Evidence from Ghana & Bangladesh on the impact of rainfall shocks on food security and nutrition. 

Food insecurity and malnutrition are being worsened in countries that are exposed to armed conflict. Nigeria has witnessed a decade of protracted armed conflict and civil unrest.

Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour. It took days for the sheer size of the resulting disaster to be understood.

As the issue of famine looms large, it is easy to lose sight of the progress that has been made in the fight against hunger and undernutrition.

The uneven distribution of hunger and nutrition reflects the unequal distribution of power in the food system.

The main objective of this report is to identify interventions that work and recommend options for policies and programs to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms.

The 2016 Global Hunger Index Africa Edition is produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe in conjunction with NEPAD.

The findings from this study reveal that, on an economy-wide ba-sis, the benefits of PSNP significantly exceed the cost of PSNP transfers.

Rapid political, economic, and agricultural changes have taken place in Ethiopia in the past two decades. Ethiopia has made major advances toward increasing growth and improving human well-being.

The 2011 Global Food Policy Report is a new annual IFPRI publication that provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of major food policy challenges at the global, regional, national, and local levels.

El Informe de políticas alimentarias mundiales para el año 2011 es una nueva publicación anual del IFPRI que proporciona un análisis exhaustivo, basado en investigaciones, de los principales retos de política alimentaria en los planos mundial, reg

Agrarian communities dependent on rainfall are vulnerable to production shortfalls due to drought and other climatic shocks.

In 2011 two United Nations bodies adopted ambitious goals for halting land degradation and achieving sustainable development. These goals will be difficult, but not impossible, to meet.

The agriculture, nutrition, and health nexus came to prominence in 2011.