Policy Roundtable

IFPRI is participating in a regional dialogue, which will take place as an invitation-only event during the African Green Revolution Forum 2019 (AGRF) on September 5, 2019 in Accra, Ghana.  The AGRF brings together key stakeholders involved in African agriculture to discuss and commit to programs, investments, and policies designed to achieve inclusive and sustainable […]

IFPRI is participating in a roundtable discussion hosted by South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI). The roundtable will draw on the latest evidence and experience from current nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific programs, which will explore the implications for promoting high impact and underrepresented nutrition sensitive food systems including fish agri-food systems and solutions, other animal sourced foods, […]

Imbalanced application of different plant nutrients through fertilizers and inadequate access of indigenous sources, such as manures etc. to crops is a widespread problem in India. Lack of adequate knowledge among the farmers about the nutritional requirement of crops, poor access to proper guidelines on right use of plant nutrients combined with inadequate policy support […]

Rigorous research demonstrates that improved access to formal financial services can help the poor deal with income shocks, whether they are weather-related (such as drought or floods), threats to health and well-being, or other unexpected challenges. As the effects of climate change intensify, appropriate financial services play a crucial role in building household resilience to […]

Moderator: Speakers: Closing Remarks: After 10+ years of economic growth and 20+ years of early warning systems, famine still threatens millions of people in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and elsewhere. (IFPRI research on famine). This policy round-table explored what we need to know and do differently to tackle famine.  Speakers addressed key questions including:

Malawi is committed to accelerating progress toward ending hunger and undernutrition. To help determine how to do so, Compact2025 convened a roundtable discussion in Lilongwe, Malawi on May 26, 2016. Malawi has made significant progress in reducing hunger and undernutrition. From 1990 to 2015, prevalence of undernourishment has fallen by more than half (from 45 […]

Rwanda is committed to ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025, said the Rwandan Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi. He discussed the need to address these challenges during the Compact2025 roundtable discussion in Kigali, Rwanda on March 24, 2016. “We can’t afford to lag behind when other countries are successful in fighting malnutrition,” said the Prime Minister, who is […]