Webinar Registration Form -- Presentation of the 2021 BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab -- 12/07/22

Presentation of the 2021 BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab

Wednesday, December 7, 9:00am ET

60-Minute Webinar with Q&A

The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD), an advisory committee to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab. The BIFAD award recognizes research efforts that contribute to the interrelated and interdependent objectives of the U.S. Government's Global Food Security Strategy: inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth, strengthened resilience among people and systems, and a well-nourished population.

The program, co-hosted with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab Council of Directors, the Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab at Virginia Tech, and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence at Michigan State University, will include presentations from the awardees on their research and the impacts in local communities.

The 2021 Senior Research Award recipient, Dr. Thomas (Thom) Jayne, University Foundation Professor Emeritus of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, will present economic and policy research on food systems transformation in Africa carried out with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence and other Feed the Future Innovation Labs.

The 2021 Student Research Award recipient, Dr. Seerjana Maharjan, Assistant Scientific Officer in the Department of Plant Resources at the Nepal Ministry of Forests and Environment and recent doctoral graduate at Tribhuvan University, will present research on the ecology and biological control of invasive weed species in central Nepal carried out with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management.

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