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Trade is an important avenue through which countries transform their economies and raise standards of living. For African countries, trade in agricultural products offers great potential to boost incomes for farmers, processors and other agricultural v…

Join the Food Security Portal (FSP), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) in the launch of the global foresight tool Impacts of Alternative Investment Scenarios. T…

The proposed Rwanda Strategy Support Program is an initiative aligned with the Government of Rwanda’s vision for accelerating agricultural transformation and rural development throughout the country. The program will assist the implementation of the 20…

The Malabo Montpellier Panel's last report, Byte by Byte: Policy innovation for transforming Africa's Food system with digital technologies has presented experiences from 7 African countries.

Join us on November 22nd to learn more from the Senegal's ca…

State and non-state will reflect on how stakeholders should apply a gender lens to various issues among rural populations. The conference is held in Lomé, Togo from Nov. 11-13.

After decades of neglect, agricultural extension and rural advisory services are at the center of global conversations about sustainable agriculture, resilient livelihoods, and inclusive growth. Whether the discussion is on reaching farmers at scale, c…

Gender equality has been recognized as an important goal in itself as well as important to achieving other development objectives, such as reducing hunger and poverty. This is true worldwide and especially so in rural Africa, where women play an import…

African countries have made considerable progress in increasing agricultural productivity and reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. But  continued population growth, urbanization, changing diets, and climate change are putting pressure on food sy…

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Asia (ReSAKSS-Asia) facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID), are organizing an international c…

Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a rapid transformation shaped by global and regional events. But country actions will be critical in shaping future food system outcomes. 

Some countries are taking a systemic approach to assessing a…

Welcome Address

• Dr. Akhter Ahmed, Country Representative, IFPRI

Remarks on the Book

• Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Co-editor of the book, and Director for South Asia, IFPRI
• Dr. Xiaobo Zhang, Co-editor of the book, Senior Fellow, IFPRI, and a Distinguished Profes…

How can agriculture and natural resource management advance gender equality? Asking this question rather than only its inverse — what does gender analysis bring to agriculture and natural resource management? — elevates the objective of gender equality…

IFPRI is participating in the webinar, "Modelling for Sustainable Development: New decisions for a new age," which will feature a presentation and discussion on October 21, 2019.

"Modelling for Sustainable Development: New decisions for a new age" is a…

IFPRI is participating in The Annual Eurasian Food Security Conference on October 29-31, 2019.

The Conference is a major event promoting food and nutrition security in the Eurasia region. It brings together more than 150 participants each year. The pur…

This policy seminar focuses on research undertaken in Malawi by IFPRI, the University of Malawi, Save the Children, and University of Washington in support to the Government’s early childhood development program.  

Community-based early childhood devel…

IFPRI is participating in the 19th Global Development Conference on October 23-25, 2019. 

The conference will facilitate the research-policy interface in pursuit of the SDGs. The conference will also mark GDN's 20th anniversary since its launch at the …

Our agricultural system faces serious social and ecological challenges, and climate change and resource scarcity require us to reassess current production methods.

Carola Schouten, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Qua…

The study discussed during this webinar presents evidence of profound farm-level transformation in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, identifies the key sources of dynamism in the sector, and proposes an updated typology of farms that reflects the evolving n…

IFPRI is participating in an international seminar on Challenges and Opportunities for Agriculture in Latin America, which will be held on October 10th and 11th, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This international seminar will discuss the difficulties …

IFPRI is participating in the 16th session of the Global Food Market Information Group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 7 - 9, 2019, where policy makers, economists, agribusiness and food industry leaders, academics, financiers, and insurers from…