New Delhi, India – On Thursday, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research began a two-day international conference in New Delhi on…
Washington, D.C. – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) announced today the launch of the Ag-Incentives Consortium website, a user-friendly online database facilitated by IFPRI, that aggregates agricultural policy data into an…
International Experts Outline Food Safety Risks, Regulations, and Impact of Urbanization Colombo, Sri Lanka – On Monday, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Ministry of Primary Industries, and the Institute of Policy Studies…
A groundbreaking paper based on a collaborative project between IFPRI and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign finds hydropower and irrigation often come into direct competition.
While China’s unprecedented late-20 th century growth was fueled by low labor costs and an enormous labor force, that easy growth is ending, argues a new article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. “From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Innovated in China:’…
The rapid rise of home prices in many Chinese provinces can most readily be explained by the drive to attract a prospective sexual partner, finds a new analysis from the International Food Policy Research Institute. “Home Ownership as Status…
Exposure to animal feces has been linked to slower physical growth in young children according to a new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The study, published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and…
Adjusting Nepal’s complex agricultural economy to the federalist system laid out by the new constitution will require some adjustment, but a new paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) proposes several policy measures to…
Jan 10, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Central American countries remain susceptible to global economic downturns and need to consider policy options that would counter the effects of a potential worldwide recession, according to a new paper from the…
Population growth expected to more than triple cereal demand by 2050 Investment in agricultural research and development needed to increase crop yields December 13, 2016, Washington, DC — Several studies have shown the global increase in food demand…