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Financial Times published a report on precision farming’s role in increasing agricultural productivity and reducing environmental impacts of farming.
 

Financial Times published an op-ed by Rwanda’s agriculture minister referencing IFPRI's finding that agricultural investments increase GDP. 

As New Delhi faces an ongoing smog emergency, research shows that air pollution harms people's cognition and overall happiness.

Climate programs must take more than just climate into account. A new framework for policy makers.

Soil fertility management not only prevents land degradation, it boosts profits—so why are many African farmers reluctant to adopt it?

Despite the trend toward cash transfers, many countries retain a mix of food assistance programs.

Xiaobo Zhang finds air pollution negatively affects mental health and cognition, raising questions about development efforts focused solely on GDP.

The Economist published a feature examining the impact of a skewed sex ratio on marriages in the Chinese society, leading to high bride prices.

Research in Uganda shows certfication schemes have education and gender equity benefits, but results vary considerably by program.

Quartz Africa published a feature on recent IFPRI research by Nienke Beintema on shrinking gender gap in agricultural research in Africa south of the Sahara.

Bangladesh’s The Financial Express published a detailed feature on the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 in the newspaper’s special edition.

Vice-President of Malawi Saulos Chilima outlines in an op-ed the actions urgently required to move Malawi from food relief to building food system resilience, based on his keynote address at IFPRI's Compact 2025 Forum.

Channel Africa, the radio arm of South Africa Broadcasting Corporation, interviewed Agriculture Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)’s Program Head, Nienke Beintema, on her latest research related to shrinking gender gap in agricultural research in Africa south of the Sahara. In the radio broadcast, Beintema explained despite improvement in number of women joining research in some countries, […]

Anjani Kumar argues in the Hindu that farmer credit expansion in India should focus on boosting banks and financial institutions' outreach. 

Forum on Migration, Trade & the Global Economy In collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Fundación Foro del Sur (FFS) and with the support of the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) is launching the first Forum on Migration, Trade & the Global Economy on December 14, 2017.The Forum aims to facilitate dialogue […]

Speakers Panelists Moderator Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs can improve nutrition outcomes for young children, however documentation of the extent of their effectiveness has been limited. Recent evidence from Burkina Faso published by IFPRI and Helen Keller International (HKI), demonstrated the effectiveness of HKI’s nutrition-sensitive agriculture program for decreasing child anemia, wasting and diarrhea. Although the program […]

Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium Side Events The biennial Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium, organized by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and held alongside the WTO ministerial conference for over a decade, is the leading multi-stakeholder platform for intellectual enquiry and dialogue on sustainable development and the global trade and investment system. It […]

Myanmar Times published an article on the country’s emerging aquaculture economy, on the back of rising fish demand.

As Puerto Rico and other areas hit by recent natural disasters begin the recovery process, research shows that government assistance yields more than just material benefits.

Environmental Science Journal for Kids, an initiative to make climate change and environmental science research accessible to kids and teens, adapted IFPRI’s latest research by Keith Wiebe and Daniel Mason-D’Croz.