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The IFPRI Board of Trustees is responsible for setting policies and evaluating and monitoring management’s actions. As a member of CGIAR, the IFPRI Board of Trustees is comprised of the seven members of the CGIAR System Board and four IFPRI-Specific members. Summaries of Board meetings held since 2022 can be found here. Pascal Lamy IFPRI Board Chair, France […]

Overview IFPRI’s seven research units focus on research and innovation to deliver integrated policies, investments, governance processes, and capacity building in support of sustainable and equitable food systems transformation to deliver improved livelihoods and healthy diets. Development Strategies and Governance Agrifood systems play a critical role in economic development, poverty reduction, and improving nutrition in […]

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Research on gender and women’s empowerment in food systems and global development is central to IFPRI’s mission. Here we mark International Women’s Day (March 8)—with the theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress”—with an account of our continuing efforts to develop and deploy metrics on women’s empowerment in agriculture. The 2015 adoption of Sustainable Development Goal […]

Overview IFPRI conducts research in over 80 low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Oceania, working with our country and regional offices as well as numerous local partners. IFPRI’s Research by Countries and Regions Regions Countries

Overview IFPRI is a Research Center of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. IFPRI researchers work in close partnership with researchers from other CGIAR Centers and parnters through CGIAR Research Initiatives and Platforms, providing evidence-based policy options to contribute to the CGIAR mission of delivering science and innovation that advance the transformation […]

Overview Increasing productivity in food systems while staying within environmental boundaries and maintaining biodiversity FROM CGIAR.ORG … Agriculture is the biggest driver of forest and biodiversity loss, including of diversity crucial to healthy diets and nutrition. A third of the world’s soils are degraded, and agriculture accounts for about 70% of global freshwater withdrawals. A […]

Overview Building on a 50-year track record of lifting millions out of poverty FROM CGIAR.ORG … More than 25% of the world’s population lives on less than US $3.20 a day, making a healthy diet unaffordable for more than 3 billion people. And poverty disproportionately affects rural areas, where agriculture is the predominant livelihood activity. […]

Overview Closing the gender gap and enhancing opportunities for youth in food, land, and water systems FROM CGIAR.ORG … On average, women make up 43% of the agricultural labor force in low- and middle-income countries, yet their access to resources, rights, and services is limited, holding back prosperity for all. More than 85% of the world’s 1.2 […]