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As the fight against hunger has slowed, climate impacts are rising – a discussion.

As cities grow around the world, poor residents face mounting diet-related issues, including obesity.

A new study provides evidence to dispel some popular myths associated with cash transfer programs.

Effective assistance for the poor requires carefully structured, targeted programs sensitive to local conditions.

Research casts light on which forms of antipoverty programs deliver the most impact for the optimal cost.

The new trade agreement between the Canada, Mexico, and the United States looks a lot like its predecessor.

Significant changes in Eurasia’s agri-food systems and regional trade in the 2000s have had major impacts on food and nutrition security.   This seminar will discuss recent developments in the political economy and food and nutrition security policies across six diverse countries in the region—Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—and what the agri-food […]

Addis Ababa, October 24, 2018: After a prolonged period of economic stagnation and decline, African economies have experienced rapid growth over the last two decades. Poverty and malnutrition have fallen steadily during that period. Because of broad deterioration of livelihoods, it will take a longer period of continued growth to pull large segments of the […]

With agriculture in Africa facing many economic and climate uncertainties, cash transfers can help smallholders weather potential shocks.

US and European agricultural policies have evolved over similar paths, shaped by the globalization of agricultural markets, consumer interests, environmental pressures, fiscal constraints, and World Trade Organization disciplines. As the US debates the 2018 Farm Bill and the EU debates a future Common Agricultural Policy for 2020, what can we expect for the future of agricultural […]

A new study reveals alarming risks from smog.

Devex released a news article about the controversial statistics of the most recent human capital index that India rejected.  Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon was quoted in the article stressing the importance of the human capital index.

Reuters published a news feature on the NutriFish 1000 campaign that aims to improve family nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life by getting pregnant women and children to eat small fish.  The article quoted Director General Shenggen Fan, who busting the commonplace myth that small fish is waste, said that with small fish, […]

Reuters published a news feature on young entrepreneurs in African agriculture.  The article quoted Ousmane Badiane who pointed to the opening of several agri-business opportunities for the young, such as servicing farm machinery and operating equipment for processing, packaging and distribution.

China’s CGTN America interviewed IFPRI’s Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division Rob Vos in a World Food Day TV segment about the double burden of nutrition plaguing developing countires in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The Hill published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Jospeh Glauber who summarized the pros and cons of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement for agriculture producers and consumers. 

South Africa’s Channel Africa Radio interviewed Katrina Kosec on her new research that found domestic migration in Pakistan lowers happiness despite increase in income.  In the interview, Kosec pointed out migrants suffer an emotional setback due to a rising gap between their aspirations and their actual accumulation of assets.

UK’s The Telegraph published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang who detailed his landmark study of air pollution and the cumulative impact it has on men and women’s cognitive functioning.