Crop research needs a system of integrated labs across the globe
A Global Crop Improvement Network could help boost yields and improve understanding of climate effects on agriculture.
A Global Crop Improvement Network could help boost yields and improve understanding of climate effects on agriculture.
International investments in have many benefits for food systems—but should be carefully implemented with local input.
Rising living standards have addressed some nutrition problems in Ethiopia— but are creating a new set of challenges.
Division Director Mark Rosegrant and IFPRI’s climate change research team co-led the work on how to feed the world’s growing hungry population under the increased stress of climate change in the 2010 World Development Report (WDR), the World Bank’s…
Recent efforts by IFPRI, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and others have helped give agriculture a prominent place in the ongoing international climate…
As Baher Magulu sells maize flour to his customers at the Cashworth Mini Mart in Entebbe, Uganda, he doesn’t conceal his own surprise at the high price. In late May, one kilo of flour sold for 1700 Ugandan Shillings—200 more than it cost just one…
Mark Rosegrant, director, and Guillaume Gruère, research fellow, of the Environment and Production Technology Division received the Review of Agricultural Economics ’ Outstanding Journal Article award by the Agricultural and Applied Economics…
“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…
Two new IFPRI research papers focus on the consequences of climate change for poor farmers in Africa and provide policymakers with adaptation strategies. Economywide Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes two possible…
Benjamin Kariuki, a father of 5, lives in Gachoka division of Mbeere district in semi-arid Kenya. Every year he plants maize and beans to feed his family, but he depends on rain to water his crops. Benjamin believes that climate change is a reality,…
The Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and their partners generate a wealth of knowledge that can better enable rural people in developing countries to mitigate climate change and adapt to its…
Climate change and its impacts on Asian countries was the focus of a high-level dialogue, hosted by the Asian Development Bank in Manila, on June 16-17. The event convened climate change policy leaders to discuss the path forward for the region and…
Agriculture has increased the intensity of malaria around the world, because it can support the breeding of mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite. Urbanization is increasing in most developing countries as a result of population growth. To feed…