Women’s decisionmaking indicators are widely used in social science research, though insufficient attention is given to measurement issues.

Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA) is a 6-year, multi-country project in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, being implemented from 2015 through 2020.

Thirty years have elapsed since the fall of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The collapse of political structures took with it regimes of highly administered management of agri-food systems.

Venezuela está sufriendo una crisis política, económica y social sin precedentes. La economía ha estado cayendo por 7 años consecutivos, y con los estimados de -35% en 2019 y -25% en 2020 sería solamente una cuarta parte del valor de 2013.

América Latina es el continente que se ha movilizado en forma consistente en cuanto al desarrollo, la adopción e implementación de estrategias de protección social que cubren aspectos de salud, nutrición, educación y trabajo entre otros factores d

El nuevo Gobierno de la Argentina lanzó a principios del año 2020 el Plan Argentina contra el Hambre (PACH) (Res.

Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few decades and several countries have made exemplary progress.

Agriculture generates roughly one-quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050, without major mitigation efforts, agricultural emissions are likely to reach levels that would make meeting global climate targets practically unachievable.

This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with different implications for development: the displacement of livestock by soybean production as occurred in Uruguay and in the Easter

There is increasing interest in understanding if social protection can foster social cohesion, particularly between refugees and host communities.

IFPRI’s 2018 Annual Report shares highlights of our work, which together with partners has helped to develop and tailor knowledge to local contexts, build human and institutional capacity, and support development strategies in many countries aroun

While agriculture represents only 7 percent of total GDP (World Bank 2014) for Peru, it is not an insignificant economic sector.

Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and improving food security in a sustainable way. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform their choices.

Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and improving food security in a sustainable way. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform policy choices.

This case study summarizes the impact of a short-term food, cash, and voucher program targeted to the urban poor in Northern Ecuador.

Climate change is already affecting the global economy between catastrophic losses from extreme weather events to the subtler losses in agricultural productivity. In the decades to come, the effects of climate change will increase.

El cambio climático representa una amenaza para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, sobre todo por su impacto en la producción agrícola.

Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production.

This discussion paper introduces a series of studies on the effects of climate change on agriculture in Central America and the Andean region.