IFPRI's IMPACT model allows policy makers, analysts, and civil society to explore future scenarios for food security—including the impact of climate change on agricultural production and hunger—through an integrated system of linked economic, clim

Achieving and maintaining global food security is challenged by changes in population, income, and climate, among other drivers.

Being a nation of many islands spanning a consider-able range of latitudes, the Philippines is noted for its climatic and ecological diversity.

It has been widely shown for most countries that high productivity growth in the agricultural sector is a key driver of structural transformation to promote long-term economic growth.

This report investigates the under-explored role that local forms of social capital play in enhancing resilience.

In recent years, many people and parts of the world have been hit by major shocks ranging from conflicts, erratic weather patterns, earthquakes, droughts, and floods to food price spikes.

The role of food security

Reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes through case studies of NGO initiatives

The role of agricultural technologies

Poor countries and vulnerable people are being hit by a barrage of economic, environmental, and political shocks, and these shocks are becoming more frequent and intense.

Food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa

Food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa

Conference on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health - New Delhi, February 2011

As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand for food, placing additional pressure on sustainable food production.

Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People