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In a video interview with CGTN America, Joseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus at IFPRI, explains the dynamics of global food prices. He emphasizes that the FAO Food Price Index measures commodity prices (e.g., grains, meat, vegetable oils) rather than retail food prices. Although commodity prices have generally decreased since their 2022 peaks, retail prices remain high […]

AgriBusiness Global interviewed IFPRI Director General Johan Swinnen in their recent 2025 World Report. Swinnen, along with other experts, provided comments on the challenges and opportunities facing global agriculture. “Policy choices will influence which countries and people are able to participate in and benefit from growth. For those who face barriers to participating, including gender-based […]

Using machine learning to track land use.

Testing reader responses to chatbot- vs. human-written blog posts.

Prioritizing a key form of natural capital.

Helping smallholders build water security.

Assessing impacts of cash transfers.

Managing value chains to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

IFPRI is pleased to participate in the Extraordinary Summit on Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), organized by the African Union Commission and hosted by the Government of Uganda on January 9 to 11, 2025. The summit will focus on adopting the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Strategy and Acton Plan for 2026-2035. This […]

Research can shape a new government’s decision-making.

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 20 December 2024: The Government of Odisha, in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), successfully hosted a Policy Roundtable in the State’s capital. Highlighting Odisha’s journey toward sustainable development, the roundtable provided a platform for regional collaboration, emphasizing opportunities for […]

Assessing impacts of a multi-country project.

Global agricultural markets have been in a constant state of uproar over the past 5 years. Trade wars between major trading nations such as China, US and Australia, supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, crisis in the Middle East and export restrictions have diverted supplies, altered trading patterns, increased price volatility […]

Since its founding in 1975, IFPRI has worked closely with hundreds of partners, including its sister CGIAR centers, around the world to provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. IFPRI’s research has informed important policy, program, and investment decisions and had a positive impact on the lives of many people in low- […]

A path for moving out of poverty.

Moving from assistance to self-sufficiency.

The social costs of calendars.