Publications
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Gender disparities in food shopping patterns: Evidence from rural Bangladesh, India, and Nepal
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Journal Article
A multi-sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school-age children in rural Nepal
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Consumption, sources, and perceptions of unhealthy foods Among adults and adolescents in rural South Asia
Datasets
Dataset
COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Nepal, Round 3
Dataset
COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Nepal, Round 2
Dataset
COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Nepal, Round 4
Blogs
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Reviving public extension for climate-resilient agriculture: Lessons and insights from India, Indonesia, and Nepal
Integrating reforms with global goals.
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Informal trade in agricultural commodities along the Nepal-India border
New customs duties reverberate in communities.
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India’s edible oil imports from Nepal: Policy implications of current tariffs and free trade agreements
Explaining a case of tariff arbitrage.
Events
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South Asia Launch | Nepal | 2024 Global Food Policy Report: Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition
Despite significant progress in addressing hunger and undernutrition in the early 2000s, malnutrition, in all its forms, remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets remain the primary drivers of many forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and diet- related noncommunicable diseases. Today, the number of people […]
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Assessing Progress toward Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Development Projects
Hybrid Event: September 19, 2023 – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM CEST. This event will provide a platform for implementers and partners to discuss approaches that have worked to empower women across projects and identify implications for future programming and scaling up.
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2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses South Asia Launch and Panel Discussion
Event: June 19, 2023 – 09:30 AM to June 20, 2023 – 06:00 PM Nepal time. The 2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Response looks at the critical tools and approaches needed for better crisis response. The chapter on South Asia considers how crises have affected the region in recent years and how these developments signal new challenges and opportunities.
News
IFPRI: Rethink food crisis responses (Dhaka Tribune)
“The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has called upon countries to rethink food crisis responses and build a resilient system that can withstand frequent volatility and shocks,” Dhaka Tribune writes in a piece about the South Asia launch of the 2023 Global Food Policy Report. IFPRI has identified trade and safety net programs as […]
Building popular support for post-conflict constitutions: Lessons from Nepal (The Brookings Institution)
“In early 2023, the United Nations announced that the world is facing the highest number of violent conflicts since World War II, with a majority of these being civil conflicts. Historically, ending civil conflict and fostering democratic transitions has involved constitutional reforms that address the grievances that originally sparked violence,” write IFPRI research fellow Jordan Kyle and […]
Recalibrate BIMSTEC (Hindu Business Line)
In an op-ed published by Hindu Business Line, IFPRI South Asia’s Devesh Roy, Shahidur Rashid, and Mamata Pradhan write, “Trade and investment are major instruments to attain food security across the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member-states, particularly in a climate-affected, post-pandemic world. However, trade and market integration is an area where the […]