Shenggen Fan
Director
General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Director of
International Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (ICARD)
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. 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. Dr. Fan has been
director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
since 2009.
He is one of the Champions of Target 12.3 of the
Sustainable Development Goals, dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing
action, and accelerating progress toward cutting global food loss and waste. He
serves as a member of the Lead Group for the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
Movement appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. He serves as advisor to
many national governments (including China and Vietnam) on agriculture, food
security and nutrition. 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. In 2017, Dr. Fan received the 2017 Fudan Management
Excellence Award.