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RCC is a linked or bundled financial product that incorporates insurance protection, providing a risk-efficient balance between business and financial risks. When triggered, the insurance offsets payments due to the lender.

Lessons on collaborative research from an IFPRI-SNV partnership working in six countries.

On July 23, 2019, the Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are co-organizing an interactive review of changes of selected indicators from 2011/12 baseline to 2018/19 endline for the Feed the Future (FTF) Zone of Influence, using data from two rounds of PRSSP’s Bangladesh Integrated Household […]

Uzbekistan’s Kun.uz conducted an interview with Director General Shenggen Fan on the occasion of his visit to Tashkent for the 2019 Global Food Policy Report launch. Fan outlined the purpose of his visit to Uzbekistan, namely to create opportunities for IFPRI to support the government in its development and implementation of an agricultural strategy as […]

India’s Scroll.in reported on an IFPRI study that found child marriages and underage pregnancies contribute to the country’s malnourishment problem. The article quoted Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon who noted that babies born to teenage mothers are at a much greater risk of being malnourished, while their mothers were more likely to be underweight and […]

Devex reported on IFPRI’s new issue brief on the forcibly displaced Rohingya. The article described the key takeaways from the brief and policy seminar held on July 10th, including the degree of Cox’s Bazar’s dependency on food aid and child malnutrition, and quoted Nonresident Fellow John Hoddinott explaining that while nutrition has improved since 2017, […]

A study in Bihar and Odisha shows the promise of biofortification in targeting micronutrient deficiency.

Asian News International (ANI) reported on the findings of a new study on the impact of climate fluctuations on global crop yields. The article described the key findings of the study, including projected variability in corn, wheat, and soy production, and quoted Senior Research Fellow Liangzhi You who noted that greater uncertainty in climate drivers means […]

Malnutrition Among Rohingyas; Palm Oil Dilemma; Better Water Management; and More

The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s report, “Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains” shows what can be done to sustainably mechanize African agriculture to increase production and enhance value addition across value chain segments. The report summarizes the findings of a systematic analysis of what countries have done right in terms of policy design, institutional innovation and interventions […]

Washington D.C.: The El Niño-Southern Oscillation has been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and other partners. This finding runs counter to a central pillar of the global […]

Reuters published an opinion piece by IFPRI Research Analyst Smriti Verma and Research Fellow Anjani Kumar in which the authors argued that biofortified staple crops may be key to ending rural malnutrition in India. Verma and Kumar described the severity of rural malnutrition and nutritional insecurity, including micronutrient deficiency resulting from low fruit, vegetable and […]

IFPRI is participating in the 2019 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level. It is being convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social […]

SciDev.Net reported on the stagnation of progress towards achieving the sustainable development goal of zero hunger (SDG 2) in the Asia Pacific region and FAO’s assessment of the problem based on its June conference. The article described the range of challenges for improving food security and nutrition in the region and quoted IFPRI Director General […]

Approximately 80 percent of the population in PNG is semi-dependent on subsistence agriculture, however limited economic analysis exists to inform policy priorities aimed at sustainable growth and poverty reduction in rural areas. Renewed efforts to inform overall agricultural production and resilience in Papua New Guinea have taken place over the last several years. This workshop […]

India’s Business Standard reported on the potential for investing in women’s nutrition to boost the country’s economy by up to $46 billion. The article described the state of women’s, and consequently children’s, malnourishment in India and referenced an IFPRI study by Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon and Research Fellows Rasmi Avula and Samuel Scott that […]

Bangladesh’s Daily Star reported on the country’s shrinking public investment in the agricultural sector based on the proposed 2019-2020 budget. The article quoted Senior Research Fellow and Bangladesh Country Representative Akhter Ahmed explaining that the pace of poverty reduction is slowing because of falling agricultural growth, and that new investments are needed—especially in crop improvement […]

Aid efforts have averted a potential humanitarian disaster. Needed now – a long-term solution.

The Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the ILSI Research Foundation are co-organizing the symposium Addressing Water Variability and Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Research at IFPRI’s headquarters in Washington, DC. Presentations will focus on new technologies that are being developed and/or applied to mitigate the impacts of water […]