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The Global Solutions Summit will bring together leading think tanks from around the world, global policy-makers, business leaders and constructive NGOs with only one aim: to find solutions for global challenges. The summit will address major G20 topics including the future of work, infrastructure for sustainable development, food security and international economic governance. IFPRI’s Director General and […]

Rigorous research demonstrates that improved access to formal financial services can help the poor deal with income shocks, whether they are weather-related (such as drought or floods), threats to health and well-being, or other unexpected challenges. As the effects of climate change intensify, appropriate financial services play a crucial role in building household resilience to […]

“The current food system was not built to promote healthy food” – FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva.

Efforts by Canada and others to promote gender equality in food systems—a discussion.

In an op-ed published in Devex, David Laborde and Will Martin argue open trade is crucial for food security and development.

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration-including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge-and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures. This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, […]

What can development organizations do to counter the impacts of rising global economic inequality on the rural poor?

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017.  What will that mean for food security and nutrition?  IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration-including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge–and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures. This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, […]

The ReSAKSS challenge is an Africa wide -diaspora included- competition targeting researchers, students, creative designers, developers and analysts and anyone passionate about data.  The competition will enable you to experiment, discover new tools, and create a community of practice working data in the most innovative way. It will enable various groups of actors, whether in […]

Due to conflict and drought, more people face hunger and other forms of food insecurity. What can be done?

Ghana was able in the 2000s to more than double its production of cocoa in a sector that was reformed in the early 1980s without liberalizing markets, contrary to Washington Consensus prescriptions. The authors examine the factors that contributed Ghana’s success; the effectiveness of services that the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) provides by retaining a […]

Antiglobalism was on the rise in 2017. What will that mean for food security and nutrition? IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report examines the impacts of global integration—including the movement of goods, investment, people, and knowledge—and the threat of current antiglobalization pressures. This seventh annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, […]

IFPRI staff members are delivering three keynote addresses during the AIARD 54th Annual Conference and 2018 Future Leaders Forum on June 3- 5th in Washington, DC under the theme, Business “Un” usual:  Aligning Critical Intersections of Agriculture, Health and Food.   The AIARD 2018 Annual Conference will focus on issues at the interface of agriculture, food and nutrition and their […]

A battle over trade could shift global soybean markets, generating a wave of impacts around the world that developing countries should prepare for.

China’s Sohu published an interview with IFPRI’s senior research fellow in Beijing, Kevin Chen on issues related to global food security, China’s domestic food security policies, and emerging challenges. “China has proved to the world that we can support ourselves in the short term, but whether we can maintain it in the long run will also be […]

The United Nations has recognized the importance of reducing food loss and waste in the Sustainable Development Goal target 12.3 to “halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses” by 2030. Despite broad interest in the problem, measurement of […]

Bangladesh’s The Daily Star reported on the launch of the 2018 Global Food Policy Report in Dhaka. The article quoted IFPRI director general Shenggen Fan who said that rise of anti-globalization and protectionism threatens progress toward food security. The report also quoted  IFPRI’s country representative, Akhter Ahmad, who added that changes in international migration policies […]

India’s Hindustan Times published an op-ed co-authored by Senior Research Fellow at A4NH, Devesh Roy. In the article, Roy argued that one policy may work in one region and fail in another, therefore, in the food-versus-nutrition debate — whether with respect to dietary supplementation or fortification — taste, accessibility, trust and pricing issues need to be […]

Lessons from a soil program impact evaluation gone awry.