Blogs
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Urgent need to strengthen local governance for improved urban agrifood systems
Insights from the new report by the UN High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition.
![Groundwater conservation and food security: Navigating pathways to sustainable agriculture](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/india-irrigation1.jpg)
Groundwater conservation and food security: Navigating pathways to sustainable agriculture
Tradeoffs must be carefully managed.
![Shaping the future of agrifood systems: Insights from an Avanzar2030 workshop in Costa Rica](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/avanzar2030-workshop.jpg)
Shaping the future of agrifood systems: Insights from an Avanzar2030 workshop in Costa Rica
Surfacing the most promising innovations.
Events
![Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor: Launch of the 7th edition – AATM 2024](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AATM-2024-Launch_Banner.jpg)
Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor: Launch of the 7th edition – AATM 2024
AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), are convening a hybrid event to debate and promote the findings of the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) 2024. As in prior editions, the seventh AATM provides improved trade statistics, uses consistent indicators to […]
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Tracking Global and National Agricultural Transformation
Agricultural transformation involves the shift in production and workers from traditional agriculture to more productive activities, both within primary agriculture and across sectors within the broader agrifood system. This evolution enhances productivity and typically reduces poverty, raises incomes, and promotes healthier diets. However, not all countries are experiencing the same pace of agricultural transformation, and […]
![Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition: The MENA launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GFPR_MENA_Launch_2024.png)
Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition: The MENA launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report
Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity. Despite increasing global efforts to address malnutrition, as many as 3 billion people globally cannot afford healthy diets. The need to transform our food systems to ensure sustainable healthy diets for everyone is more urgent than […]
News
Global crisis: 1.7 billion people in urban and peri-urban areas face food insecurity
New UN report highlights urgent need to strengthen urban and peri-urban food systems for global food security and nutrition.
The 2024 Global Food Policy Report Stresses Urgent Need for Transformative Action to Achieve Sustainable Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition
Washington DC, May 29, 2024: In the face of growing challenges posed by unhealthy diets, all forms of malnutrition, and environmental constraints, the 2024 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) — released today by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) — underscores the importance of transforming complex global food systems to ensure sustainable healthy diets for all. Progress […]
Why a campaign has started to bring back some plants that have been forgotten (NPR)
In a radio story, NPR explains that the world depends on just a few crops for most of its food. Because that dependence could be risky, a new international effort supports research and development of overlooked plants as food sources. NPR interviewed Purnima Menon, senior director of Food and Nutrition Policy at IFPRI, who discussed countries that had invested in […]
Projects
![Women’s empowerment in agrifood governance (WEAGov)](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WEAGov.jpg)
Women’s empowerment in agrifood governance (WEAGov)
The Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) is an assessment tool developed by IFPRI and partners to help evaluate the extent to which women are……
![Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/vVfYoNcKgz99MQ2JFH-Qc8qR9wx303Klogp_54O4dkE.jpg)
Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development
Public expenditure is a powerful instrument for governments to use in achieving sustainable growth, poverty reduction, and transformation. Understanding the linkages between different types of……