:40 p.m.	Break
2:40-4 p.m.	Session 4: Global Food Systems Chair: Kate Schneider	Mann 102
	The State of Food Systems Worldwide: Counting Down to 2030 Speaker: Kate Schneider, Johns Hopkins University Estimating global and country-level employment in agri-food systems Speaker: Benjamin Davis, FAO Do Legislations Enhance Adaptability to Climate Change Events? Speaker: Prasad Sankar Bhattacharya, Deakin University, Australia (via Zoom) Climate-smart Agriculture and Food Security: Cross-country Evidence from West Africa Speaker: Martin Paul Tabe-Ojong, Jr, IFPRI Egypt (via Zoom)

Friday, May 12

8-9 a.m.	Registration	Mann 102
9-10:20 a.m.	Session 5: Child Nutrition Chair: Soumya Gupta	Mann 102
	Impact of mother’s employment on children’s nutrition: evidence from Nepal Speaker: Khushbu Mishra, Stetson University, FL COVID-19 and child undernutrition: Evidence from primary panel data in rural India Speaker: Soumya Gupta, Tata-Cornell Institute Health Insurance Access and Long-term Child Nutrition Speaker: Anaka Aiyar, University of Nevada, Reno Mapping Real-Time Child Malnutrition in India Using Machine Learning Speaker: Liza von Grafenstein, IDInsight, New Delhi, India (via Zoom)
10:20-10:40 a.m.	Break
10:40 a.m.-12 p.m.	Session 6: Resilience and Welfare Transfers Chair: Elizabeth Tennant	Mann 102
	Features of resilience in shock-prone environments: evidence from Malawi Speaker: Elizabeth Tennant, Cornell University Consecutive farming and resilience: linking agriculture, food security, and nutrition Speaker: MingDa Li, McGill University, Canada Resilience of Social Transfer Programs to Large Unexpected Shocks Speaker: Nahian Bin Khaled, Michigan State University, MI Migrants, Beneficiary Preferences and COVID-19: Evidence from the Largest Social Safety Net in India Speaker: Devesh Roy, IFPRI (via Zoom)
12-1 p.m.	Lunch	Mann 102
1-2:20 p.m.	Session 7: Agricultural Markets and Food Security Chair: Mywish Maredia	Mann 102
	The Impact of Endogenous and Exogenous Factors on Farmer Willingness-to-Pay for Biofortified Bean Seed: A Field Experiment in Rural Zimbabwe Speaker: Caitlin L. Herrington, Michigan State University, MI Within-Household Impacts of a Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Program Implemented in Bangladesh Speaker: Fiona Coleman, Cornell University Does increasing the availability of nutritious food in the marketplace increase its consumption? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya Speaker: Mywish Maredia, Michigan State University, MI Oil Palm Adoption among Smallholder Farmers is Associated with Greater Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Indonesia but not in Cameroon Speaker: Kibrom Sibhatu, University of Goettingen, Germany
2:20-2:40 p.m.	Break
2:40-4 p.m.	Session 8: Risks, Investments, and Social Networks Chair: Digvijay Singh Negi	Mann 102
	Consumption Risk Sharing in Rural Milk Markets Speaker: Digvijay Singh Negi, Cornell University Customary Tenure and Agricultural Investment in Uganda Speaker: Laura Meinzen-Dick, Villanova University Climate shocks and child nutritional status in rural households: Does labor allocation have a role to play? Speaker: Kirara Homma, Kyoto University, Japan
4-4:15 p.m.	Closing discussion led by TCI Director Prabhu Pingali	Mann 102