Publications
Journal Article
Revisiting development strategy under climate uncertainty: Case study of Malawi
Journal Article
From food subsidies to cash transfers: Assessing economy-wide benefits and trade-offs in Egypt
Working Paper
Small-scale irrigation protects farmers from climate-extreme events: Insights from the 2015/2016 ENSO in Ethiopia
Blogs
AIM4C Summit Side Event: Foresight, climate change, and agrifood systems
New insights into developing country impacts.
The Reference Diet Deprivation (ReDD) index: A new diet quality measure for more effective nutrition-sensitive policies
Assessing how household diets fall short.
Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty
Modeling shows lowered GDP and agricultural production for 2022.
Events
32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists
The triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE-2024), centred on the theme “Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” is scheduled from August 2-7, 2024, in New Delhi, India. The conference offers a distinctive platform, providing a golden opportunity for the agricultural academic institutions and researchers to convene in person, exchange knowledge, and actively contribute to the […]
Tracking Global and National Agricultural Transformation
Agricultural transformation involves the shift in production and workers from traditional agriculture to more productive activities, both within primary agriculture and across sectors within the broader agrifood system. This evolution enhances productivity and typically reduces poverty, raises incomes, and promotes healthier diets. However, not all countries are experiencing the same pace of agricultural transformation, and […]
ICTforAg 2024: Localizing impact
Event: May 28, 2024 – 9:00am to 5:00pm EDT. This event explores the localization of ICT, responsible AI in agriculture, the potential for AI to increase farm profitability, empowering citizen science, and harnessing digital solutions for sustainable and regenerative farming practices.
News
Integrated customer experience strategies essential to enterprise growth (Nigeria Communications Week)
Nigeria Communications Week published an article stating that a report from Nigeria’s Statistics Bureau showed that the economy contracted by 6.1% year on year by Quarter 2 of 2020 alone. This decline is Nigeria’s steepest recorded in the past decade. In addition, a report from IFPRI, Coronavirus: Lockdowns across Africa creating major economic loss showed that during the lockdown […]
COVID-19: For pregnant women, it’s a tougher battle (Daily Trust)
Daily Trust (Nigeria) reported on COVID-19, nutrition, and pregnancy. Poor diet is a common experience of low-income households during the lockdown. IFPRI said poor households in low and middle-Income Countries, like Nigeria, would have dramatic income effects due to “widespread unemployment resulting from COVID-19 mitigation measures” (see blogpost, COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa by James Thurlow). Also reflecting both […]
Coronavirus: Lockdowns across Africa creating major economic loss (The African Report)
The Africa Report published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow James Thurlow who writes, “It is too soon to assess the full economic impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns will have on developing countries. But early research indicates that many African economies are significantly impacted and that poorer households are struggling.” He states that though it is early into the research of […]