Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and restoring natural resources.
Public expenditures (PE), their sizes, and allocations across sectors, are some of the important instruments for the public sector to contribute toward sustainable development goals (SDGs).
According to the Food Security Information Network's recent Global Report on Food Crises (2021), Zimbabwe is on the list of the top six countries in the world experiencing a food crisis.
Background and Objectives: Through Zero Hunger Strategic Reviews, national governments articulate how they can achieve the second Sustainable Development Goal targets of zero hunger and zero malnutrition by 2030.
Policymakers must balance critical trade-offs among policy actions and spending priorities for health, food systems, and economies. This requires a multisectoral perspective and clearly defined values.
Chicken & eggs make important contributions to food & nutrition security of low-income households in Myanmar. What are the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's poultry sector?
The challenges posed by the water–food–energy nexus have been well documented.
This paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on two types of poultry production systems, broilers and layers, in Myanmar using five waves of telephone surveys from June to August 2020.
In addition to global events and food policy changes, 2015 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions.
IFPRI’s Flagship Report puts into perspective the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2015 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2016.
Energy is vital to the global food system and food security, but countries will need to explore greener energy paths to address climate change.
This paper considers potential strategic options for agriculture and development in Malawi in the context of the country’s current situation and the prospects the country faces.
Fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events.
The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Asia (ReSAKSS-Asia) is facilitated by IFPRI with the goal of mobilizing research to inform policies that reduce poverty and hunger in Asia.