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Katrina Kosec and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo examine whether social transfer programs—beyond their economic benefits—also help build states and societies that sustain development.

Daily FT (Sri Lanka) interviewed Derek Headey and Joanna van Asselt for an article about the Building Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Holistic Transformation (BRIGHT) Integrated Household Survey.

Comments from IFPRI’s Avinash Kishore on how India’s new role as the world’s largest exporter of rice impacts scarce groundwater supplies. 

Ada Derana (YouTube, Sri Lanka) featured IFPRI work in this news report on the national Building Resilient Inclusive Growth and Holistic Transformation (BRIGHT) survery in Sri Lanka.

IFPRI research presented at the BIDS Annual Conference on Development 2025, highlighting new evidence on aquaculture value chains, agricultural mechanization, and social protection.

Building on years of joint research on digital extension, the collaboration will now focus on user testing of Digital Green’s FarmerChat application as part of IFPRI’s Generative AI for Agriculture (GAIA) initiative.

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.

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.

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.

IFPRI mourns the passing of Betty Sadoulet, a leading figure in development economics.