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The Sustainable Development Goals are charting a path towards meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Globally, 25% of children under 5 are stunted. In South Asia, the burden increases to 38% of children under 5, which is about 40% of the global burden of stunting. Why is South Asia home to the largest number of stunted children worldwide?

Research highlights from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) on violence against women.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission (EC), HarvestPlus, and the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) will co-host an all-day workshop on “Going the Last Mile: Accelerating Progress in Food Security and Nutrition.” The […]

The world’s urban population is growing rapidly. According to a new publication from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, more people live in urban areas than rural areas today, and by 2060, 66 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. This growth is particularly obvious in developing regions. Africa’s urban population is projected […]

As populations and incomes in developing countries grow, so does demand for food. To meet growing demand, agricultural production must increase. Yet, with increasingly scarce land, enhancing agricultural production requires intensifying production to obtain greater output from existing cultivated area. As agricultural intensification can have negative effects on the environment and diminish land productivity, agronomists […]

Armed conflict jeopardizes food availability, and such food insecurity can lead to more conflict Despite regional setbacks, Egypt is a bright spot for implementing long-term sustainable solutions May 10, 2016, Cairo, Egypt—Armed conflict and the Arab revolutions that began in 2010 caused massive displacement and migration, thus halting and, in some cases, reversing the progress […]

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow summarizes key findings from the first phase of the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project and their implications for agricultural research and development.

Every mother knows what is best for her child—especially when it comes to putting the most nutritious food on the table. At HarvestPlus, we are working hard to help mothers around the world feed their children the most nutritious food possible through biofortified crops enriched with vitamin A, zinc, and iron. On Mother’s Day, we […]

This conference is being organized to address the challenges and explore possible options for sustainable and accelerated agriculture growth. 

Global demand for pulses is rapidly increasing. For South Asia region, pulses are traditionally important food commodities and sources of protein.

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program officially launched its new agricultural research and development indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Speaker: Panelists: Moderator: 2016 Global Food Policy Report reviews major trends, events, and changes affecting food security and nutrition in 2015 and beyond. The year 2015 was a watershed moment for the international development community. The endpoint of the Millennium Development Goals highlighted the striking advances made since 1990: extreme poverty, child mortality, and hunger all […]

More than 150 participants gathered at a series of workshops in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania to discuss how to improve gender parity in irrigation, focusing on identifying key guiding questions for policy makers and practitioners.

Improved seeds and traits are central to many developing countries’ national strategies for agricultural development and economic growth.

Brazil, the world’s second-largest provider of food, accounts for more than half of agriculture R&D spending in the region, with Argentina and Mexico completing the top three Central American countries, Caribbean island nations, and poorer Andean countries are lagging behind due to inadequate levels of investment and human capacity April 27, 2016, Washington, D.C.—New data show […]

Food price volatility and extreme price shocks have serious implications for politics, agriculture, climate, and food and nutrition security, according to a new book published by ZEF and IFPRI.

If food were produced evenly throughout the year, not one bite produced since New Year’s Day would make it to Americans’ mouths due to excessive food loss and waste April 23, 2016, Washington, D.C.—Today marks a disappointing milestone for the American diet: With 31 percent of the year behind us, we have reached the calendar equivalent […]

It takes millennia to develop fertile soils, but according to authors of a chapter on soils in the 2016 GFPR, we are losing 75 billion tons of soil globally each year, with impacts that not only hurt poor farmers, but extend well beyond the farm.

Guest post by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, co-founder and Chief Executive at the ICTSD.