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With more than 3 billion people malnourished and food production driving climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, a transformation of the global food system is urgently needed. Findings from the Eat-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems provides the first scientific targets for a healthy diet from a sustainable food production system that […]

It is an opportune time to be working in the fields of agriculture and nutrition. Every day, researchers are producing more evidence on the agriculture-nutrition nexus; professionals are stepping out of silos to work across sectors; and people and institutions are improving their capacity to carry out this work. The momentum built during the past […]

IFPRI's practice of establishing country offices helps to embed its researchers in national policymaking processes and has other important impacts, research shows.

In recent years, productivity and sustainability of agriculture and food systems have received increased attention at the global level. The challenges are also reasonably well understood and agricultural R&D offers options to tackle most of them. What is lacking, however, is policy coherence and coordinated efforts at the country level, accompanied by a holistic and […]

When it comes to managing risk in the face of climate change, picture-based insurance could be key for smallholder farmers.

Climate change matters for all people. Does it matter particularly for young people?  If so, where and how? Countries with a high proportion of young job seekers (for example, those projected in 2030 to have 15% or more of their populations in the age group between 15 and 24 years old) are on average more […]

Business World interviewed Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon as part of their discussion series on sustainability.  Menon spoke about persistent malnutrition in India, the gender impact on nutrition, and IFPRI’s work in India.

IFPRI Director for South Asia, PK Joshi's sentiments on institutional reforms and public-private partnerships in agriculture, summarized by The Quint.

BGI Senior Vice President Ren Wang on how scientific innovations are addressing the threat that zoonotic diseases pose to the rural poor.

Sci Dev wrote a piece about new African wheat varieties that offer more resilience to the greenhouse effect. Senior Research Fellow David Spielman was quoted in the article discussing the impact of the new breeding programs and improved varieties on farmers’ costs and yields.

The Hindu Business Line published excerpts of an interview with Director for South Asia PK Joshi conducted by TV Jayan. Joshi touched on strategies for improving smallholder farmers’ productivity in India and streamlining the agriculture sector.

National Geographic wrote an article about Bangladesh’s migration crisis as a result of climate change and soil salinity along the country’s coastline.  Valerie Mueller’s research on the estimated displacement that is occurring on the coastline was included in the piece.

The Hill published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Joesph Glauber about the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting.  Glauber reported on the meeting, briefly explaining the sentiments of the agriculture industry regarding the Trump administration’s renegotiations of agriculture policies and trade deals.

IFPRI's Director General on the importance of dairy, fish, and other animal-sourced foods to global nutrition and health—a key topic in the new EAT-Lancet Commission report.

IFPRI authors contribute chapters on economic policies, agricultural and rural transformation, urbanization, and Ethiopia's unique development model.

Financial Express published an op-ed by Director for South Asia P.K. Joshi who detailed the need to make farm sector reforms and schemes more inclusive, empowering, and efficient for Indian farmers.

Economic Times published an article about India’s farming community needing substantial government support to battle severe economic hardship.  PK Joshi was included in the piece arguing that small landholdings in the country are causes of farm distress.

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today.   This seminar will provide details […]

Why the Indian central government and states should eschew the politically expedient option of loan waivers and look for long-term solutions.

Food systems fundamentally influence the environment of the planet, the livelihoods of billions of people (including most of the world’s poor), and the nutrition of every human being. Climate-resilient food systems can serve as catalysts for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but their current weaknesses are major sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing […]