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Public interest news outlet India Spend ran a front page feature news story on IFPRI’s 2017 Global Food Policy Report. The story highlights the malnutrition challenges India faces as populations increasingly move from rural to urban areas in the coming decades.

To mark World Water Day March 22, a look at how experimental games can help farmers understand—and sustain—groundwater resources.

Speakers: Moderator: The world is rapidly urbanizing.  How does this affect hunger and malnutrition?  IFPRI’s 2017 Global Food Policy Report takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities of urbanization for food security and nutrition. Critical questions addressed in this Report include:

India’s Business Standard reported on a chief ministerial candidate in Punjab’s promise of farm debt waivers for drought-stricken Punjabi farmers, quoting IFPRI South Asia Director PK Joshi for analysis. “Given that in the last two years there has been a drought in North India, the new state government should consider such a relief but should […]

The complex requirements of international treaties are an increasing drag on the global cooperation that agricultural research depends on.

An IFPRI seminar and a new book explore the changing role of food subsidies in Egypt's struggle with food security.

This workshop is jointly organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI’s) Strengthening Institutions and Governance (SIG) group and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI. High quality rural governance has the potential to significantly improve the productivity and welfare of the poor—70 percent of whom live in […]

In a story for NPR’s All Things Considered, Joe Glauber cautioned how dire and inaccurate warnings about the perils of trade can worry U.S. farmers who benefit from access to export markets. “They get concerned when they read reports that Mexico now is looking for potentially alternative sources of supply for soybeans and corn,” he […]

There are difficult tradeoffs in sustainable development and disaster mitigation. Identifying shared risks across sectors can help address problems before disaster strikes.

On November 4, 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) hosted a seminar on The Present and Future of the Agricultural Mechanization in Latin America. The event brought together experts from different fields to discuss the current situation of agricultural mechanization in Latin America, particularly […]

A look at IFPRI's Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project, which aims to identify actions and investments that will help to improve nutrition and empower women.

In an opinion piece on the importance of infrastructure improvements for rural economic growth and development, Professor of Economics at Jahangirnagar University Abdul Bayes cites the importance of research from IFPRI, and quotes former IFPRI Director General John Mellor.

In an interview with Devex, new IFPRI board member Marcos Jank spoke about how the development community can support agricultural-product exporting countries to address the growing challenge of protectionism.

In a report on higher-than expected economic growth in India’s agriculture sector, the Business Standard quoted IFPRI South Asia Office Director PK Joshi for analysis. “I feel [the Central Statistics Office] might have been slightly cautious in estimating full-year agriculture GDP growth, as the situation on the ground is good, which will be positive for […]

An IFPRI seminar explores possible implications of the upcoming WTO ministerial conference for Latin America.

“India’s performance in the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) report is tragic,” writes the Hindustan Times in an analysis on hunger in India. The article cites the country’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index and the 2014 report theme of hidden hunger to call for “a shift in focus from approaches for tackling hunger […]

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