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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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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.


  • 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.


  • 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 […]


  • 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 […]


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • IFPRI and ICAR Convene South Asia Dialogue on Food Policy to Spotlight Priorities for Resilient, Healthy, and Inclusive Food Systems

    September 17, 2025

    The dialogue brought together senior policymakers, researchers, and development partners to reflect on how South Asia can secure resilient, inclusive, and sustainable food systems amid mounting pressures of climate change, malnutrition, and demographic transitions.


  • Intensification or expansion? A new approach to measuring agricultural change (VoxDev)

    September 16, 2025

    Jeffrey Bloem (IFPRI) and Clark Lundberg (San Diego State University) introduce a new method for linking village-level interventions with high-resolution earth observation data.


  • Celebrating 50 Years of Impact and Informing Food Policies Across Africa

    September 03, 2025

    IFPRI marks its 50th anniversary with a special event at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar.


  • Launch of IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report at Africa Food Systems Forum

    September 02, 2025

    IFPRI and AGRA will host a high-level Africa launch of IFPRI’s 2025 GFPR, “Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing World,” at AFSF, highlighting linkages to the new CAADP agenda.