What type of impact can simple messages have on the behavior of the intended beneficiaries of development assistance? In order to address this question, a research team lead by IFPRI’s Markets, Trade and Institutions Division (MTID) Direc
When the custodians of years of research team up with the most popular Internet search engine in the world, you can expect something extraordinary to happen.
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI’s Director for Africa, has received an honorary Doctorate of Science in Agriculture from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa.
The tomato industry is important to the people of Ghana but is falling short of its potential to improve their lives and livelihoods.
On April 23, environmentalists, celebrities, and concerned citizens will meet in Washington, DC for a massive Earth Day climate rally. As they gather on the National Mall to call on the U.S.
In this seminar Ruth Meinzen-Dick will present on a paper written for and presented at the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development in Montpelier France (March 2010).
The politics of food and agriculture are changing fast in the 21st Century.
Global demand for biofuels has risen sharply over the last decade, driven initially by oil price hikes and the need for greater energy security.
The article "Effect of a Nutrition Intervention during Early Childhood on Economic Productivity in Guatemalan Adults" by senior research fellow
The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) 2010 is being held in Montpellier, France from 28-31 March 2010.
IFPRI Director General, Shenggen Fan, announced today that Professor Margaret McMillan will be the director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division, starting June 14, 2010.
Lack of access to clean water--a harsh reality in most developing countries--is a source of misery for the poor.
The Economist magazine, citing work by IFPRI research fellow Xiaobo Zhang, reports that China’s skewed sex ratio is having some unexpected consequences.
Dialogue with Clemens Breisinger, Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division:
Why is IFPRI now focusing on Yemen?
A new report from the World Food Programme (WFP) – co-published by IFPRI - Climate Change and Hunger: Responding to the Challenge details the profoundly negative future impac
Climate change and agriculture are vitally linked, as each has profound implications for the other.
“A large proportion of the under nutrition in South Asia begins well before children are born, so it relates to gender constraints and issues related to women’s education to adolescent health to early marriage,” explains Purnima Menon, a research
On the eve of World Environment Day on June 4, 2009, IFPRI hosted a side event at the June meetings, held in Bonn, of the United Nations Framework Convention
Traders in the open-air markets of Kathonzweni, a market center in semi-arid eastern Kenya, sell several varieties of pigeonpea, a nutritious cash-crop that can grow well in dryer climates.