Agriculture is vitally important to poor and vulnerable people in developing countries, the majority of whom live in rural areas and depend on the land as a source of both food and income. Unpredictable weather, unstable markets, fragile natural…
IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division (MTID) provides innovative, evidence-based policy solutions to help drive inclusive economic growth, reduce poverty, and ensure food security worldwide through a more efficient food system.
ESSP aims to help improve the policymaking process in Ethiopia by increasing the capacity of Ethiopian institutions to undertake sound economic analysis, and by working to improve public information and dialogue. ESSP’s approach to evidence-based…
IFPRI established the West and Central Africa office (WCAO) in 2010 to better meet local research and capacity needs for Reducing poverty and ending malnutrition in the region. Although the West and Central Africa region has experienced strong…
Food safety is moving rapidly up the development agenda as major new studies reveal its severely under-estimated importance. Foodborne disease is responsible for an enormous health burden and negative livelihood, nutritional, and economic impacts.…
Governments, businesses, and civil society groups increasingly realize the important need of supporting food systems to produce and supply diverse, nutritious, and safe foods for healthy lives. Flagship 1 responds to concerns about global diet trends…
More than a decade of strong partnership between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Food Programme (WFP) began with a shared goal of creating more effective and efficient food aid distribution systems. Over time,…
Le Portail de la Sécurité Alimentaire pour l’Afrique au Sud du Sahara présente des informations actuelles sur l’agriculture, la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition en Afrique au Sud du Sahara, aussi bien que des informations sur les développements…
The Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) Food Security Portal presents current information about agriculture, food security, and nutrition in the region and about dynamic developments in the region’s food system. It is facilitated by the…
El Portal de Seguridad Alimentaria para América Central y el Caribe (CAC) presenta información actual sobre agricultura, seguridad alimentaria y nutrición en América Central y el Caribe, describe los últimos avances en los sistemas alimentarios de la…