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As we at CGIAR design the second phase of CGIAR Research Programs (2017-2022), we are incorporating issues newly requiring increased attention.

By Asma Lateef: Last Friday, I participated in the Washington DC launch of the 2015 GNR.

− at least not in Randomized Control Trials

Post by Alan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division

How Gender Research Is Changing the Landscape of Food Policy.

European Leadership on Hunger From 2015 to 2030 invites you to the International Launch of the 2015 Global Hunger Index: Armed Conflict and the Challenge of Hunger. Alliance2015 Roundtable in collaboration with the European Commission. With: Professor Alex de Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, Tufts University | Maximo Torero, Division Director, Markets, Trade & […]

The Yara Prize 2015 is being awarded to Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa at IFPRI, and Mr. Eric Kaduru, Founder and CEO, KadAfrica.

Welcome: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, IFPRI.Speakers: Lawrence Haddad, IFPRI | Corinna Hawkes, GNR Independent Expert Group co-Chair| Emorn Wasantwisut, GNR Independent Expert Group co-Chair.Panel: Robert Bertram, Bureau for Food Security, USAID | Sanjeev Gupta, International Monetary Fund | Asma Lateef, Bread for World Institute | Michael Jacobson, Centre for Science in the Public Interest | Steven Jaffee, the World Bank.Moderator: […]

Join leading experts to discuss the ongoing drought in Central America at the Sept 25 virtual dialogue.

Newly-launched abbreviated version of the WEAI

The 2015 Global Nutrition Report, released in New York on 23 September, shows that childhood stunting and wasting remain serious problems: More than 160 million children worldwide under five years old are too short for their age (stunted), while more than 50 million don’t weigh enough for their height (wasted). Although countries are increasingly meeting […]

How can agriculture be a path to gender equality? The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a transformational tool that identifies ways to empower women working in agriculture. The project team recently announced the release of a new abbreviated version of the index. The original WEAI was launched in 2012 by IFPRI, Oxford Poverty […]

At the center of the SDGs are goals to eliminate extreme poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, and conserve our environment.

As world leaders agree to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this week, which will anchor the global development agenda for the next 15 years, it is critical to keep the focus on ending hunger and undernutrition—a stepping stone to ending extreme poverty and attaining multiple SDGs. Together, we can achieve a world free of hunger […]

Microsavings reduces risk-sharing among women in Kenya

Co-advancement of Agricultural and Natural Resource Management within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

With: President Kikwete, President, United Republic of Tanzania | Minister Nila Moeloek, Minister of Health, Indonesia | David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee | Lawrence Haddad and Corinna Hawkes, Co-chairs of the Global Nutrition Report | Tom Arnold, Coordinator a.i. of the Movement on Scaling Up Nutrition  Please join us for […]

The agriculture sector plays an important role in the economic development of the Philippines, accounting for over 30 percent of total labor and contributing around 10 percent of the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP). The Philippines, and particularly its agricultural sector, is highly vulnerable to climate risks and disasters, which have caused great damage […]

Water Program Financial Support

This research explores the linkages between water management and access, gender, enhanced nutrition and human health. Particular attention is  paid to water quality assessment, health and nutrition, water management and the incidence of diseases such as malaria, and the gender implications of water management and access. Specific sub-topics include: Irrigation for enhanced nutrition, health and […]