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Land scarcity is rapidly worsening, and degradation continues apace. Water scarcity and degradation are also increasing and have been attributed to economic and population growth, poor water management, and the impacts of climate change.  The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment reports that 15 of 24 critical ecosystems are in decline. This research assesses the interlinkages among agriculture […]

Governance structures, policies and institutions for water management This research examines different mechanisms, policies, and institutions for water management across scales and a range of technologies. Joint modeling exercises are used to involve state and community actors. Specific research topics include the role of different institutions and combinations of institutions to address the following types […]

Ensuring sustainable food production under growing water scarcity Given the impacts of global change on water and food security and the need for increasing agricultural intensification, this research theme examines the tradeoffs for water and food security. This research includes global modeling of water, food, and energy; projections of current and future demand for water […]

There is only one week left to contribute to Nourishing Millions, which brings together powerful narratives of change – of country-level progress, of successful programs and interventions, as well as stories of individual leaders and nutrition champions. We are casting a wide net for nominations for nutrition success stories. This is your opportunity to highlight a successful […]

Malnutrition exists in every country on the planet Healthy children are the minority in at least 5 large countries Read the report (PDF 7.3 MB) September 15, 2015, London—Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress, and, according to the Global Nutrition Report being released on September 22 in New York […]

The following guest blog was authored by Nabeeha Mujeeb Kazi, President and CEO at Humanitas Global, and Chair of the Community for Zero Hunger. On September 2, 2015, Kazi served as lead moderator at an IFPRI Policy Seminar on “The road to New York: Keeping the SDGs agenda in focus.” This month the world will […]

Can we measure how much participation matters? Post by IFPRI Senior Research Fellow, Alan de Brauw

The India Food Security Portal is hosting an electronic dialogue Sep 9-10 on “Unified National Agricultural Market”

Post by IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan 

The following story was originally published on the Food Security Portal’s Food for Thought blog. Commodity prices regularly move together, despite the fact that causes of fluctuation can vary from commodity to commodity. Cross-market volatility could lower the effectiveness of diversification as a strategy for reducing price risks, so understanding the dynamics behind market interdependence and […]

Large infrastructure gaps, climate change, high speed of urbanization, and a youthful and rapidly growing population will influence the future pace of growth Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 1, 2015—Most African countries that today are considered low income will transition to middle income within 15 years, and all but one will be middle income by 2050, according […]

Post by Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Coordinator of the CGIAR program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi)

by Shenggen FanDirector General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)August 24, 2015 –Washington, D.C. Water not only quenches our thirst, but is at the very foundation of our ability to feed the world. About 84 percent of global consumptive use of water goes toward agricultural purposes. Today, in the face of a growing global population […]

ASTI launches new interactive tools for tracking agricultural R&D through the ASTI website.

By the end of September 2015, world leaders will agree on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will anchor the global development agenda for the next 15 years. At the center of the SDGs are the goals to eliminate extreme poverty, hunger, and malnutrition in a sustainable way. Keeping the focus on these key aims […]

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2015 ReSAKSS Annual Conference – Addis Ababa, September 1-3, 2015

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