A new report shows how targeted spending can have significant global benefits.

Three new reports from the Asian Development Bank and IFPRI explore strategies for reducing hunger and boosting growth.

There is not enough water—as currently managed—to sustain the world’s population and end hunger and malnutrition. Some key pathways to change.

Lessons for the future of crop science and a tribute to a 4-decade research career.

A Global Crop Improvement Network could help boost yields and improve understanding of climate effects on agriculture.

New IFPRI research offers insights into how the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu can adapt to climate pressures on fisheries.

This post is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land

Bob Evenson died on February 2, 2013.  Bob was one of three main mentors in my career, and probably the most influential, even though I never took a course from him.  Writing a paper with him amounted to a full-scale seminar. 

After decades of declining food prices, recent food, fuel and financial crises have ushered in a new reality.

In 2000, the member states of the United Nations committed themselves to creating a "more peaceful, prosperous and just world," to "free[ing] our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty," to ma