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Adjusting Nepal’s complex agricultural economy to the federalist system laid out by the new constitution will require some adjustment, but a new paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) proposes several policy measures to ease the transition. “Nepal’s 2072 Federal Constitution: Implications for the Governance of the Agricultural Sector” looks at how wisdom […]

Bloomberg View published a piece analyzing a new paper by IFPRI Deputy Division Director Xinshen Diao and Senior Research Fellow Margaret McMillan that examines the explanations for slow growth in the economies of Latin America and Africa South of the Sahara. Their research showed that Latin American economies have suffered from a lack of positive structural […]

Research by IFPRI Research Fellow Kelly Jones was featured prominently in stories in the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the New Yorker this week about an executive order from President Trump which bans American foreign aid from going to organizations that discuss abortion as a family planning option, otherwise known as the Mexico City […]

Exposure to animal feces has been linked to slower physical growth in young children according to a new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The study, published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, looked at the growth, health and hygiene conditions of 6000 children aged 6-24 months in Bangladesh, […]

The Citizen out of Tanzania reported on new analysis from Claudia Ringler, IFPRI’s deputy director of the Environment and Production Technology Division, which argued that investments in advanced irrigation are a much-needed component for increasing food security in Africa and around the world. New investments could reduce prices of key crops while meeting growing demand […]

Fusion interviewed IFPRI senior research fellow Valerie Mueller about a study published in Climatic Change last December. The study showed that water scarcity was a key factor in migratory pressure for Central American 15-to 25-year-olds.

Technological innovations can open up new doors for greater water-use efficiency. 

Summa Magazine in Costa Rica reported on a new study from Senior Research Fellow Eugenio Díaz -Bonilla and Research Coordinator Valeria Piñeiro. The report, “External Shocks, Food Security, and Development: Exploring Scenarios for Central America,” examined five Central American countries and found that El Salvador was especially vulnerable to the effects of a global recession, and that flexible exchange rates improve a country’s ability to […]

Jan 10, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Central American countries remain susceptible to global economic downturns and need to consider policy options that would counter the effects of a potential worldwide recession, according to a new paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). “External Shocks, Food Security, and Development: Exploring Scenarios for Central America” […]

ArsTechnica reported on new research into the physiological mechanisms rice plants use to adjust to changing temperatures and carbon dioxide levels. IFPRI’s models have shown that climate change could reduce rice yield 10 percent by midcentury, dropping 4.2 to 6.4 percent for each change of one Kelvin in temperature.