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Farming households are vulnerable to many types of shocks, including weather-related events such as droughts and floods as well as health-related risks such as illness. A wide range of financial products exist to help farmers manage their exposure to risk, build resiliency, and improve welfare. However, not all risk is created equal in the context […]

May 11, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Today, IFPRI is launching a new Spanish-language web portal that focuses on food and nutrition security in Central America. The objective of the portal is to provide a set of indicators on food and nutrition security and early warning mechanisms as well as opportunities for dialogue among policymakers, researchers, the […]

The following story by IFPRI Communications Specialist Rachel Kohn was originally published on the Food Security Portal. G20 Ministers of Agriculture met in Istanbul on 7-8 May 2015 for the first time since 2011 to address rising challenges concerning food security. World population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050. This will increase the challenge for global food security and […]

The Gender Task Force was established by the SMT in 2004 as an Institute-wide mechanism to provide researchers across units with the support they need to address gender issues. Since its inception, the Task Force has helped researchers integrate gender into their research, and together they have made significant progress in ensuring that IFPRI’s gender […]

Key findings and policy options – seminar May 7, video now available

Sara Stevano  shares findings from a recent systematic review, also presented at an IFPRI Policy Seminar on May 7, 2015.

As climate change spurs increasingly unpredictable weather—such as droughts and floods—farmers find themselves on the defensive. Unpredictable weather wreaks havoc on both harvests and farmers, particularly smallholder farmers ill-equipped to absorb these weather-related shocks. Because of the inconsistent harvests due to such shocks, farmers are less likely to invest in productivity-enhancing technologies and often remain […]

Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. 

Supports joint research & capacity strengthening as well as policy dialogues & communication to improve policymaking.

Post by IFPRI senior researcher Tim Thomas

Manama, Bahrain, May 5, 2015—Child stunting, a result of malnutrition, is a larger problem than gross domestic product would suggest in nine Arab countries, while the Arab region as a whole imports more than 50 percent of its population’s daily caloric intake. These indicators and others pose serious challenges to sustainable development, including food security and […]

Tanzania recently passed new legislation that provides a glowing example of legal commitment to improving women’s land rights. However, in this setting as elsewhere, local interpretation and implementation can water down a policy’s effectiveness. Customary law—common accepted practices in a community—often dominates. For example, a 2009 study by the Women’s Legal Aid Center finds limited […]

Research Questions: What are the key water quality stressors in developing countries and which countries rank worst and best in terms of domestic, industrial and agricultural water pollution? Which investments can best address adverse water quality outcomes?

Eat your vegetables. Wash your hands. Go to school.  These simple instructions, which many of us hear repeatedly throughout childhood, are the basic building blocks of growing up healthy and prepared to reach one’s full potential. However, as Roger Thurow—a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs who spoke at the Council’s food […]