IFPRI commissioned a study to assess the country programs (CPs) performance, identify factors important to their achievements, and draw lessons about how to make them more impactful in the future.
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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) introduced a decentralization strategy over 15 years ago that has relied heavily on outposting of staff to developing countries to work more closely with national and regional partners.
As the two case studies suggest, STI impact is highly context-specific, and must often adapt to a changing decision-making milieu.
There is a low number of studies on the impact of policy oriented research (PORIA) and an even lower number of those that undertake a quantitative assessment of impacts.
Policy influence and impact
IFPRI has conducted research on social protection (SP) issues since 2000, building on its earlier work on understanding the determinants of poverty and malnutrition and the linkages between them.
Impacts of IFPRI’s 2020 conference May 2014 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Synopsis of the full report.
Synopsis of the full report
Synopsis of the full report
While famines and other episodes of severe hunger receive significant press coverage and attract much public attention, chronic hunger and malnutrition are considerably more prevalent in Africa.
"On average, a typical developing country in Africa is assisted by about 30 aid institutions in the implementation of development strategies, yet Africa is still far from achieving food and nutrition security.
What can be done to increase the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa? This brief advocates a two-pronged approach.
"Advocates of reforms in land rights and land markets frequently posit two important hypotheses: (1) African countries must grant land titles to farmers because titles increase land tenure security and facilitate access to input, land, and fi
"The premise of a rights-based approach to ensuring adequate food is empowering poor people and those who are food insecure.
L’augmentation de la productivité agricole et de la sécurité alimentaire ne peut se concevoir sans l’aide de technologies nouvelles et améliorées ainsi que de leur large dissémination, processus qui empruntera la voie des institutions de recherche