The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, along with other African countries, have recognized and prioritized the agriculture sector as key to overall economic growth, poverty reduction, and enhancing food security and have acco
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As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand for food, placing additional pressure on sustainable food production.
The primary objective of this study is to analyse the impact of possible changes in EU biofuels trade policies on global agricultural production and the environmental performance of the EU biofuel policy as concretised in the RED.
IFPRI's Strategy for Asia
In the global scenario, Asia—comprising East Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia and part of Europe, and South Asia—accounts for 59 percent of the population, contributes 15 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP), and is home to more th
IFPRI's Strategy for Africa
In January 2007, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) published its first Africa Strategy, the first of any region.
Reducing malnutrition, including undernutrition (insufficient calorie intake) and micronutrient deficiencies (insufficient intake of vitamins and minerals) is a high priority for Malawi and many developing country governments, closely linked to ac
Poverty and nutrition policy analysis
Poverty and malnutrition in Nigeria are widespread and severe, and therefore continue to be at the center stage of the development discourse.
After 30 years of dynamic growth and substantial poverty reduction in Asia, do agriculture and rural development still have a role to play in that region? The policy briefs in this collection provide abundant evidence that they do.
Growth options and poverty reduction in Ethiopia
"This study assesses which agricultural subsectors have the strongest capacity to drive economic growth and poverty reduction in Ethiopia, and what kind of agricultural and nonagricultural growth is needed to achieve the millennium developmen
Smallholder African agriculture
In contrast to uniformly pessimistic assessments about Sub-Saharan Africa’s (hereafter Africa) ability to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), this paper examines recent trends in poverty, malnutrition, and growth to delineate where the c
Key findings of this report show that much progress has been made towards the goal of ending hunger.