Agrifood systems today are far more interconnected and their future less certain than ever before. Decision-makers — both public and private — need advance information to understand agrifood systems’ growing complexity, to navigate climate uncertainty and frequent crises, and to manage trade-offs between competing interests and development goals. The Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit’s research situates agrifood systems within global and local economies, environments, and development processes. It uses innovative analytical tools to anticipate trends at global, national, and local scales, and develops metrics to track socioeconomic and environmental outcomes at system and household levels. The Unit’s partnerships with national research institutes around the world ensure that local knowledge, modeling capabilities, and research are collectively shared, and that decision-makers have access to improved data and analytics to help them identify technologies, policies, and investments that can drive inclusive and sustainable agricultural transformation.

Predecessor IFPRI Division page is available at :

• DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE (DSGD)
• ENVIRONMENT AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY (EPTD)