Blogs
![Reviving public extension for climate-resilient agriculture: Lessons and insights from India, Indonesia, and Nepal](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/india-extension.jpeg)
Reviving public extension for climate-resilient agriculture: Lessons and insights from India, Indonesia, and Nepal
Integrating reforms with global goals.
![World Food Safety Day 2024: Empowering consumers and small businesses with information](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kenya-hygiene1-scaled.jpg)
World Food Safety Day 2024: Empowering consumers and small businesses with information
Targeting interventions to benefit public health.
![Impacts of Red Sea shipping disruptions on global food security](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/suez-ships.jpeg)
Impacts of Red Sea shipping disruptions on global food security
Potential fallout from Houthi attacks.
Events
![Sustainable Food System in Southeast Asia under and beyond COVID-19: Policy Evidence and Call for Action](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/05.19.22-copy.jpg)
Sustainable Food System in Southeast Asia under and beyond COVID-19: Policy Evidence and Call for Action
Virtual Event: May 19, 2022 – 9:00 AM to May 20, 2022 – 4:15 PM Bangkok (GMT +7). This virtual conference will share evidenced-based research and provide policy recommendations to support continued transformation in agri-food systems as the Southeast Asia region enters a post-COVID-19 world.
![Micronutrient Forum: 5th Global Conference](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/nov._9-13_micronutrient_forum_conference.jpg)
Micronutrient Forum: 5th Global Conference
IFPRI is participating in the Micronutrient Forum’s 5th Global Conference on “Building New Evidence and Alliances for Improving Nutrition.” Food systems are at the heart of determining what people eat. Micronutrients are at the heart of the potential of food systems to deliver optimal health. The 2020 Micronutrient Forum conference will continue to cover the broad […]
![Food System Transformations: National Actions in a Globalized World](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nov._14_event_page.jpg)
Food System Transformations: National Actions in a Globalized World
Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a rapid transformation shaped by global and regional events. But country actions will be critical in shaping future food system outcomes. Some countries are taking a systemic approach to assessing and acting on food system transformation—considering consumption and food environments, food supply and sustainability, health, and socioeconomic outcomes. […]
News
India’s food system is under strain, and farmers are paying the price (Bloomberg)
“India’s production [of rice] has surged over the past decade, accounting for some 40% of global shipments before the latest limits, broadly equivalent to the next four exporters combined. Now curbs have tempered costs at home, but they’ve hurt vulnerable importing nations, pushing the global price to a 15-year high and raising the possibility of […]
India is pushing the world toward another rice crisis (Bloomberg)
“With duties, export bans, and other restrictions, New Delhi is harming the same developing nations it claims to want to lead,” writes Mihir Sharma, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and a senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. Sharma adds, “Three calamities have caused grain supplies to dry up: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
Rice crops are being threatened by El Nino after grain supplies were disrupted by the war in Ukraine (Associated Press)
“Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Niño is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine,” writes the Associated Press. “That’s bad news for rice farmers, particularly in Asia where 90% of the world’s rice is grown and […]
Projects
![Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/goH0u0txaiQkKnltANBupBpFVOZ4lJEzVLtuldKEaQ.jpg)
Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns
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![Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain Financing (IFS4Ag)](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1411611566_sm.jpg)
Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain Financing (IFS4Ag)
Smallholder farmers in developing countries face substantial constraints that limit their ability to reach their production potential. One such constraint is credit; Smallholders and other……