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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), one of fifteen CGIAR Research Centers, develops crops, agricultural practices, interventions, and policies to maximize health and nutrition benefits. CIAT works in collaboration with hundreds of partners to help developing countries make farming more competitive, profitable, and resilient through smarter, more sustainable natural resource management. CIAT helps policymakers, scientists, and farmers respond to some of the most pressing challenges of our time, including food insecurity and malnutrition, climate change, and environmental degradation.

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Publications

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Should Sri Lanka attempt to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses?

2024Natarajan, Kiruthika; Thibbotuwawa, Manoj; Babu, Suresh Chandra
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Should Sri Lanka attempt to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses?

Agriculture is the mainstay of Sri Lanka’s rural economy and employs about 26.5 percent of the country’s total employed population, rural and urban (Department of Census and Statistics [DCS] 2023a). Paddy occupies the largest portion of cropland; tea, rubber, coconut, spices, fruits, vegetables, pulses, and other cereals occupy the rest (Thibbotuwawa 2021; Senanayake and Premaratne 2016; Adhikari nayake 2005). Nonetheless, food and nutrition security remain a major challenge: nearly 3.9 million people, or 17 percent of Sri Lankans, experience moderately acute food insecurity; nearly 10,000 are severely acute food insecure; and 56 percent of households have adopted food-based coping strategies, including reducing meal portion sizes (36 percent) and skipping meals (19 percent) (FAO 2023a). Moreover, the prevalence of underweight in women and anaemia in adolescent girls and women is high in South Asia (UNICEF 2023), and micronutrient (iron, zinc, and/or folate) deficiencies are also highest there (72 percent).

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2024

Authors

Natarajan, Kiruthika; Thibbotuwawa, Manoj; Babu, Suresh Chandra

Citation

Natarajan, Kiruthika; Thibbotuwawa, Manoj; and Babu, Suresh. 2024. Should Sri Lanka attempt to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses? Policy Note April 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

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Sri Lanka

Keywords

Southern Asia; Asia; Agriculture; Crops; Grain Legumes; Cereal Crops; Nutrition; Food Security; Nutrient Deficiencies

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt

2023Abay, Kibrom A.; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kurdi, Sikandra; Salama, Yousra
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Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt

Because of its dependence on food imports, Egypt is particularly vulnerable to the high world food prices and trade shocks triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Imports account for more than 40% of Egypt’s calorie consumption, and the country is the world’s largest importer of wheat, with about 85% coming from Russia and Ukraine before the war began. Since then, supply disruptions, high global market prices, and other factors have led to sharp rises in domestic food inflation, which reached 31% in November. This in turn is a major driver of rising overall annual inflation, which soared from 6% to 19% between January and November 2022 — the highest rate in five years. In this post, based on a recent survey, we assess how Egypt’s poor households are responding to these economic stresses, and how the Egyptian government’s social protection efforts have affected consumption since the conflict began. In general, the survey indicates that many poor households cut back on consumption of some unsubsidized nutritious foods while consumption of subsidized foods remained unaffected, suggesting the national food subsidy program plays an important role.

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2023

Authors

Abay, Kibrom A.; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kurdi, Sikandra; Salama, Yousra

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Abay, Kibrom A.; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kurdi, Sikandra; and Salama, Yousra. 2023. Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt. In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. Section Four: Country Impacts and Responses: Middle East and North Africa, Chapter 25, Pp. 129-134. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_25

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Egypt

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Middle East; Northern Africa; Africa; Low Income Groups; Shock; Policies; War; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Households; Agriculture; Markets; Trade; Coronavirinae; Russia; Food Security; Ukraine; Conflicts; Coronavirus Disease; Diet; Prices; Climate Change

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Bridging perspectives: Key insights from a gender & youth integration learning event

2023Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi
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Bridging perspectives: Key insights from a gender & youth integration learning event

In light of the need to learn from and collaborate with other USAID implementing partners on effectively addressing the issues that affect women and youth in their programming, Titukulane organized a focused event in September 2022. Prioritizing the engagement of women and youth in all development activities has immense importance and needs more emphasis. This is particularly true for projects that aim to create lasting impact and positive change in communities. Titukulane, through USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, organized a collaborative meeting with USAID Implementing Partners in Malawi. Through this effort, the implementing partners identified potential areas for integration and collaboration that can further enhance the impact of development programs.

Year published

2023

Authors

Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi

Citation

Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi. 2023. Bridging perspectives: Key insights from a gender & youth integration learning event. Titukulane RFSA Learning Brief May 2023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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Malawi

Keywords

Africa; Eastern Africa; Women; Youth; Development; Social Analysis; Communitites

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English

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Open Access

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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136824 Source record

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Climate Resilience

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Events

Transforming Africa’s Food System with Digital Technologies
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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November 26, 2019, 9:30 – 11:00 am

Transforming Africa’s Food System with Digital Technologies

African countries have made considerable progress in increasing agricultural productivity and reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. But  continued population growth, urbanization, changing diets, and climate change are putting pressure on food systems not only to provide more food but also to make more diverse and nutritious foods available and accessible. New digital technologies and services […]

Crafting the Next Generation of CGIAR Gender Research
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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October 30, 2019, 12:15 – 1:45 pm

Crafting the Next Generation of CGIAR Gender Research

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality within CGIAR, challenges boundaries in thinking about gender in agriculture, and stimulates new and creative perspectives. Gender researchers […]

CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture Convention
IFPRI at External Event

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October 3 to 5, 2018

CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture Convention

IFPRI Staff are participating in the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture co-hosted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) taking place October 3-5, 2018 at the Campus of the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya. This convention is the second yearly event to bring together the people and organizations that make the […]

Blogs

Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends
IFPRI Blog
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October 08, 2019

Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends

By Alan de Brauw

A biofortification project in Mozambique shows lasting nutrition benefits.

How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central America and the Andean Region
IFPRI Blog
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August 19, 2019

How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central America and the Andean Region

By Timothy S. Thomas, Ana María Loboguerrero RodrÍguez, Ana R. Rios, Deissy Martínez Barón, Graciela Magrin, and Vicente Barros

Central America will be particularly hard-hit by declining yields of rainfed maize, modeling shows.