IFPRI Projects

Programs targeting women designed to improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes in Africa and Asia.

The IFPRI-ICAR project consists of research collaboration; training and capacity strengthening; and policy communication.

Designed around the scale-up of the Soutenir l’Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale (SELEVER) project in Burkina Faso.

InovAgro provides recommendations to MSD practitioners and SDC of how to improve and strengthen the monitoring and evaluation system of future MSD projects, and influence the design of future agricultural policies in Mozambique.

This project studied the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on eight food value chains in three countries: okra, tomatoes, and dairy in Burkina Faso; maize and dairy in Uganda; and rice, fish, and shrimp in Bangladesh. The project carried out two rounds of a survey of small-scale farmers and small […]

The benefits of irrigation go beyond impacts on yields, with large potential benefits for nutrition security, health, and women’s empowerment.

Smallholder farmers in developing countries face substantial constraints that limit their ability to reach their production potential. One such constraint is credit; Smallholders and other agricultural value chain participants frequently cannot access credit necessary to invest in new crops or technologies, deal with risks and shocks, and safely carry wealth […]

Globally, 49 million children suffer from acute malnutrition, also referred to as wasting (weight-for length Z-scores (WLZ) < -2). Acute malnutrition kills 875,000 children under the age of five annually. The Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), endorsed by the World Health Organization, is a life-saving strategy that allows treating […]

The Integrated Project on Agricultural Growth in the Great Lakes region (PICAGL) aims to increase agricultural productivity and marketing of four value chains (cassava, rice, milk, and fish), and improve regional integration in the agricultural sector. The project is implemented in the provinces of South Kivu and Tanganyika, particularly along […]

The Integrated Food Policy and Research Program combines policy research with capacity strengthening to tackle all four aspects of food security – availability, access, utilization, and stability – in a holistic and sustainable approach