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The estimated societal costs of non-communicable chronic diseases caused by unhealthy diets, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, are now greater than those due to undernutrition in most regions of the world. Furthermore, according to a study in the Lancet Global Health, over the last two decades, global consumption of less healthy foods increased faster […]

Participants at a recent Cairo seminar held to mark the Egypt launch of IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) grappled with the Arab region’s profound development problems. The upheavals of the Arab Spring halted progress in meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), said Clemens Breisinger, director of IFPRI’s Egypt Strategy Support Program. “It […]

Refugees in Rwandan camps increased the annual real income in the local economy by over $200 June 24, 2016, Washington, DC—Refugees can have a positive effect on local economies, according to a study published this week. Using data from two refugee camps in Rwanda, the study found that an additional adult refugee receiving cash aid […]

International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) is a network of linked economic, water, and crop models.

Knowing when and how climate change will impact crop production is essential for devising adaptation solutions. 

Good nutrition in the earliest stages of life directly influences children’s future nutrition and development as they grow into healthy adults. Research has contributed to a set of guiding principles on the best infant and young child complementary feeding (IYCF) practices to promote healthy child growth, development, and nutrition.Yet good guidelines can only take us […]

There are many challenges confronting decision makers in building robust and effective policies. They must balance pressing short-term needs with long-run challenges. They must confront these varying demands while facing imperfect knowledge of the complex systems (i.e. the economy, the environment, etc.) in which their policies will have impact. Above all, they also face the […]

Contributing editor James Meek spoke with IFPRI’s David Laborde about food markets and subsidies for an extensive piece in the London Review of Books. “And if, as predicted, the world population peaked at ten billion – could the planet support that many mouths?,” Meek asked in his piece. “Again, the answer was yes, but a […]

Scientific American ran an article on a study suggesting scientists have found that climate change could empty some nations by 2100. Researcher Valerie Mueller was quoted on her analysis of the study saying, “[t]hey try to cast this paper as a way of thinking about not just human, but the migration of other species…[f]or birds that have very […]

The Times Of India highlighted the 2016 Global Nutrition Report in an article which includes a quote from the report’s co-author, Researcher Lawrence Haddad. He said, “We now live in a world where being malnourished is the new normal… It is a world that we must all claim as totally unacceptable.”

Daily Mail highlighted the 2016 Global Nutrition Report in an article which includes a quote from the report’s co-author, Researcher Lawrence Haddad. He said, “We now live in a world where being malnourished is the new normal… It is a world that we must all claim as totally unacceptable.”

An article on BBC News quotes 2016 Global Nutrition Report co-author and Researcher Lawrence Haddad saying, “We now live in a world where being malnourished is the new normal… It is a world that we must all claim as totally unacceptable.”

The newly released 2016 Global Nutrition Report was the focus of a New York Times article which noted that the report “praised seven countries for making the most progress: Nepal for fewer stunted children, Suriname for fewer underweight children, Jamaica for fewer obese children, Peru for less female anemia and more breast-feeding, Nauru for fewer adults with […]

In December 2015, the World Trade Organization reached an agreement on the Nairobi Package, the latest set of rules governing global trade. The agreement represents some progress on several major agricultural and food issues that have held up previous negotiations, including export subsidies, food aid, public stockholding for food security purposes, special safeguard measures for […]

IFPRI research sheds new light on migrant remittances and spending patterns among recipients living in El Salvador. Globally, remittances—money sent home from migrants working and living abroad—account for more than $400 billion a year. That’s no small potatoes. But there’s a lot we don’t know about this stream of remittances—and plenty that even the people […]

Study challenges “fuel vs. food” argument that biofuels contribute to global hunger June 14, 2016, Washington, D.C.—Energy and food security can be simultaneously improved through well-designed biofuel and bioenergy development programs, according to a report released today by a team of experts from 10 institutions. The report confronts some of the public’s misconceptions about the […]

Malnutrition is on the rise in every country in the world and is a leading global driver of disease The 2016 Global Nutrition Report shows that 44 percent of countries with data available (57 out of 129 countries) now experience very serious levels of both undernutrition and adult overweight & obesity, and that, despite good […]

On June 15-16, 2016, the European Commission (EC) will host the 10th European Development Days to bring the development community together to share ideas and experiences aimed at addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.

New discussion paper analyzes current growth slowdown affecting the entire global economy and suggests that today's optimistic projections may be overrated.

A pile of numbers, or the key to smallholder resilience in places that need it most? A data revolution is quietly unfolding in sub-Saharan Africa and empowering sustainable development and resilience for a new generation of policymakers. Variability in crop and pasture, whether caused by weather, natural disasters, pests and diseases, or political conflict, is […]