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.
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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.
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.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has for decades contributed significantly on key topics for effective service delivery.
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.
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
The world’s developing countries host the overwhelming majority of refugees from all conflict and disaster areas.
In 2000, the member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signaled their commitment to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal of halving hunger and poverty by 2015 (MDG1).
ثمة عدد قليل من المراقبين استشرف تلك التغيرات الجذرية التي شهدها العالم العربي خلال الأشهر القليلة الماضية.
Rares sont les observateurs qui auraient pu prédire les changements dramatiques survenus dans le monde arabe au cours des derniers mois.
Kaum jemand hätte den dramatischen Wandel, der sich in den letzten Monaten in der arabischen Welt abgespielt hat, für möglich gehalten.
Recent trends in food prices—higher levels and higher volatility—mirror trends predicted by a number of experts.
Les récentes tendances des cours des denrées alimentaires – niveaux plus élevés et plus grande volatilité – reflètent les prédictions d’un certain nombre d’experts.
Recent trends in food prices—higher levels and higher volatility—mirror trends predicted by a number of experts.