Blogs

Exploring scenarios and policy responses in a matter of minutes: Ask, simulate, understand with RIAPA.ai
A new AI-assisted IFPRI model.

Double exposure: How El Niño and the Iran crisis are eroding food security
When shocks intersect.

When crises disappear from view: The growing humanitarian data drought
Risks of missing information.
Events

Will El Niño Move Markets? Assessing the Risks for Global Agriculture
Please type your questions into the chat box with name, affiliation, and country. The event video, presenter slides, and podcast will be available in the days following the event. How will El Niño conditions affect global agricultural production, trade flows, and commodity prices, especially amid overlapping shocks from high energy prices and logistical disruptions? Effects […]

IFPRI @ UN Biodiversity Conference (UNCBD COP 17)
IFPRI is pleased to participate in the 17th UN Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) being held in Yerevan, Armenia from October 19 to October 20, 2026. The UN Biodiversity Conference 2026 will be held in conjunction with the twelfth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on […]

Double exposure: How El Niño and the Iran crisis could reshape food security
Both El Niño and the ongoing crisis in Iran threaten to disrupt the global food system and affect food prices through impacts on agricultural production, energy and fertilizer markets, and trade. National governments and international partners face pressure to respond to effects on global markets and prices, as well as the more immediate shocks to […]
News
IFPRI facilitates access to economic policy modeling to a wider audience with RIAPA.ai
A conversational tool that enables policymakers and researchers to interactively explore how economic shocks and policy changes could affect a country’s economy and examine possible policy and investment responses.
New Global Coalition Calls for Action as Funding for Critical Food and Nutrition Security Data Systems Declines
With a historic El Niño intensifying and global fertilizer supplies disrupted by conflict in the Middle East, the new Intentional Data Community for Food and Nutrition Security aims to help the world anticipate and prevent food and nutrition crises.
From fields to markets: The cost of climate shocks drives up food prices (Al Jazeera)
IFPRI’s Rob Vos explains that high food prices will remain a threat as the effects of climate change continue, particularly through rising temperatures and their impact on agricultural production in many parts of the world.
Projects

High Potential Proteins
Protein has reemerged as an important research and policy priority, driven by concerns about protein quality and adequacy, affordability and access, changing nutritional needs across……

Fairgrounds: The Gateway to FAIR, Collaborative Agricultural Research
Fairgrounds is a collaborative, research platform redefining how agricultural data are accessed, shared, and applied. Built on FAIR principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable), it connects……

Generative AI for Agriculture (GAIA) – Phase I & II
Traditional agricultural advisory services face significant limitations in reaching smallholder farmers with timely, accurate information. Advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) show potential for empowering……




