Publications
Working Paper
The unmet financial needs of intermediary firms within agri-food value chains in Uganda and Bangladesh
Report
Retrospective evaluation of scaling associated with the IITA Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP): Final project
Brief
Consumer preferences matter for transforming food systems for sustainable healthy diets: Evidence from rural Bangladesh
Blogs
Agrifood Value Chains are Complex Transaction-Linked Networks
Why simplified linear approaches may fall short.
Bridging the smallholder finance gap: Collaborative research with WeGro in Bangladesh
Helping farmers purchase and sell livestock.
Addressing the knowledge gap on the financial needs of firms in the midstream of agricultural value chains
Shedding light on a key segment of the food system.
Events
Micronutrient Forum: 6th Global Conference
Hybrid Conference: October 16, 2023 – 8:30 AM to October 20, 2023 – 5:00 PM CEST. IFPRI is pleased to participate in this year’s Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, being held at the World Forum in The Hague October 16–20, with a focus on “Nutrition for Resilience (N4R).
Irregular Migration and Food Security: A View from West Africa
Event: July 20, 2023 – 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM EDT. This seminar will present study results and the website, with discussion by researchers from IFPRI, WFP, and MIT as well as other experts.
How USD 10 billion can transform food systems in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria: Report launch
Virtual Event: March 16, 2023 – 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EDT. This seminar will discuss how sustainable food system transformation can be achieved in the next decade in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria by increasing public investment by US$10 billion per year (on average from 2023 to 2030) and implementing a more effective portfolio of interventions that achieve multiple outcomes.
News
New research initiative for healthy diets in Bangladesh (Dhaka Tribune)
Poor-quality diets are associated with all forms of malnutrition-including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity as well as around 1.1 million premature adult deaths each year. Dhaka Tribune reports on the launch of CGIAR’s Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT). This initiative will work closely with local, national, regional, and […]
Food loss and waste and key to achieving SDG 2
Financial Nigeria published an article on how Nigeria is dealing with food loss and waste. An IFPRI report was quoted about food loss in developing countries. “Food loss during production, trade, and processing tends to outweigh food waste occurring at the retail and consumer stages of the supply chain.”
Great Expectations from Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Thomson Reuters Foundation News published an op-ed by several IFPRI researchers including Gashaw Tadesse Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Alan de Brauw, and Nicholas Minot, who examined the impact of Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative on farmers’ yields to understand how programs can boost wheat yields in underperforming areas.