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Smartphones, women’s rights and coupons: new trends that can boost insurance for African farmers (The Conversation)
November 11, 2025
IFPRI’s Berber Kramer and Ruth Hill discuss how new, innovative forms of insurance could help insure farmers against weather shocks, and how South Africa’s G20 presidency can support these initiatives.
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New study examines affordability and nutritional implications of the 2025 EAT–Lancet Commission diet
November 05, 2025
The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, used IFPRI’s IMPACT model to assess how adopting the EAT-Lancet diet could affect calorie availability, share of income spent on food, nutrient availability, and food prices.
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Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money (The Conversation)
October 29, 2025
Ben Belton (IFPRI/MSU) and Leo Baldiga (MSU) share findings from their new study published in ‘Science’ documenting a rapid growth of agricultural drones usage around the world.
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In Memoriam: Dr. Elisabeth Sadoulet
October 24, 2025
IFPRI mourns the passing of Betty Sadoulet, a leading figure in development economics.
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Food prices are likely to remain high and volatile (Welternährung)
October 23, 2025
Rob Vos (Markets, Trade, and Institutions unit) explores the persistent volatility and inflation in global food prices.
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Agriculture Ministry and LIFAAS host generative AI workshop to strengthen extension services (Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia)
October 06, 2025
With support from IFPRI, the workshop brought together diverse stakeholders to explore how generative AI can close extension gaps and enhance the reach and impact of agricultural advisory services in Liberia.
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Saarc Agriculture Centre teams up with IFPRI for food, agriculture research (The Daily Star)
September 26, 2025
The Saarc Agriculture Centre (SAC) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in food and agriculture research, policy analysis, and capacity building across South Asia, The Daily Star reported. The MoU was signed on September 25 in New York on the sidelines of the […]
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Raising PNG’s minimum wage to improve affordability of healthy diets (DevPolicy Blog)
September 24, 2025
In a recent DevPolicy article, Kristi Mahrt and Emily Schmidt (IFPRI) examine how raising the minimum wage could improve the affordability of nutritious foods in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Using the Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) indicator, they show that the price of a basic healthy diet in urban PNG increased from K7.70 in […]
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SAARC Agriculture Centre and IFPRI sign MoU to strengthen food and agriculture cooperation in South Asia
September 23, 2025
The MoU was signed today by Secretary General of SAARC and Director General of IFPRI at the margins of the UN General Assembly this week in New York.
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The rise of drones for farming (Science.org Podcast)
September 18, 2025
IFPRI Research Fellow Ben Belton discusses what appears to drive drone use in agriculture and how they might make farming more productive and sustainable.