This results brief provides an overall picture of the renewable energy potential for power generation in Ethiopia and demonstrates to which extent renewable energy technologies can be integrated into the Ethiopian power sector.
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2016 update highlights some of the key collaborations between IFPRI and the European Commission
Leveling the field for biofuels: Comparing the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel and other export crops in Malawi
Biofuel production can have conflicting impacts on economic growth, food and energy security, and natural resources. Understanding these trade-offs is crucial for designing policies that are consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Workshop on Biofuels and food security interactions: Report of the scientific committee
Over the dates 20-22 Nov 2014, an international workshop on the interactions of biofuels and food security was held at IFPRI headquarters, in Washington DC.
Policies that are successful in fostering sustainable intensification are critical to current development efforts to alleviate poverty and hunger and foster food security and resilience (The Montpellier Panel, 2013).
Land use change and agricultural intensification: Key research questions and innovative approaches
This paper reviews land use modeling approaches for assessing the economic and environmental impacts of agri-cultural intensification.
Current international debates increasingly highlight the need to move countries towards more sustainable paths of development.
The United Nations declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming. Although many forms of production were once family-based, agriculture is now one of the few that are still dominated by families.
2012 Annual Report
Measuring hunger
A central part of IFPRI’s mission is to provide policy solutions for ending hunger and malnutrition. This mission implies that we know the size and scope of the hunger problem around the world.
IFPRI's flagship report examines the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2012.
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
Differential export taxes along the oilseeds value chain: A partial equilibrium analysis
This research has been undertaken to understand the rationale for the implementation of decreasing export taxes along the value chain in middle-income countries, in particular in the oilseeds value chain.
Land Degradation: Land under Pressure
In 2011 two United Nations bodies adopted ambitious goals for halting land degradation and achieving sustainable development. These goals will be difficult, but not impossible, to meet.