Washington DC, May 29, 2024: In the face of growing challenges posed by unhealthy diets, all forms of malnutrition, and environmental constraints, the 2024 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) — released today by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) — underscores the importance of transforming complex global food systems to ensure sustainable healthy diets for all.

Monday marks one year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group began, writes ABC News. 

Successful Farming quotes the IFPRI blog post on the Impacts of Red Sea shipping disruptions on global food security by senior research fellow Joseph Glauber and senior res

November 16, 2023, Rome — The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative reaches a new milestone today as it expands its global partnership to include four new partners – the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health

Steve Linscombe, director of The Rice Foundation, in an opinion piece published by Agri-Pulse, refers to the IFPRI analysis on export restrictions. 

"Export restrictions and extreme weather are threatening the global supply of a staple commodity relied on by millions," writes the Financial Times.

"Countries have imposed restrictions on the food they export to protect their own supplies from the combined effect of the war in Ukraine, El Nino’s threat to food production and increasing damage from climate change," writes the Associated Press.

"Record-breaking heat that has been beating down on the Caribbean for the past few months poses a grave threat to regional food security.

Politics Today included the IFPRI book "The Russia-Ukraine Conflict & Global Food Security", edited by Joseph Glauber (senior research fellow) and David Laborde (formerly a senior research fellow) in its selection of most significant recent books addressing chall

"Across south and south-east Asia, unpredictable weather is threatening supplies of rice, a staple food for more than half the world’s population.

"Erratic climate conditions - including the driest August in more than a century - have sent food prices spiraling above 11% in India, which is a major player in global agri-trade," writes the BBC News, India in a piece on India’s exportation of rice and other products. 

"From Indian rice to Australian wheat, climate change is hitting yields, adding to food shortages and price spikes caused by the war in Ukraine. But there’s a way around it, analysts say," writes Al-Jazeera. 

IRC mentions IFPRI in an article on its anniversary featuring organization's history, achievements, and partnerships over the past 90 years.  

"Experts are warning of a new normal in which food supplies — and prices — could be rocked more regularly," writes the New York Times in a

WFP's resilience programs in Burkina Faso and Niger in response to climate crises and anthropogenic shocks boosted food security and social cohesion, improving prospects for peace in both countries, new research shows, writes UN China. 

DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s efforts to build resilience to climate-related and human-made shocks and stressors have been shown to boost food security, while also strengthening social cohesion and improving the prospects for peace in Burkina Faso and Niger - a new study reveals. 

"From copper to wheat to natural gas, the cost of some of the world’s most important products is crashing, bringing long-awaited relief for consumers that were stung by last year’s soaring prices," reports Bloomberg.  

"The sharp increase in the price of red meat led to a decline in its consumption in Egypt," reports Al Jazeera.  

"A shift towards permanent 'crisis resilience' from short-term aid is crucial to mitigate increasingly frequent shocks to the global food system and tackle rising global hunger, say food policy researchers," writes SciDev.Net in a piece featuring IFPRI's 2023 Global Food Policy Research. 

The importance of small-scale irrigation to farmers and its numerous benefits, including increasing agricultural productivity and incomes.