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Johan Swinnen

Johan Swinnen

Belgian economist

Oct 8, 2026

1:19
Over to you, Johan.
1:22
Thanks very much, Chris.
1:24
And welcome, everybody.
1:26
And thank you for joining us for this very pressing discussion, I think, on the latest crisis shaping world food security.
1:35
We are in an area of disorder and the onset of a historically strong expected El Nino introduces new complications for global agri-food systems and this on top of an array of ongoing challenges.
1:48
This includes obviously the six months of war in the Middle East, but also other geopolitical and climate shocks.
1:55
IFPRI has been producing a number of rapid analyses on the heterogeneous impact of these discussions, both globally and at country level.
8:41
Thanks again for doing it and the floor is yours and I will share the slides.
8:48
Thank you very much, Marcus.
8:50
Hello, everybody.
8:52
Glad to be with you today.
9:00
These are very special times, CCC times, COVID, conflict and climate change.
9:08
And I will go through each tree of these factors.
9:12
Let me just say a few words upfront, okay? So IFPRI is International Food Policy Research Institute.

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