For over 40 years, IFPRI has worked with partners in Africa at the country, regional, and continental levels to provide cutting edge, policy-relevant research on food and nutrition security for policy makers, development partners, and stakeholders. Sharing this research and engaging through capacity building and dialogue informs effective policies, programs, and investments to help ensure that all people have access to safe, sufficient, nutritious, and sustainably grown food.

IFPRI’s work is built around five key research areas that address Africa’s most critical food policy issues. All of IFPRI’s research work also integrates gender. IFPRI pursues many of its core research themes with the support of partners and through the CGIAR research programs to contribute evidence for country- and region-led policies and programs.

The Africa Regional Office contributes to local research and capacity building for reducing poverty and ending malnutrition. As a key component of this work, three major programs, the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS), the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP) and the Malabo Montpellier Panel (MaMo), were transferred to an African institution—AKADEMIYA2063, based in Kigali, Rwanda. Many AFR staff who worked on these programs also moved to AKADEMIYA2063 to continue implementing the programs. IFPRI will continue to play an important role by contributing research and policy analysis in collaboration with AKADEMIYA2063 and by supporting its institutional development and that of similar African organizations.