Blogs

Four lessons for financial innovation in agrifood systems
Digital apps and other approaches for modernizing value chains.

Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day: Lessons from research on the food environment in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Viet Nam
Keys to improving diets and nutrition.

World Food Safety Day 2024: Empowering consumers and small businesses with information
Targeting interventions to benefit public health.
Events

10th annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week
IFPRI is participating in the 10th annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week from June 16-26, 2025. The ANH Academy Week is a series of annual events that bring together the community of researchers, practitioners and policymakers working at the intersection of agriculture, food systems, nutrition and health. The objective of the ANH Academy […]

A Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price Controls
Virtual IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: October 18, 2023 at 9:00am-10:30am EDT. At an August meeting of ASEAN countries, leaders committed to maintain an unimpeded flow of agricultural products and refrain from using “unjustified” trade barriers. However, these commitments may be undermined by a strengthening El Niño in the Pacific, which threatens to cut the rice production of key Asian suppliers and push prices sharply higher. This webinar will provide a brief update on the global rice situation.

Nudging for Good: AI driven diagnostics and behavior change to improve diets and nutrition
Virtual Event: July 28, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM EDT. This seminar will launch the FRANI app and discuss the results of new dietary assessment technologies and perspectives on the way forward for technology-assisted diet assessment.
News
New app develop to improve dietary assessment in Ghana (News Ghana)
The Food Recognition Assistance and Nudging Insights (FRANI) App, developed in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Plant Village, and Penn State University is a new artificial intelligence (A.I.)-assisted mobile phone application, which seeks to fill in gaps in knowledge regarding foods and tracking food-group consumption, providing diet-related statistics, and gamified nudges […]
ASEAN countries discuss response to food security concerns (Vietnam Plus)
Vietnam Plus published an article about the collaborative forum held to discuss food systems. IFPRI and SEARCA sponsored the event. One discussion was about how with rapid development and transformation of food systems, ASEAN countries have made significant progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on ending hunger and food insecurity, and malnutrition. However, […]
Together, we will transform green, clean and sustainable agriculture (Nong Nghiep)
Nong Nghiep published an article stating that during the visit to the United States by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with two international organizations: IFPRI and WWF. Vietnam has always attached great importance to national agricultural and food policies to promote innovation in agricultural technology, develop sustainable solutions for poverty alleviation, green […]