Back

Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

Where we work

Back

Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

TOPIC

Food Crises

Food crises are shocks to food systems that lead to severe disruptions and cause a surge in acute food insecurity. Food system shocks have diverse causes and impacts. Today, global hunger and malnutrition are rising as a result of multiple overlapping crises—persistent conflicts, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and surging food prices.

More than half of all food-insecure people live in countries affected by conflict, where violence, civil strife, and food insecurity create a vicious cycle of market disruptions and food scarcity. The most vulnerable populations face the most severe impacts, including forced migration. Climate shocks are also becoming more frequent and damaging, and can have similarly negative impacts on food security.

… read more

IFPRI researchers work to break this cycle by identifying crisis triggers to better guide food security policy and other social protection policies and programs. Other research focuses on developing longer-term food security strategies that can improve crisis responses, including efforts to increase resilience and reduce the impact of crises and forced displacement, especially for women and other vulnerable groups.</P

IFPRI maintains the Food Security Portal, which provides early warning on prices and policy changes that can affect food security. IFPRI is also part of the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), a technical platform that produces the annual Global Report on Food Crises.IFPRI’s research on crises is closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 1SDG 2SDG8SDG 10SDG 11, and SDG16, and the CGIAR Impact Areas on Nutrition, Health, and Food Security and Climate Adaptation and Mitigation.

crises_and_migration


Blogs


Events


News


Our experts

James Thurlow

Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM), Foresight
and Policy Modeling

Thomas Assefa

Associate Research Fellow, Innovation
Policy and Scaling

Jan Duchoslav

Research Fellow, Development
Strategies and Governance

Katrina Kosec

Senior Research Fellow, Poverty,
Gender, and Inclusion

Mariam Dawoud

Program Manager, Development
Strategies and Governance

Sikandra Kurdi

Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, Egypt, Development
Strategies and Governance

Jenny Smart

Senior Program Manager, Poverty,
Gender, and Inclusion

Ester Jimmy

Research Associate, Innovation
Policy and Scaling

Brendan Rice

Research Specialist, Markets,
Trade, and Institutions