There are no longer two types of countries in the world. The old division into industrialized and developing countries has been replaced by 192 countries on a continuum of socio-economic development.
Chair: Shenggen Fan, IFPRI
Including agriculture in the international climate change negotiations leading up to the meeting of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP-15) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December 2009 is essential if fu
As part of its continuing efforts to facilitate international consultation on the needed actions to address this challenge, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) organized a one-day regional dialogue on “Renewed Policy Action fo
The first Uganda Strategy Support Program (USSP) workshop will bring together key stakeholders in the agriculture sector of Uganda and in public sector planning agencies to discuss the current knowledge base for agricultural development, and futur
Strengthening local capacities and institutions remains a major challenge for the effective design and implementation of agricultural and rural development programs and policies in developing countries.
Co-sponsored by the Global Development Network (GDN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), World Bank Institute (WBI), and IFPRI.
Three quarters of the world’s poor are farmers in developing countries.
Although the Democratic Republic of Congo has long been known for its abundance of natural resources, especially its mineral riches, little attention has been given to the country’s vast, but untapped, agricultural potential.
Property rights, whether individual, collective or customary, have the potential to significantly increase productivity and thus can have impact on food security and prices.
he majority of the world’s poor people depend on agricultural production to sustain their livelihoods and those of their children.
The purpose of this workshop is to present the findings and discuss the policy implications of a longitudinal study which IFPRI, CPRC and DATA conducted during the past thirty months.
The seminar will analyze the political economy of two fields of agricultural policy in India: fertilizer supply and electricity supply for groundwater irrigation.
Biofortified crops offer a rural-based intervention that, by design, initially reach these more remote populations, which comprise a majority of the undernourished in many countries, and then extend to urban populations as production surpluses are
This presentation features an innovative initiative to improve governance for agricultural and allied development.
Imagine eating foods without absorbing harmful allergens and cholesterol into your body. Imagine farmlands in developing countries with environmental sensors that automatically release pesticides and fertilizers only when absolutely necessary.
Ruth Meinzen-Dick, a senior research fellow in IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology Division and chair of IFPRI’s Gender Task Force, launched the seminar by noting that gender analysis has been largely absent from discussions of the curre