IFPRI Projects

Improving agricultural extension and advisory services through action, evidence and advocacy.

The Developing Smart Innovations through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA) initiative is a five-year agricultural research project funded by the EU. Its main objective is to conduct research and contribute to the climate-relevant, productive, and sustainable improvement of agriculture and food systems in Malawi. The relevance of the promoted agricultural farming […]

This project seeks to understand the potential for digital financial services (DFS) to help improve financial access among the agricultural midstream—which includes traders, transporters, processors, wholesalers, and other related businesses

Irrigation, mechanization or fertilizer?—tradeoffs and food security implications What is the challenge? Agricultural intensification through the use of high-yielding crop varieties, fertilizers, irrigation, and other agricultural chemicals (f. ex. pesticides) has been proposed as key to achieving global food security; but implementation of such a strategy will likely be constrained by […]

Provides evidence-based policy recommendations for optimal use of the country’s energy resources to improve electricity access, promote energy security and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions to contribute to mitigating climate change.

The Ethiopia NIPN Technical Advisory Project (ENTAP) is embedded in the Compact 2025 initiative for ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025. The objective of ENTAP is to strengthen national capacity to establish a National Information Platform for Nutrition in Ethiopia (NIPN-Ethiopia), which is implemented by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute […]

The primary objective of the project is to simulate and analyze the impacts of lifting quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice imports on the Philippine agriculture sector and to the economy.

Water is a shared resource, which requires coordination between resource users, but in many cases the necessary collective action to manage water does not emerge. Programs in irrigation or forest management have used community organizers to stimulate collective action, but this is expensive and creates dependency. Field experiments are increasingly […]

Collecting data on agricultural and food trade on all trade corridors in the West African region using the West African Association for Cross-Border Trade in Agro-forestry-pastoral and Fisheries Products (WACTAF).

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) project aims to benefit farmers of Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania by improving effective use of scarce water supplies through interventions in small-scale irrigation. It is a part of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future Initiative. The project is led by the […]