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While there are many important ways to disseminate findings from agricultural development research, publishing in reputable, peer reviewed journals is particularly important for researchers as a means to not only showcase their work but also solicit peer input, gauge how their own work compares with that of others, and enhance options for career advancement. Deciding […]

Renewables are key for building sustainable agriculture and long-term food security.

The pandemic disrupts country budgets, programs, and planning.

Strengthening the region's policy systems through evidence-based policy support, effectively engaging with policymakers, & supporting the next generation of analysts and researchers.
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Evidence shows that these programs can work, but are the costs reasonable?

Having shifted from centralized seed supply to a growing system of direct seed marketing (DSM), the ways in which farmers in Ethiopia hear about and access quality seed are unrecognizable from just a decade ago. This webinar will share different perspectives on this transformation, highlight innovations – from piloting to scaling and embedding – that […]

What are the emerging trends in agricultural informal cross-border trade, the barriers to participating in formal customs procedures and trade, and the role of female informal traders?
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Multiple drivers affect the double burden of malnutrition. Can new nutrition policies tackle both forms of malnutrition at the same time and be effective?
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Enterprise published an article on the official figures being used by the government. Egypt has taken the data from Impact of COVID-19 on the Egyptian economy: Economic sectors, jobs, and households. The IFPRI team’s COVID-19 multiplier impact estimate for Egypt Q4 (April to June) together with the Ministry of Planning with their Q1-3 estimates presented […]

Kapitalis (Tunisia) published an article stating that the latest study on COVID-19 and developing countries measures the impacts of COVID-19, particularly in terms of recession, poverty, and unemployment. The study is rather conservative in its estimates and minimalist in its explanations. IFPRI provided a study that contradicts the UNDP study. The IFPRI study, 2015 regionalized […]

Washington, DC – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Scientific Group of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Food Systems Summit signed a Memorandum of Understanding today establishing a framework for collaboration on research for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. The framework outlines key themes for research collaboration, including gender equity, inclusive transformation […]

Heat waves and heavy rainfall events appear to limit opportunities for urban migrant workers.

Persistent drivers of food insecurity and acute hunger—conflict, climate shocks, and environmental shocks—have been compounded in 2020 by the COVID-19-related health and socioeconomic upheaval and by the severe desert locust outbreaks in East Africa. The pandemic is expected to push as many as 132 million more people into chronic hunger in 2020, in addition to […]

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A project in Nigeria pinpoints price spikes.

IFPRI is participating in the Cultivate Africa Dialog event on November 17-18, 2020. The Africa Union Commission (AUC) and Hallpax are organizing a structured dialog with a view of providing effective solutions to the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic on the agriculture industry in Africa. A cross-sectoral dialog will strengthen understanding and reinforce efforts for […]

Blueprint (Nigeria) published an article stating that it is no doubt regrettable that youth don’t often see a future in agriculture in Africa. This is even more so in Nigeria, where more than 65 percent of the population lives in rural areas, and more than 70 percent of rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture provides the single […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on the status of maize prices in Malawi. An agricultural expert, Tamani Nkhono Mvula, has projected continued stability in maize prices in the short-term as some vendors appear to have released the grain they were hoarding. Maize prices have been stable in most parts of the country the past two months, ranging between K10, […]

The Paper (China) published an article that referenced the IFPRI research on stunting in children, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes (Jama Pediatrics). The study analyzed the height and age data of more than 950,000 children from 59 countries and showed that the growth rate of children living in an ideal family environment is the same as that of […]

Geoff Tansky Blog published a blogpost on how food security must remain a priority. As Covid-19 exacerbates inequalities nationally and globally, more and more people are becoming food insecure in both richer and poorer countries. Ceres2030, a research group headed by Cornell University, IFPRI, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), estimate that to reach the zero-hunger goal by 2030 […]