Publications

Preprint
What adults in rural South Asia eat and when they eat it: Evidence from Bangladesh, India, and Nepal

Journal Article
Perspective: Can growth monitoring and promotion accurately diagnose or screen for inadequate growth of individual children? A critical review of the epidemiological foundations

Report
Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Ethiopia
Blogs

World Food Day 2024: The critical role of healthy diets for realizing the right to food
IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on a key paradigm shift.

Rising food prices are putting children in harm’s way
New evidence quantifies significant negative health effects.

Unlocking opportunities for planet-friendly school meals
Balancing nutrition and climate.
Events

Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact
This year’s Forman Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. She served as the Director of IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division from 2004 to 2023, after serving as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow in that division beginning in 1996. Dr. […]

2024 Global Food Policy Report: Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take?
Hybrid Event: May 29, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets, presents evidence-based policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition.

My Reflections on Africa’s Year of Nutrition
Virtual Event: December 12, 2022 – 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM EST. IFPRI is delighted to announce the 32nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture, which will be delivered by Her Excellency Minata Samaté Cessouma, the African Union Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development.
News
New study challenges the use of Growth Monitoring and Promotion to detect growth faltering in children
A new study published in Advances in Nutrition critically examines the effectiveness of Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) in diagnosing or screening for inadequate growth in children.
New study reveals alarming impact of food inflation on child undernutrition in low and middle-income countries
September 20, 2023, Washington, DC: A new study published in Nature Communications sheds light on the critical relationship between food inflation and child undernutrition in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The study, conducted by Derek Headey and Marie Ruel of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), explores the impact of food price volatility on […]
Food price spike may fuel nutrition crisis (The Nation)
Growing food crises with spiking prices will have an impact on poor and food insecure populations writes the Nation (Nigeria), quoting a recent analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) which notes that food inflation poses larger wasting risks for children of poor and landless rural households, exacerbating existing inequalities. According to IFPRI, food prices […]