Effects of climate change and El Niño.

What an array of studies shows about a key nutritional challenge.

Continuing pressures on food security in low- and middle-income countries.

The diverse benefits of repurposing support programs.

A strategy for agricultural trade.

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

Trade is allowing production to move from areas of surplus to areas of shortage, avoiding the drastic shortages and food insecurity associated with reliance only on local production.

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

If it happens, a global economic slowdown would hit the poor in developing countries particularly hard.

Growth in agriculture is 2-3 times more effective at reducing poverty than an equivalent amount of growth generated in other sectors.

Confrontations like the current standoff between the U.S. and China undermine the broad benefits of open trade and globalization, while doing nothing address the problems.

Tapping into the rising global demand for fruits, vegetables, and other horticulural products can help generate jobs and export earnings.

An IFPRI analysis finds a corporate tax proposal being debated in Congress would drive up consumer prices and disproportionately impact the poor and the elderly.