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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is launching Compact2025, an ambitious initiative to work with countries to end hunger and undernutrition by 2025, as a first step toward eradicating extreme poverty. Inspired and informed by successes in many countries, Compact2025 seeks to bring evidence, data, and innovation to the challenge of ending hunger and …
OCT, 2015 Hunger level down 27 percent since 2000 in developing world Report says conflicts are strongly associated with severe hunger October 12, 2015—Despite progress in reducing hunger worldwide, hunger levels in 52 of 117 countries in the 2015 Global Hunger Index remain “serious” (44 countries) or “alarming” (8 countries). The Central African Republic, Chad, …
March 19, 2015, Washington, D.C.–On the occasion of World Water Day, it is imperative that all nations and stakeholders rise to the collective challenge of using water sustainably. Anything less will imperil our ability to feed the planet and provide clean drinking water for all, not only today, but as the world’s population rises to …
Findings from IFPRI’s 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report March 11, 2015, Washington, DC—Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico may be rising economic powerhouses, but these five fast-growing, middle income countries are still home to nearly half of the world’s hungry, or 363 million people. That is why we must focus on those living in …
The blind adoption of solutions from other continents won’t work for Africa Feb. 19, 2015, Washington, D.C.—African countries cannot blindly adopt food policy initiatives that spurred the Green Revolution in Asia as a way to promote agricultural development, according to new award-winning findings by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute. The research, which …
Women farmers need equal access to assets, technology for “climate-smart agriculture” New tool helps governments evaluate trade-offs in agricultural emissions December 1, 2014, Lima, Peru—IFPRI researchers will present findings of a new series of policy notes on women farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change and contribute to a workshop on the economic viability …
October 21, 2014–As the Ebola outbreak continues to unfold, Shenggen Fan, director general of IFPRI, has released a press statement about the outbreak and the rising food crisis that is unfolding in West Africa. Press Statement: “While the health impacts of Ebola are devastating, this recent outbreak is triggering a food crisis that may persist …
Beyond 1000 Days The world has rallied around the importance of good nutrition in a child’s first 1000 days – from conception to two years—to set up a lifetime of good health. With momentum from global movements such as 1000 Days and Scaling up Nutrition, it has been well documented that a lack of good …
Global conference offers new research and commitments to address threat of rising shocks to global food system Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 16, 2014—According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the post-2015 agenda should aim to end hunger by 2025—and can succeed by building resilience to various environmental, political and economic shocks that threaten …
Washington D.C.—Global challenges, including the recent food and financial crises and climate change, highlight the need for continued and scaled-up investments in agricultural research and development (R&D). The report ASTI Global Assessment of Agricultural R&D Spending, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators initiative (ASTI) and the Global …