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Five-year research program integrates all aspects of food policy to enhance food security across Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 6, 2016 – The Ministry of Food announced Tuesday a new comprehensive food security research program, together with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About 150 […]

A look at IFPRI's work on land degradation around the world.

Countries must build on existing progress toward ending hunger, using better data and policies based on sound evidence, IFPRI's leader says.

The Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research Program is designed to meet the food policy needs of a growing Bangladesh. 

“All living organisms on this planet depend on soil for their survival. Once you realize that fact, you have a sense of gratitude.”—Shahidur Rashid, Research Fellow (IFPRI) Healthy soil and pulses—legumes such as dry peas, beans, chickpeas, and lentils— are vital contributors to sustainable development. Not only are pulses staple crops for people around the […]

Training, policy, and incentives can help systematically upgrade the region's farming equipment, IFPRI-IICA seminar participants say.

Yahoo! News republished a feature article from Take Part.com on the future of agriculture, quoting IFPRI Senior Researcher David Spielman. The article weighs the implementation of technology in farming, which has proven successful on large farms, but could do more harm than good on small farms. Spielman was quoted saying, “[w]e need to be looking at new technologies on a case-by-case basis to understand their productivity and welfare effects on society and environment[.]”

IFPRI’s Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) was the main source in a front page article as well as an opinion piece in Bangladesh’s highest circulation English-language daily, The Daily Star. The articles used the survey data to highlight the stubbornly high rate of childhood marriage in Bangladesh while the government is in the midst of […]

At COP22 in Marrakesh, IFPRI researchers offer ideas on how Africa and the developing world can avert rising hunger and other climate impacts.

IFPRI Senior Researchers Keith Wiebe and Sherman Robinson, and IFPRI Scientist Daniel Mason-D’Croz authored an op-ed arguing that a carbon tax could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save lives by promoting better nutrition. They used IFPRI’s IMPACT model to estimate the cost of levying a carbon tax on food and found that such a […]

Speaker: Chair: To many on the international conference circuit, business and nutrition are like oil and water—never to mix. In the real world, however, the two mix all the time, aided by “emulsifiers” that are not always positive for nutrition.  The SDG era marks the beginning of the end of international aid and the start […]

Targeted taxes on carbon-intensive foods such as beef can help combat climate change while improving public health.

Cost of climate change in the Philippines expected to be Php 145 billion (around $3 billion USD) per year November 21, 2016, Washington, DC—Climate change will put an additional 2 million people in the Philippines at risk of hunger by 2050 and cost about Php 145 billion annually over that time span, according to a […]

A study co-authored by IFPRI’s Research Fellow Mateusz Filipski on the economic impact of refugees was covered by Voice of America. The study found that refugees can actually have a positive economic impact on their host communities. According to the article, “While many think of refugees as a drag on a nation’s economy, a United […]

The Global Hunger Index was mentioned in an op-ed in Kenya’s Daily Nation, the country’s largest newspaper. The author, Nelson Maina, wrote how Kenya is among 50 countries where hunger levels remain “serious” or “alarming.” Maina emphasized that the duty of feeding Kenyans falls on everyone–producer and consumer alike. Read the full op-ed on The […]

Temperature fluctuations spurred more migration among women than men Cold weather drove nearly three times as much migration as warm weather Drawing from over 21 million Census records, the study allows for interpretations at the national level and over broader periods of time November 16, 2015, Washington, DC—South Americans are migrating to urban areas due […]

A pilot study shows that using smartphones to gather data can address obstacles to recall accuracy in household surveys and provide near-real-time information to policymakers and development practitioners.

Speaker: Closing Remarks: Today, more than half the world’s population resides in cities. By 2050, city and near-city populations are expected to increase by 66 percent, placing extreme pressure on urban food systems. City policy makers recognize that innovative food policies and interventions are necessary to regulate food production; generate healthy food consumption based on […]

Director General Shenggen Fan was interviewed on CCTV to discuss COP22, which is happening in Marrakesh, Morocco. “One is technology. New technologies, new varieties, crop varieties can enhance the yield and increase the yield, can reduce carbon emission, can also use less water less land,” he told CCTV reporter Miro Lu. “We mush reshape our agricultural and […]