Publications

Report
Case studies on efforts to digitalize payments in agri-food value chains

Book Chapter
Social protection programs: Building the evidence and defining priorities

Working Paper
Business aspects along the rural-urban continuum, outlet type, and gender of ownership among MSMEs in the Vietnamese food environment
Blogs

Agrifood value chain finance can expand opportunities for smallholders
Building relationships between farmers, buyers, and lenders.

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.
Events

23rd International Congress of Nutrition (ICN)
IFPRI is participating in the 23rd International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), hosted by the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) on August 24-29 in Paris, France. The theme of this year’s congress is “Sustainable Food for Global Health,” bringing together experts to discuss evidence and innovations in nutrition, sustainability, food science, and public health. IFPRI […]

2025 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting
IFPRI is participating in the 2025 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting on July 27– July 29, 2025. The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics. AAEA members are primarily employed by academic departments […]

IFPRI @ CGIAR Science Week
When humanity has faced its greatest challenges, science and innovation have provided solutions. Today, major and connected global challenges threaten the sustainability of food, land, and water systems, with the most vulnerable people and communities at greatest risk. Recognizing the urgency of these challenges, CGIAR and the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) are […]
News
New research initiative for healthy diets in Bangladesh (Dhaka Tribune)
Poor-quality diets are associated with all forms of malnutrition-including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity as well as around 1.1 million premature adult deaths each year. Dhaka Tribune reports on the launch of CGIAR’s Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT). This initiative will work closely with local, national, regional, and […]
Food loss and waste and key to achieving SDG 2
Financial Nigeria published an article on how Nigeria is dealing with food loss and waste. An IFPRI report was quoted about food loss in developing countries. “Food loss during production, trade, and processing tends to outweigh food waste occurring at the retail and consumer stages of the supply chain.”
Great Expectations from Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Thomson Reuters Foundation News published an op-ed by several IFPRI researchers including Gashaw Tadesse Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Alan de Brauw, and Nicholas Minot, who examined the impact of Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative on farmers’ yields to understand how programs can boost wheat yields in underperforming areas.