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Global inequality in national food supplies and diet-related health outcomes, 1970–2010 (P04-094-19)
The global food system has changed rapidly over recent decades, with large shifts in agricultural supply conditions, international trade, food manufacturing and nutrient availability.
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
For more than two decades, IFPRI’s research and policy analysis have been a resource for Bangladesh in making impressive strides in ensuring food security and reducing poverty.
In recent times, results of various adoption studies have been mixed, raising questions regarding why some improved farm technologies are still not widely adopted several years after their first introduction.
Data on sorghum consumption, micronutrient intakes and deficiencies in women of reproductive age and their preschool children in Burkina Faso.
discussion paper
Climate change adaptation in agriculture: Ex ante analysis of promising and alternative crop technologies using DSSAT and IMPACT
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.
Biofortification is a strategy that seeks to reduce human micronutrient deficiencies—vitamin A, zinc, or iron— by developing and disseminating food crops that contain high levels of micronutrients.
In this paper we use sensory evaluation methods adopted from food science literature and the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism adopted from economic valuation literature to estimate consumer demand for biofortified high-iron pearl millet (HIPM) in Ma
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
In the context of evaluating an intervention to introduce provitamin A-rich orange sweet potato in rural Ugandan communities, HarvestPlus and its collaborators conducted surveys of dietary intakes using an interactive, 24-hour recall method (Gibson a
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.
The manual has been written as a tool for program planners, experienced health professionals, and nutritionists wishing to measure intakes of iron and zinc and evaluate their adequacy in developing countries.
It is well known that plant breeding is a numbers game, and that screening genotypes requires a substantial effort in both the field and the laboratory.