Economic, climate, and political shocks—including food price hikes and financial crises, environmental and natural disasters, armed and political conflicts, and disease outbreaks—can be devastating for poor and vulnerable people who have limited resources and options. Such shocks can intensify the risk of food and nutrition insecurity, throw people into poverty, prevent people from moving out of poverty, and spur migration.
Building resilience means helping individuals, households, communities, and countries prepare for, mitigate, cope with, and recover from shocks—so that they can not only bounce back but even become better off. IFPRI's resilience research examines the impact of different shocks and explores possible interventions to enhance human capital, policies for responding to and recovering from crises, and ways of creating resilient food, economic, and social systems.
IFPRI’s research on this topic is closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG1, SDG2, SDG9, and SDG11.
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IFPRI HQ Event Jun 17, 2021Global Report on Food Crises 2021: Building resilience to prevent food crises and conflict
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IFPRI Program/Country Event May 27, 2021Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Implications of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia
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Special Event May 25, 2021Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19: China's Discussion of IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report
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In the News Sep 16, 2020Post-coronavirus, how can we achieve food justice? (Horizon Magazine Blog)
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In the News Sep 11, 2020Study: Highlands Stunts Child Growth (CNN Indonesia)
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In the News Sep 11, 2020Children grow more slowly at high altitudes (Aerzteblatte)
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In the News Sep 3, 2020Babies born at high altitudes may be smaller (New York Times)
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Channing Arndt
Director of Environment and Production Technology Division -
Claudia Ringler
Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division -
Berber Kramer
Senior Research Fellow
Economic, climate, and political shocks—including food price hikes and financial crises, environmental and natural disasters, armed and political conflicts, and disease outbreaks—can be devastating for poor and vulnerable people who have limited resources and options. Such shocks can intensify the risk of food and nutrition insecurity, throw people into poverty, prevent people from moving out of poverty, and spur migration.
Building resilience means helping individuals, households, communities, and countries prepare for, mitigate, cope with, and recover from shocks—so that they can not only bounce back but even become better off. IFPRI's resilience research examines the impact of different shocks and explores possible interventions to enhance human capital, policies for responding to and recovering from crises, and ways of creating resilient food, economic, and social systems.
IFPRI’s research on this topic is closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG1, SDG2, SDG9, and SDG11.
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Photo credit: G.M.B. Akash / Panos Pictures
Bangladesh, Hatibandha Upazila. 13-year-old Saila in front of her family’s maize field in Dawabari river bed area.