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conference paper
Effect of conflict and food price shocks on calorie intake and acute malnutrition in Nigeria: A micro-panel data analysis
Food insecurity and malnutrition are being worsened in countries that are exposed to armed conflict. Nigeria has witnessed a decade of protracted armed conflict and civil unrest.
Armed conflict and prolonged drought has put about 20 million people at risk.
The findings from this study reveal that, on an economy-wide ba-sis, the benefits of PSNP significantly exceed the cost of PSNP transfers.
discussion paper
Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development
The intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data.
discussion paper
Local warming and violent conflict in North and South Sudan
Weather shocks and natural disasters, it has been argued, represent a major threat to national and international security.
The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new annual IFPRI publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels.
El Informe de políticas alimentarias mundiales para el año 2011 es una nueva publicación anual del IFPRI que proporciona un análisis exhaustivo, basado en investigaciones, de los principales retos de política alimentaria en los planos mundial, reg
Agrarian communities dependent on rainfall are vulnerable to production shortfalls due to drought and other climatic shocks.
book chapter
Disasters: Déjà vu in the Horn of Africa
Le Rapport sur les politiques alimentaires mondiales pour l’année 2011 est une nouvelle publication annuelle de l’IFPRI qui livre une analyse complète, basée sur des recherches, des grands défis de la politique alimentaire aux niveaux mon
The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new annual IFPRI publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels.
Natural disasters have particularly devastating impacts on economic growth in developing countries because they impede the accumulation of capital.
The key motivation behind this study is to explore the many patterns of interactions between economic and non-economic factors in sub-Saharan Africa (hereafter referred to as Africa) in order to map out a typology of different types of country sit
discussion paper
Market opportunities for African agriculture
"Rapid growth in the agricultural sector is central to any strategy for slashing poverty and hunger on the African continent.