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Aid to end hunger is a win-win investment
Even modest investments from donor countries can help developing countries make strong gains in food security, IFPRI's Director General writes.
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Why malnutrition continues to be a development challenge
Why some developing countries lag in the fight against hunger and malnutrition: they lack the policy expertise to devise effective national policies.
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Likely effects of a trade war for U.S. agriculture? Sad!
President Trump's threats of trade wars with Mexico and China could rebound painfully on U.S. agriculture.
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Newsflash: Chickens don’t use toilets
Research suggests living in close proximity to chickens may make children more prone to health problems. But water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) recommendations focus almost exclusively on human feces.
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Reinvigorating Pakistan’s rural development
With the launch of a new book by IFPRI researchers on Pakistani agriculture and rural economic development, a look at our work in Pakistan.
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China’s new agro-investment: Opportunity for sustainability?
China is spending $450 billion to modernize agriculture. Why some of that should go to promoting sustainable practices such as ecosystem-based pest control.
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Agriculture and water: To whom much is given, much will be required
Agriculture has stewardship over much of the world's freshwater. Some recommendations to achieve long-term sustainability in agricultural water management.
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Experimental games test efficacy of subsidies to encourage farmers to invest in natural ecosystem services
An interactive game offers insights into how farmers cooperate – and sometimes don't – moving to ecosystem-based pest control.
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Informing development strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean
For more than three decades, IFPRI’s research and collaborations in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region have produced rigorous evidence leading to innovative market and trade policies and effective social protection and nutritional programs. In the 1980s and 1990s, IFPRI’s research in the region centered on global and regional issues, particularly on the role […]
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Reach, benefit, or empower: Clarifying gender strategies of development projects
Development programs should not assume merely addressing gender is enough to empower women: a more nuanced approach is needed.