Adam Prakash

Senior Economics Adviser - Governance of Food Systems

Adam holds a BSc degree in Economics in London and a PhD in econometrics from Imperial College London. After graduation, he joined FAO as a consultant, specialising in computational aspects of global food security. He has since developed a deep interest in climate change and agriculture, especially on machine-learning for early warning systems in the context of transboundary pest/pathogen detection and control.

Adam Prakash
We have better solutions than chemical warfare to tackle climate-related invasive pests and diseases
Publication

We have better solutions than chemical warfare to tackle climate-related invasive pests and diseases

TMG study exposes the devastating environmental impact of organophosphate pesticides in recent campaigns against desert locust invasions by Ethiopia and Kenya and calls for smarter and more sustainable early warning and action systems
Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable
Media Coverage

Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable

Harnessing technological advances to strengthen transboundary governance of early warning-early action systems
Our food system needs crisis proofing. Start with windfall tax
Media Coverage

Our food system needs crisis proofing. Start with windfall tax

A call for a more adequate global response to the current crises
Insecticide Use against Desert Locust in the Horn of Africa 2019–2021 Reveals a Pressing Need for Change

Article

Insecticide Use against Desert Locust in the Horn of Africa 2019–2021 Reveals a Pressing Need for Change

Wim Mullié, Adam Prakash, Alexander Müller, Elena Lazutkaite

New research exposes the devastating environmental impact of organophosphate pesticides in recent campaigns against desert locust invasions by Ethiopia and Kenya and calls for smarter and more sustainable early warning and action systems

Scientific Linkages Between Climate Change and (Transboundary) Crop Pest and Disease Outbreaks

Working Paper

Scientific Linkages Between Climate Change and (Transboundary) Crop Pest and Disease Outbreaks

Alexander Müller, Adam Prakash, Elena Lazutkaite, Mark Davis, Ahmed Amdihun and Jully Ouma

Paving the way forward for improved crisis governance

A Scoping Paper on the Ongoing Desert Locust Crisis 2019-2021+

Working Paper

A Scoping Paper on the Ongoing Desert Locust Crisis 2019-2021+

Alexander Müller, Swantje Nilsson, Adam Prakash and Elena Lazutkaite

A call to instill and coordinate innovative early warning and outbreak prevention systems both at the global and regional level to increase resilience in times of the climate crisis

An unfolding global hunger crisis?

Working Paper

An unfolding global hunger crisis?

Alexander Müller, Adam Prakash and Elena Lazutkaite

The developed world must share their grain reserves with countries in need instead of producing biofuels and meat!

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