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Modern Ghana reported on what role research can play in accelerating progress on gender equality. Research, such as Feed the Future, IFPRI, and the OPHI Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) can support the development of metrics to measure change in gender equality and the empowerment of women. WEAI  measures different aspects of empowerment including changes […]

Livestock Data for Decisions published an article on research, data collection, and the gender gap. The livestock data gap is slowly narrowing, but an enormous chasm still exists for data around women in livestock that has hindered essential progress. An innovative tool, developed by USAID (Feed the Future), the International Food Policy Research Institute, and OPHI, […]

FoodTank reported on IFPRI’s new Global Foresight for Food and Agriculture tool that predicts the future effects of today’s development investments in the food system. Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division Director Rob Vos and Senior Research Fellow Keith Wiebe explain the tool, “Foresight tools like this allow us to explore a wide range of possible […]

Mizzima published an article on a two-day conference that was held in Yangon, Myanmar to share knowledge & more rapidly reduce hunger and malnutrition in that country & throughout Asia. Xinshen Diao, co-leader of ReSAKSS-Asia, a regional knowledge-sharing network facilitated by IFPRI said, “We have examples of policies and programs from throughout Asia that have […]

Researchers and policy makers must collaborate to implement a national strategic plan.

Lack of harmonized standards and certification issues that increase transaction costs plague India’s FTAs.

Why addressing micronutrient deficiency must cut across diverse sectors and policies – a discussion.

The Inter-American Development Bank must revise its strategy to address broad regional and global challenges.

If it happens, a global economic slowdown would hit the poor in developing countries particularly hard.

The IADB's unique role in Latin America and the Caribbean—and the world.

Averting a global food security crisis precipated by the COVID-19 epidemic will require monitoring food prices, ensuring global and local food chains function properly, innovating ways to keep sales growing, and keeping trade open.  

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group works to accelerate the global transition to sustainable practices in all sectors. AFD’s work focuses on climate, biodiversity, peace, education, urban development, health, and governance with over 4,000 projects in 115 countries.

The Global Resilience Partnership is an organization spearheaded by The Rockefeller Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It works to build resilience in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. The Global Resilience Partnerships works to identify capacity gaps, advance data-driven analytics and measurements, design and test […]

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is the arm of the World Bank Group that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to promote public private partnerships in developing countries. The IFC was established in 1956 to advance global development by investing in for-profit and commercial projects to promote economic growth and poverty reduction.

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was established in 2006 as an African-led and Africa-based organization to put smallholder farmers at the center of Africa’s growing economy. AGRA works with stakeholders to transform subsistence agricultural practices to sustainable sources of income for smallholder farmers.

March 5, 2020 From: James Clarke, HeadFacilities  Many of us are monitoring the coronavirus situation and making assessments. Currently, prevention is of high importance and our foremost priority in our commitment to the health and safety of our staff and their families. IFPRI and other tenants at Headquarters are following recommended best practices committed to everyone’s […]

The Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) offers insights into women's empowerment, agriculture, nutrition, and health.

The Conversation featured an op-ed by Research Fellow Mulubrhan Amare on avocados in Kenya and how to increase export production. Amare with co-authors found in a recent study that exporting more of Kenya’s avocado production could raise the incomes of Kenyan smallholder farmers. But, to do so, programs and policymakers need to reduce the barriers […]

The Impakter reported on the importance of managing water more sustainably. The article wrote that by 2050, thirsty croplands could become a barrier to food security. World Resources Institute’s new tool, Our new tool, Aqueduct Food, maps current and future water risks to crop production using data from WRI’s Aqueduct platform and IFPRI.

Bangla Tribune reported on the poultry industry including production and consumption of eggs. Due to rise of the price of raw materials, advance income tax and corporate tax, the poultry industry is in jeopardy. Poultry businessmen have requested tax exemption till 2030. An IFPRI study about egg consumption stated that an adult person should consume […]