Wheat Price Volatility: Panic is Baseless and Hurts Poor People
Apparent similarities between today’s rising wheat prices and the food-price crisis of 2007-2008 are just that: apparent, not real. Suggestions to the contrary serve to drive up prices and hurt poor people, who spend much or most of their incomes on food. They need neither jittery markets nor ad…
Agricultural R&D Funding Growth in Ghana
Following a decade of minimal growth, spending on agricultural research and development (R&D) in Ghana increased dramatically after 2002.
Bolsa Familia Children Healthier, Doing Better in School
Brazil’s Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program has had a positive effect on the health and education of Brazil’s poor children, according to an evaluation by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Food Security Strategy Workshop in Yemen
Policymakers, researchers, and donors are considering a seven point action plan to improve food security in Yemen by 2020. The discussions are taking place at the Food Security Strategy Workshop hosted by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Government of Yemen, in collaboration…
Business as Unusual
In 2000, as part of the first Millennium Development Goal, world leaders set a target of halving the percentage of hungry people between 1990 and 2015. However, this hunger target has seriously swerved off track in the past decade.
The goal on halving hunger can still be achieved, but business…
Experts meet to identify solutions to problems affecting the Yellow River Basin
Yellow River Basin region enjoys high economic growth, but faces many environmental challenges and high poverty rates in parts of the basin.
Workshop on tomato sector in Ghana
Farmers, traders, and processors are meeting Ghanaian and international academics, donors, and officials in Accra on April 23 for a unique exchange of views on how to revive the strategic but ailing tomato sector.
Asia and Latin America Pursue Mutual Learning and Cooperation
IFPRI and Universidad del Pacífic cosponsor conference in Lima
High-level policymakers, internationally recognized researchers, and development practitioners from Asia and Latin America are gathering in Lima, Peru March 22-24 for unprecedented talks on accelerating economic growth and…
New Project: Global Futures for Agriculture
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched a new project, Global Futures for Agriculture, to improve agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability in developing countries. Focused on evaluating promising technologies, investments, and policy reforms, the effort…
Millions Fed: New Book Documents Successes in Agriculture
New book, Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development, pulls together major successes in agricultural development that have brought millions of people out of hunger over the past 50 years.