Events
Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture
Agricultural growth is key to reducing poverty in Africa, south of the Sahara.
CGIAR: Reflections by the CEO
An update on CGIAR reform: reinvigorating global research on agriculture
Abstract
Scaling Up in Agriculture, Rural Development, and Nutrition
As governments, donors, and other key actors deepen their commitments to improve food security and reduce poverty, they are increasingly focusing on how successful development interventions can be scaled up, i.e.
Transformation of Economies in Africa
Africa has recently experienced impressive transformation, including economic growth of about 5-7 percent despite the global economic crisis.
The Role of the Right to Food in Combating Global Hunger
This seminar will examine how legal, institutional, and policy frameworks grounded in the right to food can improve the actions States take to improve food security.
3rd Annual Malthus Lecture
How Can We Feed a Growing World and Still Sustain the Planet?
Food Security & the G20
When G20 leaders come together on June 18-19 in Los Cabos, Mexico, food security will once again be at the top of their agenda. At last year’s summit, the G20 Agriculture Ministers took historic steps towards addressing food price volatility.
Launch of IFPRI's First Global Food Policy Report
In 2011, a variety of ongoing challenges affected global food security, including food price volatility, extreme weather shocks, famine, and conflicts.
Innovations in Measuring Women's Empowerment
The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
USAID/FAO/IFPRI Side event, 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Cohosts
Food Secure Arab World
Food security, in all its dimensions, has long been a development challenge in the Arab world. In countries with already high food import bills, recent food price volatility in the global market has heightened instability.
Two Food Price Crises in Three Years
What’s Going On? What Lessons Have We Learned?
Agricultural R&D: Investing in Africa’s Future
Analyzing Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
Nutrition in Senegal: Achievements and Prospects
After several major transitions, Senegal succeeded in developing a multisectoral strategy to achieve sustainable nutrition outcomes.
Is China Entering a High Food Price Era?
3rd CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference
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