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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 […]

Overview Ending hunger and enabling safe, affordable, healthy diets for the world’s most vulnerable people Food security and nutrition are key to human well-being. Far too many people around the world are affected by malnutrition ranging from undernutrition to problems of overweight, obesity, and diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Achieving sustainable healthy diets….  IFPRI research addresses food […]

Overview IFPRI’s Country Programs respond to demand for food policy research and deliver holistic support for country-led development. Decision-makers need to make strategic policy and investment choices, including setting priorities and identifying trade-offs and linkages between different development goals, often with limited resources and technical expertise. In this context, IFPRI’s Country Programs support the design […]

The Path Forward on Global Food System Transformation; Navigating Sudan’s Conflict; Farmer Protests; and more.

Overview Improving small-scale producers’ resilience and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from food systems. Climate change poses unprecedented challenges to the world’s food systems, from agricultural production,  ecosystems and biodiversity that underpin it, and across agri-food value chains, from processing, storage, transport, retailing and consumption of food. These growing climate risks impact food security, nutrition, and […]

Safety nets can buttress households against climate shocks.

Comprehensive change can yield broad benefits, a new report shows.

New evidence quantifies significant negative health effects.

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Senior research fellow Danielle Resnick was interviewed by CNN on the reasons behind farmers’ protests throughout Europe. Resnick says, “These protests reflect some complex political economy dynamics, especially as European governments are trying to navigate the fiscal and climate crisis. Farmers have a lot of grievances, but one that they noted was their own returns on investment has really shifted over […]

A mixed picture for prices and food security.

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Examining a promising avenue for development programs.

The humanitarian crisis continues to worsen.

Our mission is to provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. What we do Established in 1975, the International Food Policy Research Institute provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Together with our partners, we generate needed evidence for country- […]

Overview Poor diets are a primary cause of malnutrition and the leading cause of disease worldwide. Improving diets and addressing nutrition and health issues can improve people’s quality of life, increase their productivity, and save lives. It is estimated that improving poor quality diets can save one in five lives annually. IFPRI’s Nutrition, Diets, and […]

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Trending Experts in Our Field Global, regional, and national food systems face major challenges and require fundamental transformations. More than ever, responding to these challenges will require a systems-oriented, multidisciplinary approach to reshape food systems so they work for all people sustainably. 526 experts across the world 70+ countries where we work #1 in the […]

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