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Since declaring independence in 1991, Uzbekistan has adopted a rigid approach to food security that prioritizes self-sufficiency but lacks an emphasis on balanced nutrition and affordable food. Although the country produces adequate calories to feed its population, almost 30 percent of its people live below the food poverty line, and large nutritional disparities exist among […]

The U.S. Department of State and USAID have made gender equality a priority in their development and diplomacy efforts. As a flagship initiative, Feed the Future is an example of how this priority is being operationalized through policies and investments targeting rural women. This seminar will provide an overview of the Obama administration’s new concerted […]

Nutrition security, a fundamental human right, is being compromised by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. Efforts to respond by integrating food and nutrition with other interventions have proliferated but evidence of their effectiveness from countries with significant overlap of malnutrition and HIV is only now emerging. IFPRI and its partners in RENEWAL, the Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods, and Food Security, will […]

Research has shown that investments in agricultural research and extension have large impacts on agricultural productivity, poverty, and nutrition. Yet, countries under-invest in agriculture: In 2000, developing countries spent about $2 per capita on agricultural research, and according to a 2008 World Bank report, only 4 percent of official development assistance is directed toward agriculture. […]

What does the Doha Development Round bring to the table for developing countries? The WTO Forum invited two international experts- Jeffrey Schott from the Peterson Institute for International Economics and David Laborde from IFPRI- to discuss this question during a recent video interview. According to Schott, the Doha Round is still very much a “work in progress” […]

Global crises, such as the 2007- 2008 spike in food prices, tend to impact each location in a unique way. In Yemen, the triple global crisis in food, fuel, and financial markets has underscored its precarious food supply from abroad and its trade imbalance characterized by declining oil exports and rapidly increasing food imports. Yemen is […]

China has long been in the throes of demographic, economic and social change, with massive rural-to-urban migration, a growing middle class, and an emerging culture of entrepreneurship. In China’s rural communities, it is increasingly common to find lavish spending on weddings, festivals and gifts. A new IFPRI discussion paper documents this recent spike in conspicuous consumption and examines […]

Bhutan has made strides towards achieving food security over the past two decades. Its experiences shed light on the merits of food self-sufficiency as a strategy, so the Royal Government of Bhutan, IFPRI, and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation are assembling a broad array of stakeholders in the capital, Thimpu, on July 2 to examine the evidence. The […]

Save the date for Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2010: Finding sustainable agriculture solutions to meet food security and climate challenges. WHEN: 4 December 2010 WHERE: Gran Melia Resort in Cancun, Mexico WHAT: A one-day event parallel to COP16 that shows that agriculture is where climate change, food security, and development intersect. It brings agriculture sector adaptation and mitigation strategies to […]

David Beckmann and Jo Luck are receiving this year’s World Food Prize—the first leaders of non-governmental organizations to be honored with the prestigious award. Beckmann is president of Bread for the World and serves on the Advisory Council of IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative on food, agriculture, and the environment. Luck is president of Heifer International. The […]

Organized by Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and UK Department for International Development (DFID) For three days in June, high level Chinese policymakers and international researchers will gather in Beijing to discuss and share lessons on ensuring food security in the face of economic and weather-related risks to farmers. […]

In the past five years, Ghana has experienced fairly high levels of poverty-reducing growth, and the country has set 2015 as a target date to achieve middle-income status. The Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) at IFPRI works to supply information and knowledge that can be used to shape Ghana’s agricultural and rural development strategies. On June 3, IFPRI – GSSP hosted “Agricultural […]

Agricultural development and poverty reduction depend on the effective delivery of public services to farmers and the rural poor. However, the efficient and regular delivery of public services to the poor in rural areas is hindered by far-reaching governance challenges. Service providers must reach remote areas on a regular basis, often with limited resources and […]

Climate change negotiators are gathered in Bonn, Germany this week to re-launch the latest round of United Nations Framework for Climate Change treaty talks. Their goal is to advance negotiations on a document for discussion during the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP 16) in Cancun in early December. Agriculture has only recently emerged as one of the major issues […]

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On June 2, 2010, in Brasilia, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) hosted an IFPRI-organized workshop called “Bold Actions for Stimulating Inclusive Growth.” EMBRAPA President Pedro Antonio Arraes Pereira and former IFPRI Chairman Ross Garnaut welcomed the numerous guests to this unique opportunity for international dialogue, and IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan discussed the role […]

Nature preserves in at least two developing countries have reduced poverty among their human neighbors, according to a new study co-authored by IFPRI’s Kwaw Andam. Communities living on the margins of national parks in Costa Rica and Thailand are better off than those not situated near the parks, say Andam and his fellow researchers. The finding eases […]

Conference website The Faculty of Economics of the Gabriele D’Annunzio University (Chieti and Pescara, Italy) invites submissions of papers and extended abstracts for a conference on small-and-medium business clusters in developing and advanced economies, with a special focus on the Chinese and Italian experiences. The conference is organized by the Faculty of Economics of the […]

Bangladesh is concentrating efforts to achieve food and nutrition security for its people. The facts, figures, and analysis underlying this new push are now available online. IFPRI and other internationally recognized experts prepared six research papers, one for each priority area identified by the government and discussed at the May 26-27 Bangladesh Food Security Investment Forum. The documents […]

The U.S. Government has just launched “Feed the Future,” the implementation strategy for its global hunger and food security initiative. “We are all impatient because we are acutely aware that today the lack of adequate food will result in the premature deaths of about 25,000 people,” said Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator who gave the keynote address at a […]