The coronavirus pandemic has upended local, national, and global food systems, and put the Sustainable Development Goals further out of reach. But lessons from the world’s response can help address future shocks and contribute to change.
Building more inclusive food systems can bring a wide range of economic and development benefits to all people, especially the poor and disadvantaged.
IFPRI authors Ousmane Badiane and Katrin Glatzel, & colleagues present key challenges for Africa's smallholder farmers and the concepts & practices of Sustainable Intensification in a Cornell University Press book.
This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture. Apart from looking at the role of water and sanitation for human well-being…
A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish valu…
The current publication intends to add to the understanding of the potential role that smallholders and the institutional and market environment play in a sustainable transformation of the agriculture sector in Niger. The first six chapters look at var…
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can play an important role in addressing the interlinked challenges of food security and climate change.
This book is devoted to the complex relationship between the global trading system and food security, focusing on two important elements: the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and how food price volatility can be managed, or not, through trade instruments
Historically, agriculture has been crucial to Pakistan’s economic growth and development and remains so even today. The sector employs almost half of the country’s labor force, supplies key inputs to the country’s manufacturing sector, generates a sign…