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Modeling converging economic impacts.

Katrina Kosec and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo examine whether social transfer programs—beyond their economic benefits—also help build states and societies that sustain development.

Joint research priorities focus on scaling innovations in agronomy, mechanization, crop breeding, and nutrition, alongside improved methods in impact evaluation, market, and policy analysis.

Overcoming obstacles to consensus.

BLOG SERIES Political Economy in Practice: Lessons from food system reforms around the world Achieving healthy, sustainable food systems involves making difficult policy choices, including about investment priorities, regulations, trade, taxes, and subsidies. Since such decisions usually  create winners and losers, they can often be derailed by political economy dynamics. This blog series features case studies […]

How research has helped to guide food systems strategies.

IFPRI’s Director General, Johan Swinnen, is pleased to participate in the 2026 Future of Food Summit, which will be held in London on February 10, 2026. In 2026 Economist Impact’s inaugural Future of Food Summit will focus on the economics of food-system transformation. It will connect food-industry leaders and agricultural stakeholders with agri-tech innovators, financial […]

Advantages of inclusivity.

Across sub-Saharan Africa, small-scale, resource-poor farmers are disproportionately affected by climatic and market shocks. Providing them with the tools and technologies to manage these shocks is critical to building resilience, especially in Nigeria, with its considerable diversity. This seminar will showcase novel evidence of how improved crop varieties, quality seed, and better seed systems can […]

As AI tools begin to influence livestock production, health management, and advisory services, ensuring these technologies are farmer-centric, explainable, and context-appropriate is essential. This webinar brings together researchers working at the intersection of livestock systems, digital innovation, and responsible AI to explore how AI can be designed and deployed in ways that genuinely serve livestock keepers.  We begin with Karen […]

As large language models (LLMs) begin to influence how evidence is generated, synthesized, and communicated, new opportunities are emerging for policymakers and analysts working in food systems. This webinar explores how generative AI tools can support policy design, analysis, and dialogue—bridging technical modeling and real-world decision-making.  Askar Mukashov, Research Fellow at IFPRI, will introduce RIAPA-AI, an extension of the Rural Investment and […]

Responsible AI and data governance are often framed as constraints on innovation—but what if they are essential to it? This webinar explores why ethical, well-regulated systems are not at odds with innovation, but rather foundational to its legitimacy, sustainability, and impact.  Bringing together perspectives from both technology producers and users, this session examines how policy, design, and governance […]

As interest in large language models (LLMs) for agricultural advisory grows, developers face two critical questions: How should these tools be built to meet the specific needs of farmers? and How should they be tested?  This webinar brings together two teams building agricultural LLMs through different but complementary approaches—offering a behind-the-scenes look at how AI systems are co-designed, refined, and validated with domain experts, farmers and extensionists.  […]

Addressing the problem of massive datasets.

Healthy diets are essential for promoting well-being and preventing nutrient deficiencies and diet-related diseases. Fruits and vegetables play a critical role by providing essential vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and bioactive compounds, while generally having a lower environmental footprint than many other foods. Despite their importance, global fruit and vegetable consumption remains well below the World […]

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Daily FT (Sri Lanka) interviewed Derek Headey and Joanna van Asselt for an article about the Building Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Holistic Transformation (BRIGHT) Integrated Household Survey.

Overcoming challenges of geography, language, and other issues.