International Food Policy Research Institute

5 Dec 2024

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on.cgiar.orgPeer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchersThis week's featured articles examine the evolution of agricultural policy in India; assess how tick control and agricultural advisory services affect cattle productivity in Uganda; investigate environmental trade-offs in China's interprovincial grain t...

☕📚 Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: https://on.cgiar.org/4yPJV3t @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgBuilding resilience amid conflict: Insights from IFPRI Sudan at the 8th African Conference of Agricultural EconomistsAn IFPRI book explores food system impacts of war.

🆕 #Blog Building resilience amid conflict: Insights from IFPRI Sudan at the 8th African Conference of Agricultural Economists 🖊️ By Shima Mohamed, Hala Abushama, and @khalidhasiddig.bsky.social Read more: https://on.cgiar.org/4iaBpa3 @cgiar.org

🌍 Why do farmers adopt climate adaptation practices? A new study examines how psychological traits, including locus of control, shape farmers’ climate perceptions and adaptation decisions. 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107525 @cgiar.org

For the past 20 years, IFPRI has deliberately expanded its international presence through a dynamic network of country offices. Learn more in this new blog by Maria DiGiovanni and Steven Were Omamo, part of our “Making a Difference” series: https://on.cgiar.org/4eKgpEP @cgiar.org

🔍 Do precision land management technologies improve farm efficiency? This study on laser land levelling (LLL) in India by Shreya Kapoor and Anjani Kumar found that LLL adoption increases paddy yield by 2.64 quintals/acre: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2026.104927 @cgiar.org #OpenAccess

#ICYMI: This webinar presented evidence on gendered patterns of livelihoods and access to safety nets among displaced households in #Somalia. 📺 https://on.cgiar.org/4z7kP0I @cgiar.org

🆕 #Blog Measuring what matters: Building better food data from everyday market realities 🖋️ By Cynthia Kazembe and Lara Cockx 🔗 📸 Read the photo essay here: on.cgiar.org/4idTpir @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgRewarding resilience: Climate-linked credit for India's women farmersA promising new form of rural finance.

The Secured Climate-linked Agri Lending Ecosystem (SCALE) expands access to finance for smallholder farmers often excluded from formal lending—many of them women—and integrates incentives for using climate-friendly approaches. Learn more: https://on.cgiar.org/4zzYHw2 #IYWF2026 @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgRewarding resilience: Climate-linked credit for India's women farmersA promising new form of rural finance.

Food crises are growing more complex, while funding for critical data systems is falling. Today in Rome, partners launched the Intentional Data Community with support from @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social to strengthen existing systems and help countries act earlier. 🧵👇

Read the press release here: on.cgiar.org/4z6YGQr The IFPRI analysis by Chris Hillbruner, Ruth Hill, Brian McNamara, and Zoe Scott conducted as part of the VITAL Data initiative is available here: hdl.handle.net/10568/186068 @cgiar.org @fao.org @wfp.org @unicef.org @fightfoodcrises.bsky.social

on.cgiar.orgDouble shock: El Niño and rising global commodity prices in KenyaA model shows risks of rising poverty and undernourishment. Third in a series.

El Niño events can significantly influence Kenya’s seasonal rainfall patterns, growing seasons, and national economy. Learn more in this recent blog by Emerta Aragie, Shadrack Mwatu, Adan Shibia, and Chris Hillbruner: https://on.cgiar.org/4dtfAQl @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgWhen crises disappear from view: The growing humanitarian data droughtRisks of missing information.

🆕 #Blog When Crises Disappear from View: The Growing Humanitarian Data Drought Humanitarian data systems are shrinking. Without fresh data, people in crisis become harder to see, harder to reach, and all too easy to overlook: https://on.cgiar.org/489j2fM @cgiar.org @wfp.org

This recent study examines whether vulnerable women and children are being reached by both social protection programs and maternal and child health and nutrition interventions in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal: https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.70233 @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgPeer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchersThis week’s featured research explores how informal food markets shape diets, livelihoods, and food systems; reviews how health and nutrition programs can be better assessed when delivered together; e...

☕📚 Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now on LinkedIn! 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4sf0t37 @cgiar.org

#COP17Armenia is officially underway, and IFPRI is pleased to participate! Join us on October 21 and October 24 in person at the FAO Pavilion, Blue Zone or online via the video livestreams. Details here: https://on.cgiar.org/3U83Lsd @cgiar.org

#NowReading This recent study examines how food systems function in northern Nigeria amid climate and conflict shocks, analyzing production hubs, trade routes, markets, transport, and processing: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2026.100940 @cgiar.org

Many innovations can improve nutrition, food safety, and sustainability, but smallholder farmers often lack incentives to adopt them at scale. A new @pnas.org Perspective explores how policy, finance, information & technology can help bridge that gap. 🌱 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2536548123

on.cgiar.orgFood is always close by: Why availability alone doesn't explain adolescent diets in Viet NamThird in a series on food environments and youth nutrition.

🗺️ Researchers from IFPRI, @w-u-r.bsky.social, and Viet Nam's National Institute of Nutrition mapped food outlets across three districts in northern Viet Nam to compare the healthiness of food environments around adolescents' homes and schools. Learn more: https://on.cgiar.org/3TG515Q @cgiar.org

This #WorldFoodDay, explore how affordable services, relevant advice, and access to resources can help women farmers benefit from agrifood innovation. Read the new IFPRI blog by @claudiaringler.bsky.social and Niyati Singaraju: 🔗 on.cgiar.org/3VNtOWo #FoodSecurity #IYWF2026 @fao.org @cgiar.org

🌾 On the #InternationalDayofRuralWomen, how can we expand women farmers’ access to finance and strengthen climate resilience? In India, women make up about a third of the agricultural labor force but own only 11% of farmland and receive just 5% of agricultural credit. 🧵👇

An IFPRI and Dvara E-Registry collaboration is developing SCALE, an approach combining credit, insurance, advisory services, and incentives for climate-smart farming: on.cgiar.org/4zzYHw2 @cgiar.org #YearoftheWomanFarmer

On the #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen, we take a look at how to measure what policies miss. Policies that look gender neutral often leave women farmers out. Here’s how IFPRI built a survey in Odisha to see who benefits within the household. 🔗Read more: on.cgiar.org/3TUcE8U @cgiar.org

📢 Save the date! 📌 Political Economy of Fertilizer Subsidies. 🤝 IFPRI & AgIncentives Consortium 📆October 21, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️@jeffbloem.bsky.social @danielleresnick.bsky.social & Ruth Hill 🎫 https://on.cgiar.org/4zvyHlf @cgiar.org

In recognition of the United Nations #InternationalDayofRuralWomen and #YearoftheWomanFarmer, we are excited to share this story about how mechanization helps reduce drudgery and expand opportunities for rural women in shea cooperatives in northern Ghana. 🧵👇

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Focus group discussions show that dehusking 80–100 kg of shea nuts now takes about 30 minutes, down from 2–3 days. The time saved can support farming, family responsibilities, and other income-generating activities.

🖋️ Futoshi Yamauchi, Bedru Balana, Hazel Malapit, Eduardo Maruyama, Doreen Kufoalor, Sena Amewu, Seth Asante, and Samson Dejene Aredo: on.cgiar.org/4zydw22 @cgiar.org #RuralWomensDay

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In early 2025, an IFPRI-led project equipped 20 women’s shea cooperatives with motorized tricycles, mechanical dehusking machines, and personal protective equipment. 🧵👇

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📣We're delighted to announce that Ruth Hill (@ifpri.org) has joined the #JournalofAfricanEconomies team as a Managing Editor. ℹ️https://www.ifpri.org/profile/ruth-hill/ We look forward to working with you, Ruth!

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There's a 90%+ chance of a very strong El Niño in 2026/27. For Malawi, that means maize losses and rising hunger unless action starts now. @ifpri.org outlines what farmers and governments can do. 🌽 https://on.cgiar.org/4dpn1YO

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Join us at COP17 to explore how #TrueCostAccounting can unlock holistic progress towards biodiversity targets. Speakers: Claire van den Broek, True Price Rui Benfica, @ifpri.org Jenn Yates, True Cost Accounting Accelerator 📅October 24, 2026 ⏰12:30 - 13:30 📍CGIAR Food & Agriculture Pavilion

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A pleasure to provide opening remarks at @ifpri.org's seminar on how #ElNiño and the Iran crisis could reshape food security. Thanks to @jwglauber.bsky.social, Emerta Aragie, Richard Choularton, Natasha Mbengo, Ashley Pople & all involved for an insightful discussion! @cgiar.org #FoodSecurity

linkedin.comPeer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchersThis week's featured research examines how rural households adapt to changing economic opportunities, measures agricultural labor markets amid conflict, improves approaches to modeling semi-subsistenc...

☕📚 Weekly Reads from IFPRI is here! This week's featured research examines how rural households adapt to changing economic opportunities, measures agricultural labor markets amid conflict & more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/peer-reviewed-publications-from-ifpri-researchers-ifpri-dyife @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgDouble shock: El Niño and rising global commodity prices in KenyaA model shows risks of rising poverty and undernourishment. Third in a series.

🔍 How are overlapping shocks likely to affect Kenya’s agricultural production and economy as a whole? Read more in this recent blog by Emerta Aragie, Shadrack Mwatu, Adan Shibia, and Chris Hillbruner: https://on.cgiar.org/4dtfAQl @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgFood is always close by: Why availability alone doesn't explain adolescent diets in Viet NamThird in a series on food environments and youth nutrition.

🔍🥪 🥤 Do food environments frequently visited by adolescents such as those around schools pose particular nutrition risks in Viet Nam? Learn more in this recent blog: https://on.cgiar.org/3TG515Q Read the study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2026.109402 @cgiar.org @gabifretes.bsky.social

#NowReading: Aligning private incentives with societal goals in smallholder agriculture 🖊️ By Gashaw T. Abate, Kaleab Baye, Tanguy Bernard, Jordan Chamberlin, Ruth Hill, Rachid Moussadek, and Lamine Senghor. 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2536548123 @cgiar.org

📢Save the date! 📌From Relief to Resilience: Supporting Displaced and Shock-Affected Households in Somalia. 📆Oct. 20, 10–11am (US/Eastern) 🗨️Deboleena Rakshit @meanregressive.bsky.social, @leightjessica.bsky.social & John-Paul Nyeko (@worldvision.bsky.social) 🎫 https://on.cgiar.org/47og5I9 @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgDouble shock: El Niño and rising global commodity prices in KenyaA model shows risks of rising poverty and undernourishment. Third in a series.

🆕 #Blog Double shock: El Niño and rising global commodity prices in Kenya 🖋️ By Emerta Aragie, Shadrack Mwatu, Adan Shibia, and Chris Hillbruner. 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4dtfAQl @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgEl Niño is coming and the time for Malawi to prepare is running shortBuilding resilience to ride out possible drought.

Malawi faces a high El Niño risk heading into the 2026/27 growing season. Past El Niño events have reduced maize production, increased food insecurity, and strained household livelihoods across the country: https://on.cgiar.org/4AOzNdr @cgiar.org

📢Save the date! 📌Launch of the Papua New Guinea Food Price Monitoring Tool. 📆October 15, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (Pacific/Port Moresby) 🗨️Glen Hayoge (FPDA), Mekamu Kedir Jamal, Emily Schmidt, & Kwaw Andam 🎫 https://on.cgiar.org/47og5I9 @cgiar.org

🔔 #HappeningNow: “Double exposure: How El Niño and the Iran crisis could reshape food security” 🔔 📺 Watch #ifpriLIVE: 🎟️ bit.ly/ElNiñoIran 🤝 bit.ly/ElNiñoIranFB 💼 bit.ly/ElNiñoIranLI ▶️ bit.ly/ifpriYT @cgiar.org @jo-swinnen.bsky.social @jwglauber.bsky.social

🔔 VIRTUAL #IFPRIPolicySeminar TODAY at 9:30 AM EDT! 🔔 📌 “Double exposure: How El Niño and the Iran crisis could reshape food security” 📺 Watch online: 🎟️ bit.ly/ElNiñoIran 🤝 bit.ly/ElNiñoIranFB 💼 bit.ly/ElNiñoIranLI ▶️ bit.ly/ifpriYT @cgiar.org @jo-swinnen.bsky.social @jwglauber.bsky.social

Our latest issue of #IFPRIInsights is out, featuring: ➡️El Niño, Iran crisis, and food security ➡️IFPRI at the #8thACAE ➡️2026 CAST Lifetime Achievement Award for @JoeGlauber1 and more: https://www.ifpri.org/newsletter/ifpri-insights-september-2026/ @cgiar.org

📢 TMRW @ 9:30 AM EDT 📌 #IFPRIPolicySeminar: Double exposure: How El Niño and the Iran crisis could reshape food security 🗨️ @jo-swinnen.bsky.social @jwglauber.bsky.social 💻🎟️ bit.ly/ElNiñoIran @cgiar.org @wfp.org

📢 Save the date! 📌 Subsidy Programs for Chemical Fertilizers: What We Know about Targeting Beneficiaries 🤝 IFPRI & AgIncentives Consortium 📆October 14, 2026, 10:00–11:00am (US/Eastern) 🗨️@jeffbloem.bsky.social @carlytrachtman.bsky.social & Ruth Hill 🎫 https://on.cgiar.org/47og5I9 @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgPeer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchersThis week’s featured articles identify supply-chain constraints and investment priorities for food system transformation in conflict- and climate-affected northern Nigeria; examine how artificial inte...

☕📚 Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4j8VnTG @cgiar.org

on.cgiar.orgFood is always close by: Why availability alone doesn't explain adolescent diets in Viet NamThird in a series on food environments and youth nutrition.

🆕 #Blog Food is always close by: Why availability alone doesn’t explain adolescent diets in Viet Nam 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/3TG515Q @cgiar.org @gabifretes.bsky.social

Both El Niño and the ongoing crisis in Iran threaten to disrupt the global food system and affect food prices through impacts on: - Agricultural production -Energy & fertilizer markets -Trade 🎟️ Learn more on Oct. 8: bit.ly/ElNiñoIran @cgiar.org @jo-swinnen.bsky.social @jwglauber.bsky.social

As Nigeria confronts overlapping economic, climate, & security challenges, greater understanding on how women can contribute to resilience is needed. This policy workshop will present new evidence on women’s decision-making, voice, & leadership in building resilience: bit.ly/WomensVoiceNG @cgiar.org