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IFPRI short video contest: Planting my path in Nepalese agriculture
From a childhood working on her grandfather's farm to training farmers in sustainable agriculture.
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IFPRI short video contest: School garden and healthy cooking program targets the double burden of malnutrition in Mexico
Nutrition students at the University of Monterrey, Mexico, on what inspired their middle school gardening and cooking program.
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The promise and challenges of India’s Direct Benefit Transfer agricultural subsidies
Can subsidy reforms help fix farmers' current troubles? A discussion at the Indian Economic Association's annual conference.
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Investing in nutrition for long-term returns: Improved human capital and productivity
“Investments in improving nutrition in the first 1000 days should be considered as long-term economic investments because they improve human capital and productivity,” said Professor Reynaldo Martorell from, Emory University.
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Biofortification: A plausible antidote to India’s hidden hunger problem
An inexpensive and efficient way to address micronutrient deficiencies.
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Analysis of ACE’s Warehouse Receipts and Market Information Systems: An IFPRI-ACE dissemination event
Providing smallholder farmers access to markets and price information is key to improving agricultural productivity and growth, along with food and nutrition security. In line with this, the Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa (ACE) has operated a Market Information System (MIS) and a Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) since 2011. The MIS provides farmers, traders and […]
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Knowledge for a sustainable food future: New foresight tool examines impact of agricultural investments
How can we feed 10 billion people by 2050? How much and in what ways will climate change impact global food production? What can be done to ensure that the world’s agriculture and food systems remain sustainable in both the short and the long term? To answer these and other critical questions, researchers and development […]
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Focus on the political and commercial drivers behind the double burden of malnutrition
The products and practices of many transnational food companies continue to drive the problem, as their corporate social responsibility people argue for a seat at the table.
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Double duty actions in nutrition: Preventing harm and maximizing impacts on all forms of malnutrition
Confronting a ubiquitous yet tricky problem as food systems rapidly evolve.
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Farmer Business Schools can help make smallholder agriculture a profitable enterprise
An FAO training strategy shows promise for building farm entrepreneurship in India and other countries.