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What we really mean when we talk about water’s value.

Experts and Report authors discuss ways to transform food systems to be healthy, resilient, efficient, sustainable, and inclusive after COVID-19.

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A new effort to estimate the extent and value of forests, pasturelands, and wetlands people depend on.

A new tool now available for Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen.

Undertaking institutional capacity training exercises on inclusive agricultural transformation, healthy diets, and resilience.

Community-led development (CLD) is a complex human change process. Join us as we dive into the Movement for Community-led Development’s State of CLD Programming report to understand what organizations are doing when they say they are implementing community-led development programs. Which characteristics are most prevalent in this work and which areas need more emphasis? How […]

Virtual Event: APR 1, 2021 – 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT. Lessons from these deep research programs offer hope that big change is possible and provide specific direction for countries striving to accelerate progress on nutrition

IFPRI’s Director General Johan Swinnen is participating as a speaker in the Baking Resilience Into Food System webinar hosted by Knowable Magazine. This webinar will highlight how food supply chains fare in different regions, what safety nets exist for those at risk of food insecurity, and what the benefits and drawbacks of local food-based systems are […]

IFPRI’s Director General Johan Swinnen is participating in the UCC Centre for Global Development and IFIAD three-part webinar series on Food Systems and Nutrition. The series aims to highlight work being done by Irish development institutions, and generate discussion on how to move forward looking toward the UN Food Systems Summit. This webinar will highlight vulnerabilities in food systems exposed […]

Heat stress exerts heterogeneous effects by gender, agricultural activity, and household structure.

The Statesman (India) published an article on malnutrition and its long-term effects. Malnutrition has an irreversible effect on health and human development. The initial 1,000 days of one’s lifespan, from the day of conception till he/she turns two years of age, are considered as a critical ‘window of opportunity’ when poor nutrition can result in stunted growth, […]

Indian Express published an article stating that small farmers face several challenges in getting access to inputs and marketing facilities. A number of innovative institutional models are emerging and there are many opportunities for small and marginal farmers in India.  Senior research fellow Devesh Roy and his IFPRI co-authors have undertaken a comparative study of FPOs (farmer producer organizations) in […]

Bendigo Advertiser published an article stating that Joe Biden and the global coronavirus pandemic could be triggers for much-improved stability, transparency, and negotiation in international agricultural trade. Despite the export and import pipeline frustrations and demand surges caused by COVID-19, the pandemic has resulted in some surprising gains in global food trade co-operation. Senior research fellow Will Martin said […]

Business News This Week (India) published an article that announced that RAHI has launched projects aimed at eradication of malnutrition through farm-based micro-projects in hunger hotspots of India, as part of its SAMBAL initiative launched on World Food Day 2020.  The projects shall work exclusively with women farmers to improve food security and food diversity in chosen areas […]

Telos.eu published an op-ed by senior research fellow Antoine Bouet and two co-authors on the importance of statistics in international development research. statistics is a fundamental tool for economic policy and decision-making by governments, international institutions, and even the private sector. International trade statistics play a particularly important role. They allow us to determine a country’s current account balance […]

Business Recorder published an article stating that the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research in Pakistan. According to the minister, Pakistan needs to upscale its technology to provide better products to small, medium, and large farmers for the betterment of the agricultural outcome of the country. This comment was made at the meeting of the […]

El Mercurio published an article on how women in the agriculture sector can improve food security for all. “The empowerment of women is one of the four levels that have the power to make a change in food systems,” according to world expert, Jemimah Njuki, Head of IFPRI’s Africa Region. She added that to ensure that the Summit […]

Global Diaspora News published an article stating that the role of women in agriculture places them at the heart of climate impact. The connection begins on the farm. Farming is the main source of livelihood for people living in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the lower-income countries of Latin America and Southeast Asia. In […]

Revista Rural published an article on what motivates farmers. In the policy brief, Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes, in the long run, to adopt sustainable practices is the positive results in their cultivated lands and in the environment, which is of fundamental importance achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes, in […]

The Guardian (Nigeria) published an article in the business section provided comments from experts at the International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD-Africa) that tougher times await developing economies if policymakers fail to design and implement friendly, environmental economic recovery plans. In Nigeria, according to IFPRI, the lockdown alone caused Nigeria’s GDP to suffer a 34.1 percent […]