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With: Joachim von Braun, Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, and Professor for Economic and Technological Change | Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, and Adjunct Professor of University of Iceland | Alisher Mirzabaev, senior researcher at the […]

By Elizabeth Bryan, Patti Kristjanson, and Claudia Ringler Until recently, there has been little evidence supporting the need to focus on the gendered dimensions of agriculture and climate change. Why? Because few researchers have been talking to women in agriculture as well as men–both of whom contribute to solving the food security challenges posed by […]

12 stories that describe IFPRI's work on key topical areas

Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DCNovember 18, 2015  IFPRI at 40: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD 8:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 9:00 WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS All video from this session Master of Ceremonies: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Chief of Staff and Head, 2020 Vision Initiative, IFPRI, USA Video 40th Anniversary Video Speakers: Kym Anderson, Professor of Economics, […]

Today, the United Nations announced that El Niño has contributed to a 3.9% increase in major food commodities in October. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Outlook report found that sugar and palm oil supplies were the main reasons for the increase. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan responded in a statement: The 3.9 percent rise […]

Reflections on IFPRI’s country programs

Post by Paul Dorosh, Director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division.

Challenges and options at global and national scales. Video now available from the Nov 10 Policy Seminar.

Poor nutrition can cause young children to become stunted, that is, to be too short for their age. An estimated 159 million children under 5 worldwide are stunted due to chronic malnutrition.

Agriculture and financial policies are closely linked. The economic situation of the world—and of each individual country—has a profound effect on agricultural policies, and agricultural policies, in turn, can affect a country’s economy. Thus, taking into account macroeconomic variables and policies is vital to both developing countries’ and the world’s economy. How can policymakers working […]

Providing human resources expertise and services to all staff and fostering an effective and collaborative work environment to support IFPRI’s vision and mission. 

One in three people in the world is malnourished. Deficiencies in vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A, iron, and zinc can cause blindness, reduced IQ, vulnerability to disease, and even death. Biofortification—breeding new, more nutritious varieties of staple food crops to increase their micronutrient content—is one promising approach for combatting micronutrient malnutrition among vulnerable […]

IFPRI has adhered to the principles of Open Access since its inception. All IFPRI publications are freely available through the e-Brary Open Knowledge Repository and the IFPRI Dataverse, housing over 6,800 publications and datasets. In honor of International Open Access Week 2015, IFPRI is proud to highlight the data and tools used to provide the […]

With: Susan Markhan, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, USAID | Chris Jochnick, CEO, Landesa | Hosaena Ghebru, Research Fellow, IFPRI | Charles North, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment, USAID. On October 27, USAID, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Landesa will host a panel discussion to examine the intersection of […]

The benefits of irrigation go beyond impacts on yields, with large potential benefits for nutrition security, health, and women’s empowerment.

Global, basin and local case studies of resource use efficiency under growing natural resource scarcity

Countries that have significantly lowered their hunger levels tend to have one thing in common. “When you look at results over time since 2000, it’s clear that the countries that have really made inclusive economic growth a priority have made substantially more progress than the countries that have not,” said Summer Allen, research coordinator in […]

With: Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | Joe Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | Alejandro Izquierdo, Principal Technical Leader & Economist, Inter-American Development Bank | Maximo Torero, Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI.  What do policymakers, policy analysts, and practitioners–working on agricultural issues in developing countries–need to know about macroeconomics to […]