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The pathway from climate change to child nutrition and health.

Evaluating hidden environmental and social impacts.

Cash or in-kind transfers and extension services work better together.

Confronting the vicious cycle of poverty and mental health problems.

Uncovering an additional benefit of mitigation.

A “light touch” model delivers mixed results.

Impacts on education and beyond.

Systematic risk profiling reveals wide differences in country vulnerabilities.

Group exercises generate local solutions.

IFPRI’s role supporting stewardship for a key resource.

Insights from IFPRI’s Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems.

How developers built an app for smallholders.

Scaling up a promising program.

Using photos to analyze when and where produce goes bad.

Assessing efforts to scale up cultivation and consumption.

Mapping relationships in a devastating war.

Many impacts beyond material support.

Unlocking information flows inside households.

Investigating how best to deliver aid.

Strengthening of capabilities of individuals and institutions.

Scaling up data analysis to meet SDG2.

A wide-ranging research agenda.

Modeling converging economic impacts.

How research has helped to guide food systems strategies.

Advantages of inclusivity.

Overcoming challenges of geography, language, and other issues.

Emerging frontiers for research and learning.

Learning from the new Food Demand Meta-Elasticity (FDME) database.

Making milk quality visible improves standards, but real gains require price incentives and competition on quality downstream.

Complex impacts on agricultural production.

A cost-effective alternative to diesel pumps.

Economic conditions influence who leaves and from where.

Turning crisis into opportunity.

Fostering fairness, transparency, accountability, and privacy.

The heavy toll of thin air and poverty.

Modeling a growing risk.

Who benefits and who bears the burdens?

Taking stock the institute’s work.

Expanding the reach and effectiveness of a key government program.

The dynamics of cooperation.

An avenue to improved productivity.

A key issue for AI in extension services.

Leveraging a widespread practice.

Overcoming obstacles for farmers.

The importance of understanding and managing complexity.

Focusing on risks for children under 5.

On the International Day of Rural Women, IFPRI research shows avenues for empowerment.

Balancing new technology with local needs.

A pathway to improve community stewardship.

Fostering stewardship of a key resource.

A new report outlines diverse applications.

In 2014, IFPRI and the Gates Foundation launched the AReNA project to bridge agriculture and nutrition research, addressing data gaps and advancing understanding of how agriculture can better improve diets and nutrition worldwide.

The most promising ways to limit carbon emissions.

A versatile, affordable technology is spreading rapidly.

Exploring how emerging tools can help farmers.

A form of fertilizer offers advantages to farmers and the environment.

Reaching those at risk.

Key avenues for innovation.

A study shows dramatic gains in a short time frame.

Insights from IFPRI research.

Widespread job losses and rising poverty.

Challenges and opportunities for transformation.

Typical survey methods significantly undercount the actual numbers.

High-volume imports such as clothing hit harder than agrifood products.

Testing new tools that offer rapid analysis.

Digital apps and other approaches for modernizing value chains.

Keys to improving diets and nutrition.

Clearing up confusion over seeds.

Lessons from Uganda

A study shows how smallholder households deal with disruptions.

Centering user needs in precision livestock monitoring.

IFPRI’s modeling tools—IMPACT, RIAPA, and SPAM—provide global, national, and subnational insights to guide food policy decisions. These models have influenced major investments and policies, offering evidence-based projections to enhance food security, nutrition, and resilience in evolving agrifood systems.

Realizing the potential and minimizing the risks of a promising new technology.

Grounding action in research and collaboration.

Lessons from Qingshan village.

A study shows the influence of social media.

A study finds problems with completeness, consistency, and timeliness.

A study raises questions about a standard practice.

Modeling tracks potential disruptions.

Improving smallholder farming systems in four countries.

Analyzing transmission from global to local markets.

In 2011, at the request of the Ghanaian government, IFPRI began work to assess the impacts and progress of mechanization programs in Ghana. This blog outlines how farmers have benefited from Ghana’s Agricultural Mechanization Services Enterprise Centers Program.

Gauging efforts to build water security.

Accelerating technology adoption.

Using machine learning to track land use.

Testing reader responses to chatbot- vs. human-written blog posts.

Helping smallholders build water security.

Assessing impacts of cash transfers.

Research can shape a new government’s decision-making.

Assessing impacts of a multi-country project.

A path for moving out of poverty.

Moving from assistance to self-sufficiency.

The social costs of calendars.

How assistance programs can catalyze improvements in gender equality.

Advantages of “both/and” solutions.

Simulating impacts of crisis and responses.

Collaborative approaches for a fragile resource.

Enabling collaboration in and across communities.

Addressing gender differences to build resilience.

Bridging the gap between research and policymaking.

Productivity erodes amid turmoil.

The power of bundled solutions

How development organizations think about gender.

Building on improvements in Infant mortality.

Starch-heavy diets, the reach of extension instruction, and other issues.

Avenues to empowerment.

Examining the effectiveness of vouchers and marketing information.

Nutritional benefits of enhanced biofortification.

Insights into buying behavior.

Many dimensions of combating climate change.

A study points to reforms.

Improving market incentives.

Enfoques para el desarrollo de políticas del sistema alimentario.

Tools for food system policy development.

Charting economic paths forward.

Promise for boosting yields and income.

Our study tested two behavioral interventions—budgeting and sales planning—to understand and mitigate this paradox.

Does the threat of climate change significantly undermine strategies focusing on agriculture?

Transforming food systems is promising but complex, requiring strong evidence and rigorous evaluations to ensure effective interventions.

Tradeoffs must be carefully managed.

New opportunities as mobile phone use grows in farming areas.

Survey insights on production, pests, and marketing.

The downsides of emergency trade measures.

Targeting interventions to benefit public health.

A new tool developed by IFPRI and IFAD.

Women in rural coffee production face opportunities and obstacles.

What an array of studies shows about a key nutritional challenge

Positive impacts of a program in Kenya.

New data on diets.

Evolving practices with potential impacts for nutrition.

Fostering cooperative natural resource management.

Why simplified linear approaches may fall short.

Safety nets can buttress households against climate shocks.

New evidence quantifies significant negative health effects.

Benefits of a TV show’s positive messages.

AKADEMIYA2063, in partnership with IFPRI, has effectively localized and transitioned key programs to African leadership, ensuring continuity, expansion, innovation, and increased funding resources, thereby contributing significantly to Africa’s agricultural policy development and resilience against external challenges.

Delay has a range of positive impacts.

Local effects of global shocks persist.

Impacts of a large-scale approach.

An experiment shows women face disadvantages.

Compelling personal stories as a learning and motivational tool.

This blog discusses the successful impact of the Feed the Future Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC) project, which aimed to enhance global agricultural extension and advisory services (EAS). Through diagnostic studies and engagements, DLEC improved practices for 1.3 million farming households, catalyzing over $6 million in funding.

Complex challenges for farmers amid a continuing food crisis.

Local impacts of a national development strategy.

Food system impacts of war,

Helping farmers purchase and sell livestock.

Balancing nutrition and climate.

Introducing the Food Import Vulnerability Index (FIVI).

IFPRI assessments provide key information for policymakers.

A chatbot experiment.

Impacts of an unfolding humanitarian emergency.

How food systems fared amid disruption.

Fostering cooperative local governance.

New customs duties reverberate in communities.

A meta-analysis shows that broadly, IPV programs work.

A new tool to address the gender data gap in agricultural development.

A study shows changed patterns of deforesation.

Growing and underappreciated risks.

Documenting a shifting landscape of commerce.

A new project focuses on building resilience.

Links between infrastructure and improved nutrition and health.

Developing the tools of resource management.

A promising approach to micronutrient deficiencies.

Potential limits of in-person interviews.

Potential limits of in-person interviews.

Many short- and long-term benefits to health and well-being.

This blog discusses the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a versatile survey tool used in various regions and contexts to measure women’s inclusion in agriculture and its impact on agricultural diversity, nutrition, and poverty. WEAI offers different modules and indicators to suit local needs and enhance women’s empowerment in the agricultural sector.

How can trainings help to overcome social and economic barriers?

Changes in nitrogen dioxide emissions reflect migration, other changes.

Shedding light on a key segment of the food system.

This blog describes the success of the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) Project in Bangladesh, which conducted agricultural production and nutrition trainings for farm households to improve agricultural diversity, family nutrition, and women’s empowerment. With appropriate funding, the program can be scaled up and implemented nationally.

Creating a healthier food environment.

Using videos to test skewed perceptions of improved crop varieties.

Assessing how household diets fall short.

An experiment suggests survey fatigue can skew results.

Integrating AI into the policy process.

Evaluating the impacts of workfare.

Closing the gender data gap in agricultural development.

This blog highlights the success of the Nutrition Embedded Evaluation Programme (NEEP) in Malawi, which utilized community-based childcare centers to improve child nutrition through training and support for parents. Spillover benefits were observed for younger siblings, leading to the program’s scaling up and further exploration of strategies for maternal and child health.

Strong evidence of the relationship between small-scale irrigation, food security, diet quality, and nutrition.

Testing ways to expand digital financial inclusion.

Analyzing effects on attitudes toward government assistance.

The diverse benefits of repurposing support programs.

Persistent biases hold back women shop owners.

Positive health and nutrition results persist even in adverse circumstances.

Practical ways to evaluate and advance women’s empowerment.

Examining complex relationships around a key resource.

A problem for the growing dairy industry.

Building incentives to foster more effective teaching and learning.

Closing gender gaps in agricultural knowledge.

Developing a tool to assess gender and policymaking.

High inflation threatens nutrition and livelihoods.

Gender roles shift slowly in the post-Soviet era.

Challenges and opportunities for women to engage in more profitable work.

Research links high food prices to wasting and stunting.

Impacts of cash assistance programs reach beyond spending power.

The best places for grid-based, solar, and diesel powered equipment.

The importance of digital financial inclusion.

Benefits of a “nudge” approach.

Effects of lost income and food insecurity linger, particularly for for women, a study shows.

A show set in a maternal health clinic offers perspectives on women’s health.

A show set in a maternal health clinic offers perspectives on women’s health.

A new phase in understanding how such programs can empower women.

Benefits of scaling up integrated pest management.

A pilot program promotes and studies mobile banking.

Modeling shows lowered GDP and agricultural production for 2022.

The power of consumer opinion.

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A promising method to gauge agricultural output.

Wheat and tomato crops see very different outcomes.

Important lessons for policymakers.

Nutrition impacts of tariffs and subsidies.

Parsing sometimes contradictory responses in household surveys.

Insights into the food pyramid.

Escaping psychological poverty traps.

Insights into achieving sustainable irrigation.

Pathways for smallholders to fulfill their potential.

The role of gender norms in household dynamics.

Gender programs have nuanced impacts.

How 7th graders contend with pandemic stresses.

Women with greater ambition tend to have more power within households.

A policy shift focusing on nutritious foods and consumers.

As COVID-19 pandemic disruptions continue, policies should address shifting effects.

Results from a randomized controlled trial.

The advantages of science-based land use planning.

The first time such a connection has been established between climate change, agricultural productivity, and health.

Exploring the complex interplay of work, migration, and gender.

After lockdowns are lifted, reluctance to seek assistance lingers.

Modeling shows emergency safety net programs boost GDP during pandemic.

Water, energy, food, forests, and biodiversity systems are intricately linked but projects to improve resource usage are too often siloed.

Research shows for the first time the benefits of a key type of social protection program extend years later to the children of recipients.

A potential obstacle to food system transformation at the local level.

What happened when a key type of social protection program stopped operating during lockdown.

Surveying which innovations work best to build better nutrition.

A more nuanced approach to gauging women's strategic choices about time and work.

 Five major obstacles that stand in the way of progress.

Encouraging the development of value chains can benefit both smallholders and consumers.

Pandemic impacts fall more heavily on smallholder farmers and others serving more traditional markets.

Households may have reduced rice consumption as much as 15% or more,

Mobility restrictions and market disruptions hit farming households hard.

A lockdown and other pandemic measures erode incomes, food security, and dietary diversity in the Western Highlands.

An analysis of 12 low- and middle-income countries shows potential pandemic hotspots.

Insights on buttressing women's roles in political decision making.

Positive results from the Tubaramure program suggest lessons for COVID-19 responses and future crises.

What happened with a key social protection effort during lockdown.

Rising obesity rates among both rich and poor, and other trends.

Ways to more effectively engage women in a key element of sustainable agriculture.

Modeling shows differering impacts for urban and rural households.

A new effort to estimate the extent and value of forests, pasturelands, and wetlands people depend on.

Heat stress exerts heterogeneous effects by gender, agricultural activity, and household structure.

Rapid changes in markets and food systems create a new set of problems.

Losses in income from abroad impact the poorest households most.

A randomized control trial shows positive results on test scores.

Making important connections between agriculture, health, and nutrition.

Analyzing impacts of a program in Monrovia, Liberia.

Community-based accountability meetings called barazas yield positive results.

Modeling shows participation in production decisions and membership in community groups can yield positive results.

Undercutting a standard assumption about climate change-driven migration.

Working outside the home typically doesn't lead to reduced domestic responsiblities.

A survey shows such programs can be effective in addressing the impacts of sudden shocks.

A rapid analysis reveals urgent problem areas and directions for further research.

Identifying a problem in household surveys.

Promoting creative alternatives to the classroom during lockdowns can have far-reaching effects.

A promising approach for low-income and rural areas.

Current global numbers are likely undercounts.

Positive local impacts from moving coal-fired power plants.

Lockdowns lead to sharp spikes in poverty.

Evidence shows that these programs can work, but are the costs reasonable?

Heat waves and heavy rainfall events appear to limit opportunities for urban migrant workers.

Owning land does not always translate to empowerment for female farmers.

The SEEMS-Nutrition initiative offers a set of tools for project evaluations.

A program combining nutritious rations with behavior change communication yields positive results.

Nutritional training sessions combined with cash transfers yield positive results.

SMEs experienced a V-shaped recovery.

Results suggest phone surveys reporting falling incomes in the pandemic should be viewed with caution.

An analysis of food demand data from Nigeria identifies an interesting problem.

A study provides insights into gender differences and welfare benefits in a wide array of enterprises.

Steps must be taken now to avert a decades-long nutrition and public health crisis.

Testing the role of subsidies in adopting techniques to build long-term resilience.

Two studies in Kenya examine risk perceptions of aflatoxin in maize.

The under-appreciated role geography plays in a persistent problem of health and well-being.

The growing role of supermarkets in developing countries has impacts that go beyond urban retailing.

Women are much more likely to report that they own assets or make decisions than men are to recognize these roles.

Focusing on the multiple, overlapping health impacts of the double burden of malnutrition.

Developing a better banking and credit system for smallholders.

Decisions on fertilizer and pesticide use impact crops and finances.

Research provides guideposts for tracking India's double burden of malnutrition.

Undernourishment early in life may have profound irreversible effects, a new paper suggests.

Key social services are often neglected when local governments run support programs, research in Ethiopia shows.

Looking at the varying prevalence of zinc and vitamin A deficiencies among women and children.

An analysis shows a 41% decline in GDP during the two-week lockdown.

A new paper is the first to quantify the potential global impact of using CSA in food-crop production.

Having farmers outline their plots on tablets can save time and effort in research, a study shows.

Poor urban households are hit the hardest by pandemic control measures.

A new tool allows comparison of unfolding pandemic control and assistance measures in developing countries.  

Modeling suggests export bans intended to buttress domestic food supplies could have wide impacts.

A study shows that viewing videos on farming techniques has a range of gender equity benefits.

IFPRI country studies indicate the pandemic is leading to much larger and more rapid contractions of economic activity than seen in previous crises.

Modeling shows GDP and incomes—particularly among low-income households—falling dramatically.

There are valid reasons to doubt whether these programs provide a sustainable and cost-effective way of addressing poor nutrition.

Without significant action, modeling shows, a global health crisis could trigger global poverty and food crises.

Without significant action, modeling shows, a global health crisis could trigger global poverty and food crises.

As restrictions take effect, a survey shows reductions in food trade and consumption.

A survey shows lockdowns are having serious impacts on agricultural operations, particularly pig farmers.

Modeling shows that a looming worldwide economic slowdown could push tens of millions into extreme poverty.

As China begins to emerge from the worst, a survey shows many enterprises struggle to survive.