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After years of giving street vendors free rein, the Zambian government cracked down to stem a cholera epidemic—sparking riots. How to balance basic sanitation with vendors' key economic role.

How should development organizations handle the double burden of malnutrition? An IFPRI discussion on the UN High Level Panel of Experts report, Nutrition and Food Systems.

Establishing the key activities and resources needed for HarvestPlus and its partners to scale up biofortification over the next 5 years, with a vision to reach 1 billion consumers by 2030.

Statement by Shenggen Fan Director General, IFPRI10th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference, Berlin, Germany20 January 2018   Distinguished Ministers and guests, Ladies and gentlemen, First, I would like to commend the agriculture ministers for committing to make livestock production and animal husbandry more sustainable, responsible, and efficient. Taking action on livestock production is critical to support […]

India’s Lok Sabha Television broadcast a panel discussion on expectations of the agriculture sector from the upcoming Union Budget 2018. IFPRI-SAO’s Pramod Joshi, a panelist, outlined a five-pronged strategy for the sector focusing on increasing farm and non-farm income in rural areas; creating rural employment; reducing risk; creating agri-infrastructure; and improving quality of rural life.

A latest report from the Financial Times quotes Purnima Menon in a feature on the complex problem of child malnutrition in India. 

Panelists Moderator This youth-led event featured a multigenerational dialogue about the urgent challenges in expanding opportunities in agriculture for today’s youth, with questions put to high-level experts. What are the best practices that will foster youth buy-in to agriculture? How is globalized communication affecting youth goals? Can youth leadership and cross-sectoral partnerships be strengthened to […]

An approach aimed at supporting smallholders can put them at an economic disadvantage, research shows.

India’s The Wire published an op-ed analyzing the recent state election results tying them to the hunger and malnutrition pockets in the country. The author referred to IFPRI’s Global Hunger Index 2017, the India Health Report 2015, and Transform Nutrition, to argue health security is dismally poor in these states, as nutritious food is not […]

A new report in China Science Daily brings out the negative impacts of climate change on the country's agricultural production, quoting Man Li's research. 

Speaker Moderator This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative agricultural growth rates and land tenure systems, and impact on cereal consumption and […]

IFPRI's Kevin Chen proposes sugar tax to curb sugary drinks' consumption in an interview with China's leading business magazine. 

Co-Organized by IFPRI, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition, City University of London, Rabobank, and EAT Foundation  Continued population growth, climate change, rising obesity, and rapid urbanization make the transformation of the global food system more urgent than ever before. The global food system needs to be transformed into […]

A forum in Dhaka examines the promise and challenges of crop insurance for smallholders as a hedge against growing climate impacts.

Pulses for Nutrition; Africa’s Changing Diet; All Talk & No Trade at WTO; and More

In an interview with CGTN Channel, Shenggen Fan emphasizes policies to address hunger and malnutrition alongside poverty reduction in China. 

IFPRI researchers, Ajmani, Joshi, Kishore, & Roy examine how a decade of sanctions imposed by the US and OECD countries’ impacted Myanmar in light of recent threats to renew restrictions.

Small scale irrigation projects yield agricultural gains—but create unanticipated problems for women farmers in Tanzania.