Blogs
How anticipatory action can empower women in disaster-prone areas
How assistance programs can catalyze improvements in gender equality.
Combining an array of approaches for systemic behavior change in groundwater governance in India
Enabling collaboration in and across communities.
How men and women cope with weather-related agricultural production risk: A case study of cereal and tomato farmers in Haryana, India
Addressing gender differences to build resilience.
Events
WFP Climate Impact Evaluation Forum
Extreme weather events pose one of the biggest threats to global food security. Increasingly, climate disasters like floods, droughts, and cyclones, are striking regions previously unaccustomed to such crises. In the Asia Pacific region, the United Nations World Food Programme work hand-in-hand with several partners to support vulnerable communities preparing, responding, and recovering from climate shocks […]
Metrics Matter: Assessing Progress towards Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Beyond
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will hold a public seminar featuring three studies on women empowerment on August 14, 2024, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Asia/Manila) / August 13, 2024, 9:00 PM to 11:30 PM (US/Eastern) at the PIDS Conference Hall and via Zoom. […]
Understanding the New Dynamics of Agrifood Trade, Perspectives by Pascal Lamy
Hybrid Event: May 30, 2024 at 2:30pm-4:00pm EDT. Please join us for a lecture by IFPRI Board Chair Pascal Lamy, a foremost expert in international trade matters, who served as the European Union’s Trade Commissioner and as the World Trade Organization’s Director General. The lecture will be followed by comments from a panel of international trade experts and a Q&A session.
News
New paper calls for harnessing agrifood value chains to help farmers be climate-smart
The global food system is uniquely vulnerable to climate impacts, making adaptation of paramount importance.
Global Food Roundup: Soaring rice prices and fresh Black Sea threats (Bloomberg Newsletter)
In a follow-up to an earlier Bloomberg story on India’s rice ban, the Bloomberg newsletter discusses “how extreme weather and food protectionism are combining to make rice — vital to the diets of billions in Asia and Africa — much more expensive. That’s bad news for some of the world’s most disadvantaged. The staple makes up as […]
Fertilizer additive market statistics and research analysis released in latest industry report 2028 (News Wires)
News Wires published a story on the fertilizer markets. The article states the market is expected to grow from US$ 3,512.65 million in 2022 to US$ 4,050.19 million by 2028; it is expected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 2.4 percent from 2022 to 2028. The demand for fertilizers in many […]
Projects
The Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)
CACCI In partnership with local and regional organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, the Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)……