The spread of COVID-19, and the range of policy responses to contain the pandemic, exert wide-ranging effects on agri-food systems and livelihoods.

Highlights of IFPRI’s current cutting-edge, policy-relevant research in Central, East, South, and Southeast Asia are featured in this brochure.

IFPRI IN AFRICA: For more than 40 years, IFPRI has worked with partners in Africa at the country, regional, and continental levels to provide cutting-edge, policy-relevant research on food and nutrition security for policy makers, development part

IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019.

Investing in three aspects of governance, examined in this chapter, is critical for rural revitalization. First, appropriate and predictable laws and regulations are fundamental to economic growth and development.

Depuis plus de 40 ans, l’IFPRI réalise en Afrique, avec ses partenaires à l’échelle nationale, régionale et continentale, des recherches de pointe relatives aux stratégies politiques sur la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, à l’intention des

This chapter first reviews the relationship between governance systems and processes (at various levels) and the nutrition sensitivity of agri-food systems, before reviewing the role of leadership in orienting such systems toward nutrition goals.

This chapter discusses the linkages between agriculture, food, and nutrition in China.

Agriculture's vast potential to improve nutrition is just beginning to be tapped.

After experiencing significant negative external shocks beginning in late 2014, the Central Asian countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—began to enjoy more favorable external economic conditions in late 2016.

Страны Центральной Азии — Казахстан, Кыргызстан, Таджикистан, Туркменистан и Узбекистан — столкнулись со значительными негативными внешними экономическими потрясениями в период с конца 2014 года, однако к концу 2016 года оказались в более благопри

2017 год был отмечен ростом неопределенности на фоне неоднозначных признаков прогресса.

The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.

2017年，全球在取得不同方面进展的同时，各种不确定因素亦日趋增加。尽管世界经济复苏强劲，持续的冲突、饥荒及难民危机却导致全球饥饿人口增加。同时，在反全球化思潮的冲击下，全球格局呈现出复杂多变的态势，国际贸易和投资以及人口与知识的流动均受到阻碍。虽然在过去几十年里全球一体化加速推进了消除贫困和营养不良的进程，然而随着美国从多项重要国际协议中退出、英国退欧以及许多国家反移民言论的抬头，全球一体化进程开始出现倒退。

The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.

Une incertitude croissante et des signes de progrès contrastés ont marqué l’année 2017.

IFPRI's IMPACT model allows policy makers, analysts, and civil society to explore future scenarios for food security—including the impact of climate change on agricultural production and hunger—through an integrated system of linked economic, clim

The Global Hunger Index tracks progress in reducing hunger at the global and country levels.

Total factor productivity (TFP) provides a measure of the efficiency of agricultural production, allowing for comparisons across time and across countries.