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The Sudan Country Strategy Support Program (CSSP), with key team members based in Khartoum, can provide needed analytical support to the Government of Sudan, local and international partners.

Prospects for a new continental free trade agreement, as charted by the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor.

The first time such a connection has been established between climate change, agricultural productivity, and health.

Virtual Event: OCT 26, 2021 – 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT. This webinar will present an evaluation of how action oriented research on tools for improving smallholder farmers have spawned further interest by different sector actors. 

Mapping a path to progress amid pandemic and climate impacts.

Virtual Event: OCT 14, 2021- 09:30 AM to 10:45 AM EDT. This event will engage presenters on key questions about food systems and climate change in the lead up to CoP26. 

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launches the Food Policy Report on climate-resilient strategies in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt: Without significant climate change adaption measures, climate change-induced biophysical crop stress could lead to a 10% reduction in Egypt’s food crop yields by 2050 and cost the economy US$1.84 billion per year over the same period, according to […]

Virtual Event: OCT 21, 2021 – 08:00 AM to 09:00 AM EDT. This webinar discusses evidence, actions and lessons learned on how to leverage biodiversity in our food systems for people and planet. 

A strategy of "push" and "pull" actions and policy solutions to encourage better nutrition.

Virtual Event: OCT 5, 2021 – 08:00 AM to 09:00 AM EDT. This webinar will present research that can help countries enhance smallholder access to clean energy and address climate adaptation/ mitigation challenges. 

Virtual Event: OCT 5, 2021 – 08:00 AM to 09:30 AM EDT. This event will present findings of the report and explore how new accountability mechanisms can power a broader movement to demand more inclusive organizations across the global food system. 

The need for more and better-targeted funding to address looming challenges.

UN Dispatch published a summary of Day 4 at the UNFSS. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa. Dr. Njuki explains in a UN podcast (begins at 1:43) why this meeting was called and discusses some key outcomes from the Food Systems Summit. The world is NOT on track to meet the SDGs and end global hunger. COVID-19 has made food […]

MSN published an article stating that UN Head Antonio Guterres called for reform of agricultural subsidies and said food should not be seen “simply as a commodity to be traded, but as a right that every person shares.” The World Bank Group, IFPRI, and Food and Land Use Coalition laid out plans at the summit to unlock $4.5 […]

Nyasa Times published an article stating that neither reducing the scope of the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) such as eliminating seed subsidies nor circumventing the private sector to obtain fertilizers would reduce costs significantly to maintain current fertilizer subsidy levels. There is ongoing misinformation on the key drivers of the fertilizer prices surge and potential policy options for consideration by policymakers. It […]

Zodiak TV in its daily news show reported on fertilizer prices at a recent conference on the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) (beginning at 4:56) in Malawi. Jan Duchoslav, a researcher fellow (IFPRI-Malawi) challenges the government to come up with long-term plans. He stated that the government needs good policies. It’s a problem that is there and there’s little that can be done in […]

World Socialist Website published an article on how Global food prices have risen 33 percent in the last 12 months, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Basic staples such as vegetable oil, grains, and meat have shown some of the highest increases. With the world’s poorest countries lacking the resources to provide food subsidies […]

Mondiaal Nieuws (the Netherlands) published an article on findings from agricultural experts regarding the inequalities and inequities of global food systems. Women produce more than half of the world’s food but are disadvantaged in terms of access to farmland and financial support. Among many statements from Head, Africa Region, Jemimah Njuki, was the urgency of inclusion. Gender gaps urgently need to […]

Alliance for Science published an article on proposals to end world hunger that will emerge from today’s historic United Nations Food Systems Summit that will only succeed if smallholder farmers are made the central pivot. Dr. Jemimah Njuki, Head, Africa Region, observed that the hungriest people in the world are smallholder farmers in rural areas. She called for a […]

Market Screener published an article on the remarks made at the UNFSS by David Malpass. In those remarks, he mentioned that the World Bank and partners at IFPRI and the Food and Land Use Coalition led an effort to rethink the way food systems are financed. “We identified eight action areas to shift public and private financing towards […]