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Joachim von Braun

Professor, Bonn University, Center for Development Research (ZEF)

CV

  • Joachim von Braun is Distinguished Professor for economic and technological change at Bonn University in the Center for Development Research (ZEF).
  • His research is on economic development, science and technology policy, poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, agriculture, resource economics, climate, and trade.
  • Joachim von Braun is President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences of the Vatican, and member of Leopoldina, acatech, and various other academies of science.
  • In 2020 and 2021 he served as Chair of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit 2021 of the UN Secretary General.
  • He is Vice-President of the NGO Welthungerhilfe. From 2002 to 2009, he was director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) based in Washington DC.
  • He served as President of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), and received several national and international honors and awards.

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Policy Briefs

G20 Germany 2017

Key Policy Actions for Sustainable Land and Water Use to Serve People

TF8 - Toward Ending Hunger and Sustainable Agriculture
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Ashok Gulati (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)), Homi Kharas (Brookings Center for Sustainable Development), Joachim von Braun (Center for Development Research (ZEF))
G20 Germany 2017

Targeting G20 Investments in Agriculture to End Rural Hunger

TF8 - Toward Ending Hunger and Sustainable Agriculture
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Ashok Gulati (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)), Homi Kharas (Brookings Center for Sustainable Development), Joachim von Braun (Center for Development Research (ZEF))

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