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Time for a dramatic, system-wide transformation to make rural areas more productive, sustainable, climate-resilient, healthy, and attractive places to live.

Explore IFPRI’s annual flagship report, the 2019 Global Food Policy Report, highlights, videos, and more.

How China can leverage its strong position in the global trading system to boost world food security.

IFPRI is participating extensively in the Seeds of Change conference— the first international conference on gender equality through agricultural research for development. This interdisciplinary conference brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields of social science and agriculture focusing on food/commodity/cash crops, subsistence/semi-subsistence sectors, supply chains, climate, forestry, fisheries, and water management. The conference is jointly funded […]

The below facts and figures can be of use for reporting on issues on the challenges and opportunities of rural revitalization. The 2019 Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address the crisis in rural areas. Policies, institutions, and investments that take advantage of new opportunities and technologies, increase access to […]

A new research center in Wuhan and other opportunities to study agriculture and development in China and elsewhere.

Washington, D.C.: Marked by deepening cycle of hunger and malnutrition, persistent poverty, limited economic opportunities, and environmental degradation, rural areas continue to be in a state of crisis in many parts of the world, threatening to slow the progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, global climate targets, and improved food and nutrition security, according to […]

Already well-off farmers—typically younger men—are able to invest in and benefit from irrigation technologies. But what about women and other less-privileged farmers?

Ghana's agricultural transformation is considered a African success story. But how it is it affecting the diets of farm households? 

How best to secure land tenure for pastoralists is an ongoing challenge for governments, practitioners, lawyers, academics, and communities themselves. As a result, pastoral lands continue to be encroached, fragmented, excised, and lost whilst all important mobility of people and livestock is blocked. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) supported by two CGIAR research programs: […]

A recap of the latest IFPRI events with links to blogs, podcasts, and more. February 01 – March 14, 2019

As it mounts a major public health initiative, Egypt faces the complex problem of addressing hunger and undernutrition along with overweight and obesity.

The recent report's implications for the fight against malnutrition and for building sustainable food systems in Bangladesh.

Shahidur Rashid explains why the Nigerian government or donor support of the commodity exchange is important to realize sufficient trade volumes (Nigeria's Punch).

Finland’s YLE released an article highlighting the country’s gluten-free crop, teff, gaining traction as a superfood, essential ingredient, and top export. Senior Research Fellow Bart Minten and Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen were interviewed in the article, cautioning major exportation of the crop as it would increase domestic prices for Ethiopians.

This event will cover the thematic areas covered under the Panel’s first three reports and bring together members of the Panel to present the key findings and recommendations, and to exchange with the experts at the AfDB. They will also discuss the way forward regarding the appropriation of the outcome of the reports by policy […]

Incentives that hold teachers accountable for achievement can increase educational attainment when paired with adequate instructional resources, research shows.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8:00 – 8:45 AM (EDT) Teleconference via Skype for Business (free of charge). Click here to join the call (link live on March 27) You will need to install a Skype for Business Plug-in on your browser or be dialed into the call.Connection instructions are available here. Click here to RSVP or for help […]

Research in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania points the way to addressing gender imbalances in irrigation and agriculture.