Publications
Brief
From promises to action: Strengthening global commitments to fight hunger and food insecurity
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Fritschel, HeidiBook Chapter
Improved governance: Creating supportive environments for diet and nutrition policies
Working Paper
The enabling environment for large-scale food fortification in Madagascar
Blogs
Global Food Policy Report 2024: Improving governance to create supportive environments for diet and nutrition policies
Key steps to strengthen institutions and relationships
Urgent need to strengthen local governance for improved urban agrifood systems
Insights from the new report by the UN High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition.
The political economy of reforming costly agricultural policies
The diverse benefits of repurposing support programs.
Events
Debt Distress and the Right to Food in Africa
More than half of low-income countries are at risk of debt distress or have already defaulted. The debt crisis, while exacerbated by recent crises, has been looming for several years. According to the United Nations, 3.3 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest repayments than on education or health, and in […]
Tackling the Hidden Costs of our Food Systems
Hybrid Event: June 6, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. This event will have a discussion on the hidden costs of food systems and the remedies to reduce economic burdens, while moving toward more sustainable, health-promoting, and socially inclusive food systems.
2024 Global Food Policy Report: Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take?
Hybrid Event: May 29, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets, presents evidence-based policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition.
News
Global crisis: 1.7 billion people in urban and peri-urban areas face food insecurity
New UN report highlights urgent need to strengthen urban and peri-urban food systems for global food security and nutrition.
What’s driving the farmer protests sweeping Europe? (CNN)
Senior research fellow Danielle Resnick was interviewed by CNN on the reasons behind farmers’ protests throughout Europe. Resnick says, “These protests reflect some complex political economy dynamics, especially as European governments are trying to navigate the fiscal and climate crisis. Farmers have a lot of grievances, but one that they noted was their own returns on investment has really shifted over […]
Political economy considerations for transforming food systems: A new book explores pathways to progress
September 29, 2023, Washington D.C. – The current state of the global food system is increasingly being acknowledged as unsustainable, with far-reaching consequences for the environment and public health. The new book The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World, co-edited by Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen and published […]