Food and nutrition security is at the forefront of policy making around the globe. This study focuses on a number of Eurasian countries, namely the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
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Building more inclusive food systems can bring a wide range of economic and development benefits to all people, especially the poor and disadvantaged.
Food systems are at a critical juncture—they are evolving quickly to meet growing and changing demand but are not serving everyone’s needs.
Regional developments
Building inclusive food systems to help reach the goal of ending hunger and malnutrition globally will require innovation and investment at the regional and country levels.
The 2019 Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development (SPEED) database contains public expenditure data for 164 countries from 1980 to 2017 for ten sectors: agriculture, communication, education, defense, health, mining, social prote
This report takes a comprehensive look at agricultural and food systems in member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.
Land reform and child health in the Kyrgyz Republic
Does the establishment of private property rights to land improve child health and nutrition outcomes?
The effects of income fluctuations on rural health and nutrition
This study explores the effects of fluctuations in household income on health and nutrition outcomes from birth to adulthood. We analyze data from a nationally representative, 13 year rolling panel dataset from Kyrgyzstan spanning 2004–2016.
Our working paper, “The Effects of Income Fluctuations on Rural Health and Nutrition,” provides causal evidence on how the income fluctuations poor households confront across the globe influence health and nutrition outcomes across the life cycle.
Agriculture-nutrition linkages, cooking-time, intrahousehold equality among women and children: Evidence from Tajikistan
Household-level agriculture-nutrition linkage (ANL) tends to be strong in a rural subsistence setting with limited access to the food market.
Three new reports from the Asian Development Bank and IFPRI explore strategies for reducing hunger and boosting growth.
IFPRI in Asia
Highlights of IFPRI’s current cutting-edge, policy-relevant research in Central, East, South, and Southeast Asia are featured in this brochure.
Diet quality is closely linked to child growth and development, especially among infants aged 6–23 months who need to complement breastmilk with the gradual introduction of nutrient-rich solid foods.
2018 Annual report
IFPRI’s 2018 Annual Report shares highlights of our work, which together with partners has helped to develop and tailor knowledge to local contexts, build human and institutional capacity, and support development strategies in many countries aroun
2019 Global food policy report: Regional developments: Central Asia
Food security in Central Asia continues to be largely shaped by international commodity markets and developments in the region’s major trading partners.
2019 Global food policy report: Regional developments: Central Asia [in Russian]
Продовольственная безопасность в Центральной Азии по-прежнему во многом определяется международными товарными рынками и событиями в странах, являющи- мися крупнейшими торговыми партнерами этого региона.
The Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development (SPEED) database is a resource of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) that contains information on agricultural and other sectoral public expenditures in 147 count
The Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development (SPEED) database is a resource of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) that contains information on agricultural and other sectoral public expenditures in 147 count
Aspirations and women’s empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Can having higher aspirations, or goals for the future, contribute to the empowerment of women?