Policymakers in Nigeria and other countries in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) are relying on agriculture to generate employment for the growing youth population.
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Agricultural credit is an important instrument for improving farm productivity, the welfare of farm households, and their resilience to weather-related shocks.
Globally, poor-quality diets are the leading cause of all forms of malnutrition, and the simultaneous occurrence of both under- and overconsumption within the same populations and even within the same households is increasingly common.
Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Impacts and recommendations from the second round evaluation
Egypt’s national cash transfer program, Takaful, and its sister program Karama covered 17 million poor beneficiaries as of 2022, about 16 percent of the Egyptian population.
The new Kenyan government faces a complex domestic and global environment, and it is widely expected to address key food and agricultural challenges with a new set of policies and programs.
Market system development (MSD) approaches aim to address market failures and frictions that frequently impede adoption of modern yield-enhancing agricultural practices in sub-Saharah Africa.
Globally, India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses, but increasing demand due to population growth has made the country reliant on imports, including from Myanmar. In turn, Myanmar is highly dependent on exports to India.
Malnutrition, largely attributable to poor diets among both the rich and poor, presents a growing challenge in Nigeria.
The performance of agrifood value chains of vital importance for smallholder farmers in developing countries.
Public food transfer program provide a lifeline for the poor in both high- and low-income countries, and many countries stepped these up in response to COVID-19.
Sustainable agricultural practices enable more efficient use of natural resources, mitigate the impact of agriculture on the environment, and strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change and climate variability.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has for decades contributed significantly on key topics for effective service delivery.
The palm oil dilemma: Policy tensions among higher productivity, rising demand, and deforestation
Managing the policy tensions among higher productivity, rising demand, and deforestation to avoid biodiversity losses and increased greenhouse gas emissions.
With WTO negotiations largely stalled, Joseph Glauber & Marie Parent offer some recommendations for moving the global trade agenda forward.
An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations.
Egypt’s Takaful and Karama cash transfer program: Evaluation of program impacts and recommendations
Egypt has been providing cash to poor households through its first conditional cash transfer program, Takaful and Karama, a social protection program run by the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS), since March 2015.
Armed conflict and prolonged drought has put about 20 million people at risk.
Climate change is a significant and growing threat to food security—already affecting vulnerable populations in many developing countries, and expected to affect ever more people in more places, unless action is taken beginning today.
Effects of El Niño on domestic production are already apparent in many regions of the world. Policy actions are needed to ensure adequate food supply and food mobility from surplus to deficit regions