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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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    Refugees, Living on Borrowed Land (El Universal)

    July 03, 2018

    Ernesto Tiburcio summarizes the plight of the Rohingya refugees in an article in the Mexican paper, El Universal.


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    Targeting open defecation, other factors accelerates anemia reduction among pregnant women in India

    Research suggests an optimal anemia reduction strategy would take a holistic, nutrition-sensitive approach that targets factors such as hygiene, family planning, and healthy diets.


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    Trump may use New Deal-era agency to aid farmers (Financial Times)

    July 02, 2018

    IFPRI's Joseph Glauber, in an interview with Financial Times, cautions against setting up a Roosevelt-era Commodity Crop Corp, arguing several government-backed farmer protection programmes currently exist. 


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    IFPRI Insights: July 2018

    IFPRI & FAO’s Global Event, Agricultural Transformation in MENA, Women’s Empowerment Improves Yields, and More


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    Lessons in scaling up agriculture and building sustainability from Brazil and beyond

    Applying agricultural technology to build yields and meet the SDGs.


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    Call to Action on Adolescent Nutrition demands better data

    Today's adolescents are the future—yet there is a paucity of sound data on their nutrition and health.


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    China’s demand for food a boon for Southeast Asian exporters (China Daily)

    June 27, 2018

    At the 2018 Global Food Policy Report launch in Beijing, IFPRI's Shenggen Fan underlines the importance of free trade to achieving food security. 


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    China’s road to food security in a time of rising trade protectionism

    June 26, 2018

    Washington, DC – The rise of trade protectionism and antiglobalism around the world pose a considerable threat to global food security and nutrition. Two new reports launched in Beijing today provided critical analyses on the impact of trade disputes and protectionism on US and Chinese economies. Despite the challenging current environment, China and many other […]


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    IFPRI Congratulates Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro on Joint World Food Prize Award

    June 25, 2018

    June 25, 2018, Washington, D.C. – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) congratulates Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro on being named joint recipients of the World Food Prize today, for their intellectual and policy leadership in bringing maternal and child nutrition to the forefront of the global food security agenda. “We at IFPRI are […]


  • Donors and Partners

    IFPRI’s commitment to nurturing inclusive partnerships is central to our production of interdisciplinary research and evidence-based policy solutions. IFPRI partners with a wide range of stakeholders around the world and all along the research and policy life cycle, including funders, researchers, development implementers, enablers, civil society, policymakers, the private sector, and more. Each partnership is […]


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    University of Georgia

    The University of Georgia is dedicated to creating a dependable food supply and advancing economic growth. The College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (CAES) works to support Georgia’s food and fiber industry, as well as working around the world and nationwide through partnerships with international organizations. CAES is home to centers working with plant breeding […]


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    University of Illinois

    The University of Illinois System is comprised of three universities working to create prosperity and serve the public good. The College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) conducts cutting-edge research on nutritious and safe food, sustainable and innovative agriculture, and more. ACES seeks to improve upon the lives of people within Illinois and around […]


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    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global and Public Health is a dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of individuals around the world. The school believes that public health is accountable and responsible for to communities and should work collaboratively. The school seeks to create sustainable and positive change in […]


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    University of Oxford

    The University of Oxford is a world-renowned institution of teaching and research. The Oxford Martin School seeks to addresses global challenges such as climate change, disease and inequality. The Oxford Martin School supports novel, high risk and multidisciplinary projects to garner results to improve the future. The school develops policy recommendations and works with a […]


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    Wageningen UR

    Wageningen University & Research (UR) seeks to create a major impact on society through knowledge and research. Its mission is to create change, through the promotion of quality food, and improved living conditions. Wageningen UR seeks to create sustainable solutions to end such problems as poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and more.


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    World Bank

    The World Bank’s main focus is to decrease poverty and to promote shared prosperity by fostering income growth of the bottom 40% for every country. The World Bank works in every major area of development, helping to end poverty and boost prosperity for the poorest people, and create sustainable economic growth. The World Bank Group […]


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    World Food Programme (WFP)

    The World Food Programme (WFP) is a UN agency dedicated to ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving nutrition by 2030. It focuses on emergency relief, assisting in development and social operation. The WFP works in conflict-affected countries as well as where hunger and malnutrition are most likely.


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    World Vision, Canada

    World Vision is a Christian non-governmental organization that is dedicated to helping the poor and oppressed throughout the world. World Vision helps to promote human transformation and seek justice through community-based and sustainable development specifically geared towards helping children. World Vision provides services such as emergency relief, spiritual and social transformation through church partnerships and […]


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    University of Florida

    The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is dedicated to advancing the knowledge in agricultural, human and natural resources. The Institute seeks to make their knowledge accessible to sustain and improve upon the quality of human life. IFAS also provides research and development for Florida’s agricultural, natural resources and related food […]


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    University of Connecticut

    The University of Connecticut is one of the top public research universities in the U.S. The Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture is dedicated to providing students the necessary capabilities to work in a variety of careers in the field of agriculture. Ratcliffe has fields such as production agriculture, turf management, and more. The school provides […]