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New technologies, better policies, and reformed institutions can improve diets and global well-being.

CNBC published an article in which IFPRI's Sherman Robinson comments on the rising uncertainty on whether China will retaliate to President Trump's proposed tariffs on steel, with trade restrictions on soybeans from the United States.

Irrigation is important in Ghana to deal with the erratic rainfall, especially in the context of climate change. Irrigation can minimize frequent food shortages that are attributable to dependence on rainfall, and increase yields. However, to do this effectively requires a range of infrastructure that will provide for a wide range of crops and efficient […]

Special Remarks Report Overview Panel Closing Remarks Moderator The Global Report on Food Crises provides food security and nutrition analyses from countries that are chronically vulnerable to food crises and have large populations facing acute food insecurity.  The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the […]

The average age of farmers worldwide is 60+. How to bring young people into African agriculture.

On March 22, 2018, the Global Report on Food Crises was launched at FAO headquarters, Rome. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events. IFPRI’s Director General, Shenggen Fan, gave video remarks at the event that included the participation of FAO […]

The rise of anti-globalization politics around the world threatens efforts to end hunger and malnutrition – a discussion.

Articles Books International Food Policy Research Institute. 2017. 2017 Global food policy report. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. Piñeiro, Valeria, ed.; and Piñeiro, Martín, ed. 2017. Agricultural trade interests and challenges at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires: A Southern Cone perspective. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Inter-American Institute for Cooperation […]

Reforms are necessary to make cocoa farming—the foundation of the global chocoloate industry—profitable for the farmers. A discussion. 

The Hindu published an article in which IFPRI’s Director General, Shenggen Fan, outlines the importance of creating non-farming opportunities for Indian farmers.

Xinhua published an article which highlights the impacts on anti-globalism on trade and food security, as expressed in the 2018 Global Food Policy Report.

India’s Mint published a feature on 2018 The Global Food Policy Report, with a specific focus on its findings for South Asia.

Time published an article on the rising prominence of plant-based alternatives to meat, and which cites IFPRI’s research on the environmental implications of dairy production.

Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development The G20 brings together 19 of the world’s most important industrialized and emerging economies, plus the European Union, to discuss important global trends. The scope of the G20 agenda has broadened since its creation in 1999 to include broader topics, such as sustainable development, agriculture, trade, energy, climate […]

Small, inexpensive solar pumps can greatly expand the availability of irrigation, research shows.

IFPRI’s Dakar office is pleased to invite you to its conference series “Strategy and Development Roundtables” (SDR) in partnership with ISRA and DAPSA and to the Dakar launch of “Agriculture, Development, and the Global Trading System”. Click here for more information.

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), jointly with the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), and the ICAR- National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (ICAR-NIAP), is organizing a Policy Dialogue on “Innovations in Ensuring Remunerative Prices (MSP) to Farmers: Challenges and Strategies” on Friday, March 23, 2018 at the NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi.  Click here […]

Rapid Fire Presentations Discussant Reflections Closing Remarks Moderator Q&A Video Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and […]

Washington, D.C.: The rise of isolationism and protectionism, visible in the US withdrawal from multilateral trade and climate agreements, the UK’s “Brexit” from the EU, and growing anti-immigration rhetoric in developed countries, threatens to slow progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and improved food security and nutrition, according to the 2018 Global Food Policy Report […]

Ending hunger and malnutrition, and building human capacity is “a moral obligation that we need to fulfill as the current generation,” highlighted Dr. Gerardine Mukeshimana, the Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, as she opened the Compact2025 Forum in Kigali, Rwanda on October 23, 2017. Jointly hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute […]