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Shenggen Fan, IFPRI director general was awarded the 2017 Fudan Management Excellence Award.

IFPRI congratulates Director General Shenggen Fan on being awarded the 2017 Fudan Management Excellence Award. Established by Li Lanqing, former Vice Premier of China’s State Council, the award is referred to in China as the “Nobel Prize for Management.” This highly prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of management. […]

An op-ed by Ousmane Badiane and Katrin Glatzel discussing the seven-country case study from the Malabo Montpeiller Panel’s report.

Since 2000, seven African countries have reduced malnutrition by about half. How they did it.

At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP23), nations of the world will meet to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines. Researchers from IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology Division are participating in a number of side events throughout the conference: IFPRI Participants:

Most of the articles are published in peer-reviewed journals (see full reference list), but the hyperlinks provided go to the open access versions of the publications, except where noted with an asterisk

Speaker Commentators Closing Remarks Moderator With 1.5 billion people covered globally, food and voucher programs provide an important lifeline for the poor and vulnerable.  The book –The 1.5 Billion People Question: Food, Vouchers or Cash Transfers? –reveals that while countries increasingly support people with cash as a form of safety net, food-based programs are still […]

Claudia RinglerClaudia is Deputy Division Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division at IFPRI. She manages the Institute’s Natural Resource Theme and co-leads its water research program and is also a flagship co-lead under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land, and Ecosystems (WLE). Over the last two decades, Claudia’s research has focused on […]

India’s Business Standard, published an op-ed co-authored by P K Joshi on the role of private sector in bringing the next revolution in the country’s agricultural sector.

As the world's cities grow, so do the problems of the urban poor—exposing gaps in knowledge needed to devise effective policies.

Joachim von Braun of the University of Bonn Center for Development Research (ZEF) on a major emerging force in sustainable development.

Fostering genuine empowerment is a complex process. Here's the role organizations can play.

Washington Post’s Monkey Cage published an opinion piece based on a latest study by IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow Katrina Kosec on long-term damage to disaster survivors and communities.

U.S. agricultural trade policies contain many distortions that work against developing countries. What are the prospects for reform?

The Bridge Collaborative, a global alliance of 90 organizations from 23 countries, today released two new tools to assist decision-makers solving big challenges facing health, development, and the environment.

NPR’s Morning Edition broadcast a feature on the devastating after effects of disasters on aspirations and ambitions of those affected, based on recent research by Katrina Kosec.

Bangladesh’s The Daily Star reported on the recently released Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016 that showed rising income helped people diversify diets.

A new research portal tracks women's representation in agricultural research in Africa country-by-country.

Introductory Remarks: Report Highlights: Panelists: Moderator:  One of the greatest challenges today is to end hunger and poverty while making agriculture and food systems sustainable.  The 2017 edition of FAO’s The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) presents strategies that can leverage the potential of food systems to become the engine of inclusive economic development […]