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Ethiopia, China, Bangladesh and other countries have reoriented their agriculture systems to promote better nutrition, yielding promising results.

IFPRI's flagship publication maps a comprehensive strategy to transform the world's impoverished rural areas.

Narrow Focus on Stunting; Impact of Improved Sanitation; Women’s Empowerment in Kyrgyzstan; 2019 GFPR Interactive Quiz; and More

Conflict and extreme climate events are contributing to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. In 2018, some 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity. The Global Report on Food Crises provides the latest estimates of severe hunger and an analysis of countries chronically vulnerable to food crisis. The report’s findings are […]

Poor people in Mozambique and in regions such as southern Africa are the most vulnerable to rising risks of climate-driven disasters. Building resilience can help reduce the threat.

Ensuring food and nutrition security and tackling the looming threat of climate change make land reforms necessary.

Three case studies show that cash transfers’ effects on IPV depend on context and program design

Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address the crisis in rural areas. This eighth annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018 […]

Severe food insecurity persists in many countries, demanding investment in both immediate and long-term solutions.

IFPRI’s Shenggen Fan and Rob Vos are participating in a high-level event of the Global Network Against Food Crises, which will include the launch of the Global Report on Food Crises 2019. The report brings together regional and national data and analysis to present the latest global picture of acute food and nutrition insecurity and its trends and […]

The world wastes 1.3 billion tons of food each year. Innovative solutions targeting agriculture, food chains, and consumers can make a difference.

SciDev (French) published an interview with Director General Shenggen Fan on the 2019 Global Food Policy Report. In the interview, Fan outlined key recommendations from the report and described how rural revitalization can stimulate economic growth.

Reuters published an opinion article by Research Fellow, Emily Schmidt, based on IFPRI’s ongoing work in Papua New Guinea. In the article, Schmidt highlighted how lack of data has hampered the country’s efforts to curb hunger and malnutrition.

On CNBC Africa, Ousmane Badiane discussed the 2019 Global Food Policy Report, the major food policy developments, and the importance of revitalizing rural areas through job creation in Africa.

Reuters reported on key findings from the 2019 Global Food Policy Report. The news article quoted Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, IFPRI, who highlighted how a large number of small agribusinesses process, package and distribute staple foods wanted by urban middle class, creating jobs and opportunities for small farmers in rural areas.

Reuters published an opinion article co-authored by IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan and UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner based on a report chapter in the 2019 Global Food Policy Report. Fan and Steiner highlighted the continuing state of crisis in rural areas in many parts of the world, recommending rural revitalization as a strategy to dramatically […]

IFPRI is participating in the Ending Global Hunger Colloquium organized by the Purdue Center for Global Food Security in Discovery Park.  Food is the most fundamental need of human society. Unfortunately, over 800 million people around the world go to sleep hungry every day. Human civilization, with all of its science, technology, and knowledge, has not […]

Rains and flooding will harm upcoming harvests, but it appears Malawi can avoid food grain shortages.