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Acknowledgements We are grateful to Marie Ruel, Loty Diop, Elodie Becquey, Jef Leroy, Gabriela Fretes, Kalyani Raghunathan and Shauna Downs for their thoughtful feedback on technical content. Special thanks to Jamed Falik for his invaluable assistance in conceptualizing the decision tree tool and with graphic layout. We also appreciate Indira Yerramareddy for her communications support, and Mulugeta Bayeh, Nilam Prasai and Yunchul Jung for their IT assistance.

A potential export shift from West to East.

In a recent DevPolicy article, Kristi Mahrt and Emily Schmidt (IFPRI) examine how raising the minimum wage could improve the affordability of nutritious foods in Papua New Guinea (PNG).  Using the Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) indicator, they show that the price of a basic healthy diet in urban PNG increased from K7.70 in […]

The MoU was signed today by Secretary General of SAARC and Director General of IFPRI at the margins of the UN General Assembly this week in New York.

IFPRI’s Fragility to Stability Policy Seminar Series The “Fragility to Stability” IFPRI Policy Seminar series is an initiative led by IFPRI’s research team on fragility and conflict, showcasing work from across IFPRI’s five research themes, with the goal of responding to the urgent need for evidence-based, collaborative strategies to strengthen food, land, and water systems […]

Can school meals serve both children and the planet? This webinar will explore how school meal programs intersect with regenerative agriculture, unpacking the environmental, economic, and social tradeoffs of scaling sustainable feeding models. Drawing on global initiatives, including Brazil’s national school feeding program, this session will highlight existing evidence and persistent gaps on the sustainability […]

IFPRI Research Fellow Ben Belton discusses what appears to drive drone use in agriculture and how they might make farming more productive and sustainable.

The dialogue brought together senior policymakers, researchers, and development partners to reflect on how South Asia can secure resilient, inclusive, and sustainable food systems amid mounting pressures of climate change, malnutrition, and demographic transitions.

Jeffrey Bloem (IFPRI) and Clark Lundberg (San Diego State University) introduce a new method for linking village-level interventions with high-resolution earth observation data.

The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly – under the theme Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights – comes at a pivotal moment to renew global commitment to multilateralism, solidarity and shared action for people and planet. This year’s high-level week highlights the urgency of delivering on […]

How research organizations can catalyze change.

Join us in this seminar organized by the Inter-American Development Bank that will address the relevance of nutrition-sensitive agriculture in transforming agrifood systems and contributing to the reduction of nutritional deficiencies in the population of Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish. Keynote Speaker:

In June 2023, the European Union (EU) adopted its Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR)—a landmark policy designed to reduce global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU consumption. Under the regulation, key commodities with the biggest impacts on deforestation—soy, cattle, palm oil, cocoa, coffee, wood, and natural rubber—cannot be placed on the EU market or […]

Innovations yield benefits across the food system.

Marshaling data for food system policy insights.

School food environments encompass every way children encounter food in or around school- from the meals on their plates and the messages on classroom walls to the snacks sold at kiosks and ads for sugary drinks just outside school gates. A truly healthy environment maximizes exposure to nutritious options and positive eating cues. Balancing nutritional […]

The most promising ways to limit carbon emissions.

How can advances in AI and remote sensing improve agricultural decision-making, particularly in contexts where timely, accurate data is difficult to obtain? This webinar explores the intersection of machine learning and satellite imagery, focusing on innovations that enhance monitoring, planning, and climate resilience in food systems.  Ambica Paliwal will share insights on how remote sensing […]