Related Blogs: East Africa
Policy seminar: What is needed for gender-sensitive COVID-19 responses in agriculture and food security?
The pandemic poses new challenges for women's empowerment efforts.
Leveraging local knowledge to map and link agricultural plots to farmer practices
Having farmers outline their plots on tablets can save time and effort in research, a study shows.
Survey suggests rising risk of food and nutrition insecurity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as COVID-19 restrictions continue
Poor urban households are hit the hardest by pandemic control measures.
Virtual seminar: IFPRI researchers on COVID-19 emerging problems and country-level responses
Falling incomes may lead to rising poverty, food insecurity, and gender inequity.
Providing information to empower women in agriculture: Evidence from Uganda
A study shows that viewing videos on farming techniques has a range of gender equity benefits.
IFPRI’s new COVID-19 Food Price Monitor tracks warning signs of stress in local markets
Spotting the red flag of spiking prices can speed interventions to head off bigger food security problems.
Why 'home garden' projects don’t always work: Insights from Ethiopia
There are valid reasons to doubt whether these programs provide a sustainable and cost-effective way of addressing poor nutrition.
Integrating displaced communities into food systems
With global food insecurity on the rise, some ways to break the recurring feedback loop between conflict and hunger—from IFPRI's 2020 Global Food Policy Report.
Viewing food system transformation through the country lens
Lessons from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Viet Nam on promoting inclusion and better nutrition, from the 2020 Global Food Policy Report.
Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on vegetable value chains in Ethiopia
As restrictions take effect, a survey shows reductions in food trade and consumption.