Founded by 18 countries and organizations in May 1971, the CGIAR is today the world’s largest global agricultural innovation network. The CGIAR has an annual research portfolio of just over US$900 million with 11,000 staff working in more than 70 countries around the world. The CGIAR provides a participatory mechanism for national governments, multilateral funding and development agencies and leading private foundations to finance some of the world’s most innovative agricultural research.
Projects
![Food Security Simulator (FSS)](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_0871.jpg)
Food Security Simulator (FSS)
The Food Security Simulator is an innovative, easy-to-use MS-Excel-based tool for assessing the potential short-term impacts of food price or household income shocks on food……
![Women’s empowerment in agrifood governance (WEAGov)](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WEAGov.jpg)
Women’s empowerment in agrifood governance (WEAGov)
The Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) is an assessment tool developed by IFPRI and partners to help evaluate the extent to which women are……
Publications
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Brief
Synopsis: Assessing agricultural extension agent digital readiness in Rwanda
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Working Paper
Revisiting the demand and profitability of chemical fertilizers amid global fuel-food-fertilizer crisis: Evidence from Ethiopia
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Working Paper
The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Events
![Can Sustainable Livestock Systems and Alternative Proteins Address the Climate Crisis?](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Event_110723_BMZ_FB_3.png)
Can Sustainable Livestock Systems and Alternative Proteins Address the Climate Crisis?
Virtual Event: November 7, 2023 – 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM EDT. This CGIAR seminar will delve into the report’s findings and recommendations around livestock and alternative proteins, and identify promising initiatives and technologies that can be pursued in order to advance on three priorities outlined in the Agricultural Breakthrough report.
![Food Security Trends and Resilience-Building Priorities](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/all-Event_090123_BMZ_FB.png)
Food Security Trends and Resilience-Building Priorities
Virtual Event: September 1, 2023 – 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EDT. The series will begin with a stock take of food security trends, review the impact of recent shocks to food systems, highlight the need for renewed efforts to strengthen food systems resilience and identify priority investments and actions.
![Release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/08.22.23-Ghana-event-image.png)
Release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana
Event: August 24, 2023 – 5:30 AM- 7:00 AM EDT. IFPRI is co-hosting the release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana under the Nexus Project in partnership with the Ghana Statistical Service and the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research.
Blogs
![Groundwater conservation and food security: Navigating pathways to sustainable agriculture](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/india-irrigation1.jpg)
Groundwater conservation and food security: Navigating pathways to sustainable agriculture
Tradeoffs must be carefully managed.
![Workshop: Applying the Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) tool to support gender-responsive policy innovation across Africa](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/farmer-africa-bowl.jpg)
Workshop: Applying the Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) tool to support gender-responsive policy innovation across Africa
Collaborating to make food systems more inclusive.
![World Food Safety Day 2024: Empowering consumers and small businesses with information](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kenya-hygiene1-scaled.jpg)
World Food Safety Day 2024: Empowering consumers and small businesses with information
Targeting interventions to benefit public health.