Blogs

How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central America and the Andean Region
Central America will be particularly hard-hit by declining yields of rainfed maize, modeling shows.
Events

Transformative and scalable experiences for a new generation of public policies for agrifood systems
Promote a space for reflection and regional exchange aimed at identifying transformative and scalable experiences of agri-food public policies, with emphasis on those that generate public goods, articulate multiple actors and levels of government, incorporate innovative mechanisms and recognize the necessary enabling conditions for their implementation and sustainability. This dialogue prioritizes: October 8, 2025 Special […]

La agricultura de las Américas en el camino a la COP27: desafíos y oportunidades de la política pública
Virtual Event: October 27, 2022 – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. This event will be in Spanish, with English interpretation available and seeks to create a space for inter-agency dialogue and discussion on the changes and continuities in regional public policy regarding the contribution of agriculture to face the climate crisis.

Climate Change and Agriculture in Central America and the Andean Region
Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production. To help developing countries identify where adaptation measures are most needed, IFPRI, with support from the CGIAR Research Programs on Policy, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), conducted a multiyear study to […]
News
$1m a minute: the farming subsidies destroying the world – report (The Guardian)
The Guardian (UK), in an article on climate change and farm subsidies, detailed the results of a new report from the Food and Land Use Coalition. The subsidy analysis in the report was performed by IFPRI. The Report found that the cost of the damage currently caused by agriculture is greater than the value of […]
Projects

Agricultural Transformation and Policy: What are the policy priorities?
Achieving agricultural transformation in a country – the transformation of an agri-food system from a high prevalence of subsistence farming to high productivity, so that……




