Publications
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Achieving sustainability and scalability of a large-scale prenatal cash and food transfer intervention in Bangladesh
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The cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating wasting prevention into screening in facility- and community-based platforms in Burkina Faso and Mali
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Can Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) improve child growth and development? A critical review of the epidemiological foundations
Blogs
Evaluating impacts: Lessons from food systems interventions across Africa and Asia
Transforming food systems is promising but complex, requiring strong evidence and rigorous evaluations to ensure effective interventions.
Can child wasting be prevented in times of crisis? Evidence from Burundi
Positive results from the Tubaramure program suggest lessons for COVID-19 responses and future crises.
The cost of improving nutritional outcomes through food aid programs: Is more and longer better?
Evidence shows that these programs can work, but are the costs reasonable?
Events
NUTRITION 2024: Where the best in science & health meet
IFPRI is pleased to participate in the NUTRITION 2024 conference. The conference program will feature scientific symposia and educational sessions, unpublished oral research study presentations, poster sessions and flash talks. As well as award lectures delivered by distinguished leaders, professional and career development opportunities, and events with ASN’s vibrant scientific communities known as Groups Engaging […]
2024 Global Food Policy Report LAC: Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition
Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity. At the same time, our food systems contribute about a third of greenhouse gas emissions and degrade natural resources. The 2024 Global Food Policy Report examines policies, innovations, and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and […]
Can Sustainable Livestock Systems and Alternative Proteins Address the Climate Crisis?
Virtual Event: November 7, 2023 – 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM EDT. This CGIAR seminar will delve into the report’s findings and recommendations around livestock and alternative proteins, and identify promising initiatives and technologies that can be pursued in order to advance on three priorities outlined in the Agricultural Breakthrough report.
News
Covid-19 and the irreversible marks undernutrition will leave in its wake (Poshan Outlook)
Poshan Outlook (India) published an op-ed by Poverty, Heath, and Nutrition Division Director Marie Ruel and Senior Research Fellow, Jef Leroy that stated one of the key objectives of India’s Covid-19 mitigation efforts is to prevent child undernutrition now rather than to treat it later, without compromising on maternal, child health and nutrition services. What started as a health crisis has developed into a […]
Guatemalans grew an inch in half a century (Prensa Libre)
Guatemala’s Prensa Libre reported on the recent finding that Guatemalan women’s average height has increased an average of one centimeter over the past fifty years, making them the shortest female population in the world. The article explained the connections between stature and other indicators of health and quality of life and quoted Senior Research Fellow […]