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2024


Christopher B. Barrett, John Hoddinott, Zixia Huang, Kelsey Schreiber, Yuhe Zhang, Jason Zhao (Cornell University)
Food Security and Food Assistance in the US

Presentation to the Virginia Commission to End Hunger




Chris Barrett, Cornell University
Food Security: Combatting Unnecessary Human Suffering

Presentation to COLLIS/Lumen Christi Institute program Explorations in Integral Ecology: Science, Theology and Creation




2023


Chris Barrett, Cornell University
The Political Economy of Bundling Socio-Technical Innovations to Transform Agri-Food Systems

IFPRI Book Launch Event Washington, DC




Chris Barrett, Cornell University
Three approaches to resilience measurement

Cornell University Resilience Measurement Workshop Seattle, WA




Chris Barrett, Cornell University
Publishing Tips for Food Policy Researchers

Conference on the Political Economy of Meat System Transformation Monte Verita, Switzerland




Chris Barrett, Cornell University
Agri-Food Systems Technologies & Innovations Outlook (ATIO): Opportunities and Challenges

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation




Chris Barrett, Cornell University
Welcome to Cornell!

Mandela Washington Fellows at Cornell and Syracuse University




Chris Barrett, Cornell University
Safeguarding Our Daily Bread: Agrifood Systems Transformation for the Planet and for the Poor

Presentation to COLLIS/Lumen Christi Institute program Explorations in Integral Ecology: Science, Theology and Creation




Chris Barrett, Cornell University and Joshua Graff Zivin, University of California San Diego

March 20, 2023


Towards a Comparative Advantage Framework for One CGIAR

Three-part Video and Podcast Series on Comparative Advantage as it Applies to CGIAR


Technical Notes: Identifying and Using CGIAR's Comparative Advantage



Chris Barrett, Cornell University

January 12, 2023


The Challenges and Opportunities Of Emergent Agrifood Systems Transformations

Keynote presentation to the 2023 Annual Meeting of the New York State Agricultural Society


Syracuse, NY


2022


Chris Barrett, Cornell University

December 16, 2022


The True Cost Of Food: Improving food procurement by public agencies in NYS

Ad Hoc State Agency Workgroup on Hunger




Chris Barrett, Cornell University

November 14, 2022


The World Food Security Crisis and Coming Agrifood Systems Transformations

Presentation to the 2022 Autumn Meeting of the SONAE Global Advisory Board



Chris Barrett, Cornell University

October 17-21, 2022


Introducing the Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook (ATIO)

FAO Science and Innovation Forum


Webinar


Chris Barrett, Mario Herrero, Daniel Mason-D’Croz and Rebecca Nelson, Cornell University

October 13, 2022


Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

Mann Library Chats in the Stacks

Webinar


Chris Barrett, Cornell University

October 12, 2022


Global Food Security and Global Security

Madison Committee on Foreign Relations


Chris Barrett, Cornell University

October 6, 2022


How to develop and communicate a research vision

AgEcon Meet 185th EAAE seminar on Early Career Development of Agricultural Economists in Europe



Chris Barrett, Cornell University

September 23, 2022


How Can Development Economics Journals Better Include Southern Researchers?

Partnership for Economic Policy



Chris Barrett, Cornell University

June 8, 2022


Food Security Strategies for a Changing World

Seminar at World Food System Center ETH Zurich


Webinar


Chris Barrett, Cornell University

May 9, 2022


Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

Discussion w/Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Smart Ag Team


Chris Barrett, Cornell University; Devry Bougher Vorwerk, Devry BV Sustainable Strategies; Anne Byrne, United States Department of Agriculture; Miguel Gomez, Cornell University

Feburary 22, 2022


Dyson Leads: Advancing Food Security Through The Private Sector

eCornell


Webinar

2021


Joseph W. Glauber, Nonresident Senior Fellow, AEI; Christopher B. Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University; Vincent H. Smith, Director, Agricultural Policy Studies, AEI; David Beckmann, World Food Prize Laureate; Dina Esposito, Vice President of Technical Leadership, Mercy Corps; Stephanie Mercier, Principal, Agricultural Perspectives

November 9, 2021


The US international emergency food aid program: Time for change?

American Enterprise Institute


Webinar


Chris Barrett, PhD, Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management International Professor of Agriculture, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Food Policy; Joel Berg, CEO, Hunger Free America; Carlo Cafiero, PhD, Project Manager of “Voices of the Hungry,” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Social Science Analyst, Economic Research Service, USDA; Trenor Williams, PhD, Founder & CEO, Socially Determined; Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, Executive Director, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center and Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College, City University of New York

October 26, 2021


Experts Roundtable Discussion on Food Security Measurement

Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center


Webinar


Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, of the CGIAR; Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University; Shen Xiaomeng, Director, UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security; Uma Lele, President, International Association of Agricultural Economists; Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions

July 8, 2021


Achieving more inclusive food systems – Science, technology and innovations for eliminating hunger and poverty and for advancing equitable livelihoods

Password: ScienceDay21+


UNFSS Science Days Panel


Webinar


David Shirley, Michigan State University and Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

July 20, 2021


Structural Transformation of African and Asian Agriculture and Rural Spaces(STAAARS+) RFP Information Session

USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Capacity and Influence


Webinar


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

June 28, 2021


Innovation Lessons from 11 Years of Index-Based Livestock Insurance

Presentation to USDA Foreign Agricultural Service expert-to-expert dialogue in support of UN Food Systems Summit Action Track 5


University of California-Davis


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

June 28, 2021


Why Bundling Innovations Is Essential to Agri-Food Systems Transformation

Presentation to USDA Foreign Agricultural Service expert-to-expert dialogue in support of UN Food Systems Summit Action Track 5


University of California-Davis



Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

May 11, 2021


Bundling Innovations for Agri-Food Systems Transformation: Some Reflections for Canadian Leaders

Link to talk in English and French.


Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute Big Solutions Forum


Webinar

Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

May 1, 2021


Advancing Global Food Security and Reducing Unnecessary Human Suffering

Link to talk here.


Guest Lecture to Saratoga High School


Saratoga, CA


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

April 21, 2021


Earth Day webinar

Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Hosted by Australian Consulate General New York


Webinar


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

March 19, 2021


Virtual Seminar at International Food Policy Research Institute

Link to webinar here.


International Food Policy Research Institute


Virtual Seminar


2020


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 18, 2020


40% of the food produced in the U.S. is thrown away, yet 1 in 8 Americans struggle with hunger.

Food Tank


Webinar


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 3, 2020


Food Insecurity in the U.S.: Insights from Catholic Social Thought and Economics

Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago


Webinar


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 1, 2020


Resetting the Food System from Farm to Fork

Food Tank/ Barilla Foundation Summit


Watch full video here.


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

September 24, 2020


COVID Lessons for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security Research Seminar


Cornell University


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

July 9, 2020


On agricultural technology diffusion and market development in low-income countries

Watch the talk here.

Presentation to the Junior Economic Club of New York



Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

June 19, 2020


Diagnostics and interventions to mitigate severe food insecurity due to pandemic

Bridging Research and Policy Responses to COVID-19


IFAD/FAO/WFP/ICABR Webinar


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

May 8, 2020


Can Publicly Available Data and Machine Learning Accurately Predict Malnutrition and Poverty?

Presentation on Near-Real-Time Monitoring of Food Crisis Risk Factors: State of Knowledge and Future Prospects”


IFPRI webinar


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

February 26, 2020


Innovations Needed to Meet Global Food Security Challenges

Watch the seminar here. Interview with Chris Barrett

Center on Food Security and the Environment


Seminar at Stanford University


2019


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 13, 2019


The Future of Food- Feeding the World

Cornell New York City Alumni Event


New York City, NY


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

July 15, 2019


Written Testimony on the Senate Agriculture Committee's hearing on Agriculture resource and 2018 Farm Bill Implementation

United States Senate


Washington, DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

June 6, 2019


Global Food Security In Light of Laudato Si’: On Science, Solidarity and Subsidiarity

Watch the talk here.

2019 Convention of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontiface Foundation


Vatican City


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

April 4, 2019


On Science and Solidarity: Innovations to Meet Global Food Security Challenges

Watch the lecture here. Facebook live Interview. Find photos of the event here.


15th Annual George McGovern Lecture


US Mission to the United Nations Agencies, Rome


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

March 29, 2019


Meeting The Global Food Security Challenges Of The 21st Century

World Food Prize New York Youth Institute


NY


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

March 26, 2019


Private enterprise’s role in facilitating escapes from poverty traps

Social Enterprise Group, Cornell


Cornell University, Ithaca, NY


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

March 14, 2019


Meeting The Global Food Security Challenges Of The 21st Century

Conversations for an Engaged Community


Forest Home Chapel, Ithaca, NY


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

February 11, 2019


Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI): Why, how, and with what impact?

Talk to Cornell Planetary Health and Cornell Zoo and Wildlife Society


Cornell University, Ithaca


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

February 3, 2019


When Is A Free Lunch A Good Idea? Cash vs. Food-Based Approaches

Cornell University roundtable discussion on “When Is A Free Lunch A Good Idea?”


Cornell University, Ithaca


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

January 23, 2019


Poverty Traps and Escapes

Flora Rosa House


Cornell University, Ithaca


2018


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 7, 2018


Human Capabilities and Poverty Dynamics in the Face of Agro-Ecological Shocks

World Bank seminar “Resilience in the Face of Poverty Traps”


Washington, DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 6, 2018


Human Capabilities and Poverty Dynamics in the Face of Agro-Ecological Shocks

USAID/NBER event on “Resilience in the Face of Poverty Traps” Washington, DC


Washington, DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

September 28, 2018


Meeting The Global Food Security Challenges Of The 21st Century

CAPP-USA/Fordham Conference


New York, NY


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

June 4, 2018


Engaging Higher Education Disciplinary Expertise and Businesses in Systems Approaches to Tackle Agri-food and Health Challenges

Assn for International Agriculture & Rural Development 54th Annual Conference


Washington, DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

May 4, 2018


Overcoming Persistent Poverty in Africa: How Business Can and Does Help

Waikato Management School


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

January 13, 2018


A Progressive Economic Perspective on Human Flourishing

New York Encounter


2017


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 11, 2017


Openings Remarks to STAARS Workshop

African Development Bank Headquarters


ABIDJAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

November 16, 2017


Resilience: Shock-Proofing Continuous Improvement in the Human Condition

Woodrow Wilson Center


WASHINGTON, DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

October 20, 2017


If I Could Start Anew: Some Reflections of A Development Economist

Dyson School Graduate Student Association


CORNELL UNIVERSITY



Christopher B. Barrett, Stephanie Mercier, Erin C. Lentz

October 19, 2017


International Food Aid and Food Assistance and the Next Farm Bill

American Enterprise Institute


WASHINGTON, DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

October 3, 2017


Development Resilience: What Evidence Do We Have So Far?

USAID Resilience Evidence Forum


WASHINGTON DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

July 13, 2017


Interlinked Food Security and Sustainability Challenges

Carl Becker House Conversation


CORNELL UNIVERSITY



Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

July 8, 2017


Social Science Research Priorities for the CGIAR

CGIAR Conference on Impacts of International Agricultural Research


NAIROBI, KENYA


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

July 4, 2017


Overcoming Persistent Poverty and Malnutrition in Africa: How Business Can and Does Help

International Livestock Research Institute


NAIROBI, KENYA



Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

May 3, 2017


Overcoming Persistent Poverty and Malnutrition in Africa: How Business Can and Does Help

Cornell Club of Boston Annual Meeting


CORNELL UNIVERSITY


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

March 31, 2017


The Food Security Challenge and Environmental Degradation

Graduate Consortium Seminar


HARVARD UNIVERSITY


2016


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

December 5, 2016


Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa

African Economic Conference 2016


ABUJA, NIGERIA


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

November 13, 2016


Refugees In Our World

Presentation to St. Catherine of Sienna Youth Group


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

November 3, 2016


Heterogeneous Constraints and Incentives and the Uptake of Agricultural Innovations by Smallholder Farmers

USAID workshop on “Exploring the Disparities between Smallholder Practice and Potential”


WASHINGTON, DC


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

October 30, 2016


Refugees In Our World

All Saints Youth Group Refugee Talk


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

September 29, 2016


Poverty, Malnutrition and Environmental Degradation: Towards Solutions-Oriented Research

Lecture at the Kellogg Institute


UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

September 29, 2016


The Food Security Challenge and Environmental Degradation

Symposium on Caring for our Common Home: Economics, Environment and Catholic Social Thought


UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO


Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University

February 7, 2016


Confronting Persistent Ultra-Poverty: Why It Exists and What Might We Do?

New Life Presbyterian Church


ITHACA, NY


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