Philippines could supplement 57-60 percent of its energy needs with renewables by 2040
The Philippines could supplement 57-60 percent of its energy needs with renewables by 2040, according to a new study from researchers at IFPRI.
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2018 Global Food Policy Report: Anti-Globalism Threatens Progress in Hunger, Poverty Reduction; Requires Strong Policies and Global Leadership
Washington, D.C.: The rise of isolationism and protectionism, visible in the US withdrawal from multilateral trade and climate agreements, the UK’s “Brexit” from the EU, and growing anti-immigration rhetoric in developed countries, threatens to slow…
BOOK RELEASE: The Cocoa Coast: The Board-Managed Cocoa Sector in Ghana
New analysis on the success driving Ghana’s Board-managed cocoa sector From 2000 to 2010/11 Ghana doubled cocoa production to become second largest producer in the world Between 2005 and 2012, poverty incidence dropped more among cocoa-households than…
Howarth Bouis becomes Interim HarvestPlus CEO
Washington D.C., February 14, 2018 Howarth Bouis, founder and director of HarvestPlus for many years, has agreed to serve as Interim HarvestPlus CEO starting February 14, 2018. The process to recruit a permanent CEO will commence soon. He won the…
Book Release: Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Pattern from Farm to Fork
December 27, 2017 – A good monsoon led to a rise in sowing and production of pulses in 2017, resulting in prices falling almost by half. Earlier, in 2015, rising prices causing declining consumption of pulses had been a cause of concern for both…
Global Alliance Releases New Tools to Guide Evidence-based Solutions Across Health, Development, and Environment
The Bridge Collaborative, a global alliance of 90 organizations from 23 countries, today released two new tools to assist decision-makers solving big challenges facing health, development, and the environment.
Global Hunger Index 2017—Fact Sheet
This year one country hit the threshold of 50, which signifies extremely alarming hunger levels. But, it is impossible to know exactly how severe hunger is in some of the world’s poorest countries that lack data to determine GHI scores.
The Inequalities of Hunger: Global Hunger Index Spotlights Uneven Progress in Reducing Hunger
Global hunger levels have fallen more than a quarter since 2000, but more recent rising hunger scores of several countries in the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) underline how uneven this progress has been and how precarious it is to maintain.
Food Assistance Remains a Critical Safety Net for the Poor and Vulnerable
Understanding how food and voucher programs work, and how they connect to wider social protection systems is key to ensuring food security and helping the poor, says a new World Bank report.
Improving Agribusiness Competitiveness in African Nations Can Boost Food Security and Agricultural Productivity
Strategic investments can help unlock potential for agribusiness growth in African nations with low agribusiness competitiveness, food security and agricultural productivity, according to a recent IFPRI study.