Agriculture is closely linked to both the direct causes of undernutrition (e.g. diets, feeding practices, and health) and the underlying factors (e.g. income, education, access to water, sanitation, hygiene and health services, and equity).
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This preview of the Atlas of African Agriculture Research and Development is an introduction to a multidimensional resource that will highlight the ubiquitous role and importance of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the multitude of factors shapi
Highlights of IFPRI’s major projects, partnerships, and knowledge-sharing activities in China in recent years.
In the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, a group of innovators realized that food security depends not only on crop production, but also on the policies that affect food systems, from farm
Biofuels and food security
The recent food crisis, combined with the energy crisis and emerging climate-change issues, threatens the livelihoods of millions of poor people as well as the economic, ecological, and political situation in many developing countries.
La demanda de biocombustibles se está incrementando debido a la necesidad cada vez mayor de energéticos, el alza en el costo del petróleo, la búsqueda de fuentes de energía renovables y no contaminantes y el deseo de aumentar los ingresos agrícola
Trade and macroeconomics
Food and agricultural systems in developing countries connect with the rest of the economy and with the world through a network of markets.