2014 Parliamentary Conference – Speaker: Fann

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• Speakers’ bios and abstracts
• Sir John Crawford Memorial Address
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Dr Shenggen Fan

Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dr Shenggen Fan has been director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since 2009.

Dr Fan joined IFPRI in 1995 as a research fellow, conducting extensive research on pro-poor development strategies in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He led IFPRI’s program on public investment before becoming the director of the Institute’s Development Strategy and Governance Division in 2005.

He has served as the Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Food and Nutrition Security since 2012.

In 2014, Dr. Fan received the Hunger Hero Award from the World Food Programme in recognition of his commitment to and leadership in fighting hunger worldwide.

Dr Fan received a PhD in applied economics from the University of Minnesota and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Nanjing Agricultural University in China.