Publications

Opinion Piece
How good are livestock statistics in Africa?

Brief
Rethinking delivery modalities in conflict-affected settings: Why beneficiaries in Sudan prefer digital transfers

Book Chapter
Fragility and conflict: Addressing crises and building resilient food systems
Blogs

How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia
Typical survey methods significantly undercount the actual numbers.

Unleashing the potential of Generation Z for food system transformation in Africa
A new research agenda.

Grappling with compounding crises in domestic fertilizer markets in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
Local effects of global shocks persist.
Events

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 […]

The Future of Youth Jobs in Agrifood Systems in Africa
Africa’s population is the youngest of any region, affording the continent an adequate workforce to drive economic and social transformation. However, African economies are finding it difficult to create employment opportunities for this “youth bulge”—opportunities that are needed to advance on SDG target 8.6 to substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education […]

Fertilizer, soil health, and economic shocks: Policy lessons learned from recent events
Join us for a discussion of key findings from a recent special issue of Food Policy exploring the complex interactions between fertilizer use, soil health management, and economic shocks in various agricultural systems. Governments around the world have long implemented policies to enhance agricultural productivity through inorganic fertilizer application and soil management, yet recent global […]
News
New special issue of Food Policy examines fertilizer and soil health policies in the wake of global crises
Key findings were presented and discussed during the IFPRI policy seminar on June 11.
Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious threat to Egypt – the world’s largest wheat importer (The Conversation)
The Conversation published an op-ed by IFPRI researchers, Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, David Laborde Debucquet, Joseph Glauber, and Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah. The authors write that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could create a global food security crisis. It is disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major exporting regions. This threatens to drive […]