LECTURER: DR ISMAHANE ELOUAFI
CGIAR EXECUTIVE MANAGING DIRECTOR

Dr Elouafi is the Executive Managing Director of CGIAR. She previously held
the position of Chief Scientist at the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) of the United Nations. She was earlier the Director General at the
International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) based in the UAE.

Dr Elouafi previously held senior scientific and leadership positions,
including Senior Adviser to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada Research Branch; the National Manager of Plant
Research Section; and Director of Research Management and Partnerships
Division at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

She worked as a scientist with several international research organisations and has been a member of
various strategy expert panels and advisory groups, including the Global Commission on Adaptation and
HarvestPlus. She was a board member of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the
Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). Dr Elouafi was also a member of the Scientific
Group for the 2021 UN Food Systems.

This is an in-person event. A lecture recording will be
shared on IOA YouTube the following day

Register via Eventbrite or RSVP direct to ioa@uwa.edu.au

SCIENCE & INNOVATION TO TRANSFORM GLOBAL
FOOD SYSTEMS, IN A CLIMATE CRISIS

Dr Ismahane Elouafi will discuss the urgent need to transform global agriculture and food systems to adapt and mitigate climate
change. She will provide an overview of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future dedicated to transforming food,
land, and water systems in a climate crisis that works collaboratively at global, regional, and local scales.

As we face global problems, from climate change to biodiversity loss to food insecurity, water scarcity, pollution, and soil and ocean
degradation, we need more than ever the full mobilisation of science and the best of our scientific capabilities to find solutions. With
science, we can empower small-scale farmers in Africa and the global South with access to innovations.

We can and should transform the food and agriculture sector from a contributor to GHG emissions to a key instrument of removal of
C02 and methane. By adopting climate-smart precision agriculture, digitalisation, and new genetics, we can help increase C02
absorption in plants, reforestation, and soils.

Dr Elouafi will showcase successful initiatives, moving us towards more sustainable and resilient food, land, and water systems.