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Co-sponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST), and Science Foundations for Livelihoods (Scifode) This conference provides a unique opportunity for a cross section of stakeholders to discuss the economic impact and potential of genetically modified (GM) crops in Africa, the current challenges facing biotechnology, and […]

The following post by IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan was originally published in the Huffington Post. While the major earthquakes in Nepal appear to have ended, the need to prepare for future disasters has not. The April 25th quake killed thousands, while leaving millions homeless, and has put roughly 3.5 million people in need of food assistance. Two weeks […]

On Saturday, May 30th, Bread for the World Institute and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), partnering with HelpMeViz, will organize a Vizathon to bring together a variety of professionals to find better ways of using data to tell the story of Hidden Hunger. The event aims to bring coders, data scientists, researchers, and […]

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IFPRI’s mission is to provide policy solutions that reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. Among the Institute’s guiding principles is the view that its research is an international public good, that should be freely disseminated to the extent possible. This view, which is shared by CGIAR (a global agricultural research partnership of which IFPRI […]

IFPRI’s research is guided by its mission: to work with partners to provide research-based policy solutions to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods, contribute to empowerment for all, and promote sustainable, climate-resilient food systems. IFPRI’s Strategy describes how the Institute applies four approaches to research and impact across five thematic areas of food policy research […]

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The International Food Policy Research Institute’s mission is to provide research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for […]

Over the past five decades, investments in agricultural R&D have had a tremendous impact on agricultural productivity and food security around the world. 

Project Spotlight: Mitigating Aflatoxin Consumption for Improving Child Growth in Eastern Kenya (MAICE)

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Released in 2012, the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is an innovative tool that measures women’s empowerment in agriculture. Visit WEAI website.

What happens when you give the equivalent of one year’s household budget—no strings attached—to extremely poor people in rural Kenya? Will they use the money to purchase basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter? Or will they squander the money on alcohol and cigarettes or some other nonessential item or activity? The latest issue of IFPRI’s […]

The following is a slightly modified version of a blog story that was originally published on Bread for the World’s Institute Notes. On Saturday, May 30th, Bread for the World Institute and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), partnering with HelpMeViz, will organize a vizathon to bring together a variety of of data heroes— coders, data scientists, designers, and […]

Ending hunger is difficult because it is a lengthy process that requires sustained policy attention and public resources at the same time that private markets are the arena for nearly all the decisions that matter. Central to this process is the food system, both as a key element of structural transformation and where many of […]

Organized by IFPRI and its co-hosting partners, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and National School of Development of Peking University In this High-Level Policy Roundtable, organized by IFPRI and co-hosted the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and National School of Development of Peking University, experts on food and nutrition security in China […]

The May 2015 edition of Insights, IFPRI’s print and online magazine, is  available, with a roundup of stories on recent research from the Institute. The feature article in the May 2015 issue—“Does Money Talk?”—looks at the complicated question of how to design safety-net programs for the most vulnerable people. Around the world, millions of people are enrolled […]

May 13, 2015, Beijing—China is a rising economic powerhouse that is simultaneously home to roughly 82.5 million impoverished people, many of whom are undernourished. New agricultural strategies that seek to shift away from food self-sufficiency and toward heavier reliance on international trade and stronger farmers’ property rights, could have a positive impact on the country’s […]