The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI is a
@CGIAR
Research Center.
#OneCGIAR
Worldwide, as many as 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
Register now for the launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition on May 29 to learn more:
#GFPR2024
#IFPRIonNutrition
@CGIAR
Growth in
#agriculture
is 2-3 times more effective at reducing
#poverty
than an equivalent amount of growth generated in other sectors – new evidence that
#agriculturaldevelopment
is a key driver of poverty reduction
Deadline extended! If you're a filmmaker with a passion for
#foodsecurity
and
#nutrition
, send us a short movie about solutions to
#endhunger
for a chance to win $500 and premiere your film at our Accelerating End of Hunger and Malnutrition conference:
IFPRI’s Board announced Johan “Jo” Swinnen as our next Director General beginning Jan 7, 2020. The Board looks forward to working w Jo towards a world free of hunger and malnutrition, & thanks current DG Shenggen Fan for 10 years of outstanding leadership.
⭐We are pleased to welcome
@jemimah_njuki
to
@IFPRI
as our new Director for Africa! Joining us most recently from
@IDRC_CRDI
, Jemimah has extensive experience in Africa's agriculture sector and is a leading voice in gender equality work.
⭐Read her bio:
The latest version of IFPRI’s open-source crop mapping product, SPAM, can be used to see production patterns both between and within countries.
Learn more in this webinar on April 29 at 10:00AM EDT:
@landcarbonlab
@BezosEarthFund
@FAO
@CGIAR
Today, we welcome our new Director General
@Jo_Swinnen
to the
@IFPRI
family! Look forward to entering this new decade under his leadership, building a stronger IFPRI.
Healthy foods are expensive compared to less-nutritious staples in developing countries – while unhealthy snack foods are growing cheaper, according to a new study by IFPRI’s Derek Headey and Harold Alderman
@WorldBank
The world needs to focus more on producing nutritious foods and not just calories to meet the
#foodsecurity
challenges of this century, according to research from IFPRI colleagues and partners
🆕🗞️Behavior Change Interventions to Address Unhealthy Food Consumption: A Scoping Review.
🖋️By Shivani Kachwaha, Sunny S Kim, Jai K Das, Sabrina Rasheed, SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu, Pooja Pandey Rana, and Purnima Menon
@PMenonIFPRI
#OpenAccess
🖱️
@CGIAR
Congratulations 👏 to
@IFPRI
Director General
@Jo_Swinnen
on being awarded the
@AgriEconEurope
2019 Book Award for his book ‘The political economy of Agricultural and Food Policies’!
Statement framing can lead to meaningful bias in estimated relationships.
This recent study by
@JeffBloem
and
@kwrahman
uses a survey experiment to document the presence of framing effects in the measurement of attitudes:
@CGIAR
#SurveyDesign
At
@IFPRI
, we are proud to be a research org where women outnumber men! Thanks to our wonderful colleagues, for us here at
@IFPRI
, it's Women and Girls in Science day today and every day!
Healthy foods are expensive compared to less-nutritious staples in developing countries – while unhealthy snack foods are growing cheaper, research by IFPRI’s Derek Headey and Harold Alderman shows . Paper here:
⏳ 4 days to go!
📢
@IFPRI
's
#GFPR2023
, "Rethinking
#FoodCrisis
Responses," highlights the need for crisis response funding to be expanded and used more efficiently to bolster investment in long-term resilience.
🚀 Join the hybrid launch on April 13!
Healthy foods are expensive compared to less-nutritious staples in developing countries – while unhealthy snack foods are growing cheaper, according to a new study by IFPRI’s Derek Headey and Harold Alderman Paper here:
@WorldBank
Learn how
#COVID19
influences:
💰GDP
🌽Food markets
🌄Rural areas
🐄Livestock
& more from
@IFPRI
's Special Insights Issue
#2
▶️
@CGIAR
@PIM_CGIAR
@A4NH_CGIAR
Current global food stock-to-use ratios are close to their “normal value” & higher than in ’08⬇️
There is growing global momentum behind
#foodsystems
strategies to improve nutrition, but generating rigorous evidence on what types of interventions work is challenging.
🆕🗞️draws on a portfolio of 6 evaluations of food systems interventions:
@CGIAR
The current global average age of farmers is 60+. Who will feed the world in the future? We invited
@knwanze
to comment on bringing youth into
#agriculture
in Africa
Healthy foods are expensive compared to less-nutritious staples in developing countries – while unhealthy snack foods are growing cheaper, according to a new study by IFPRI’s Derek Headey and Harold Alderman
@worldbank
A new IFPRI study reveals that even as countries develop and improve access to affordable
#healthy
#foods
, unhealthy food prices also drop, perpetuating poor
#diets
and related
#health
issues. Read the full study here:
#NewResearch
@IFPRI
@TuftsNutrition
study finds
#EATLancet
diet for ppl & 🌏health is unaffordable for 1.58 bn, mostly in S. Asia & Africa. Graphic👇reveals proportion of ppl whose daily income is < local cost of EAT-Lancet diet via
@LancetGH
. More👉
On Jan 8 join IFPRI,
@ILRI
,
@kilimoKE
and the
@CGIAR
#NPSinitiative
at 8:30AM EST / 4:30PM EAT for a hybrid book launch event in Nairobi: “Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future.”
🎫 Register here:
Agrifood value chains can be quite complex, involving processing steps on multiple continents before products reach retailers.
🆕blog on a network-based survey that aims to better capture the range of relationships within agrifood value chains:
@CGIAR
THIS WEDNESDAY (12:15pm-1:45pm EDT),
#IFPRI
will launch its 2019 Global Food Policy Report that highlights the urgency of
#ruralrevitalization
to achieve the SDGs. Register at to join us in-person or online.
#GFPR2019
📣Out Now:
🆕
@IFPRI
book on how the crisis has progressed, how 🌐 responded to ensure
#FoodSecurity
, & what we are learning about the best ways to ensure food security in the aftermath of a major shock.
📖
🖱️
@CGIAR
Hi Everyone! 👋 We're starting our Twitter chat on the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index.
On
#IRWD2019
, we’d like to know, what are you currently working on? Why are rural women an important focus of your work?
IFPRI’s Spatial Allocation Model (SPAM) has provided a key tool for assessing croplands since its introduction in 2000. A new version of the model—SPAM2020—was launched at an April 29 webinar:
@CGIAR
@landcarbonlab
@WorldResources
Rural-urban links can spur growth and diversification in
#agriculture
, increase incomes, support value chain development, and improve well-being. Read more in IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report
#GFPR2019
#RuralRevitalization
:
@CGIAR
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly transforming the way people work. The area of food policy research and policymaking is no exception.
🆕blog from Todd Benson,
@Jawoo
Koo, and Clemens Breisinger, published on
@Agrilinks
:
@CGIAR
Today is International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction! 🍎🗑️
We asked
@RobVos26
to delve deeper into the causes of this global challenge & their intricate connections to food security.
📰
@CGIAR
@FAO
#IDAFLW
Don't miss the upcoming
#CGIARSeminarSeries
: Reforming Agricultural Policies and Farm Support to Advance Sustainable Food System Transformation on Feb 29 from 9-10:45AM EST. Co-organized by IFPRI,
@CGIAR
and
@BMZ_Bund
.
🎟️Register here:
📣Save the date! Global Launch Event:
📌2024 Global Food Policy Report: Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take?
🗓️May 29, 2024, 9:30-11:00AM EDT
📍In-person or online
🎫Register:
@CGIAR
#GFPR2024
"
#Russia
’s invasion of
#Ukraine
poses serious risks to global
#foodsecurity
... The situation remains very fluid & introduces considerable uncertainty into an already tight global marketplace."
@JoeGlauber1
& David Laborde discuss on the
@IFPRI
blog:
Improved cassava varieties could increase yield by up to 60% in
#Nigeria
, but demand remains low, perhaps due to missing information about quality.
A🆕📰measures the effect of seed quality misperceptions on demand for high-quality seed:
#GeneticInnovation
IFPRI is hiring an Associate Research Fellow/Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Learn more here 👉
All current IFPRI
#vacancies
🔎
@CGIAR
#developmentjobs
#careers
In 16 African countries 🌍, NERICA rice varieties have brought food security to at least 7.2 million people and lifted 8 million out of poverty. 🌾
Learn more about this world-changing innovation from
@CGIAR
researchers at
@AfricaRice
:
#OneCGIAR
#CGIAR50
Research often depicts agrifood value chains as highly stylized and simple.
@ambler_kate
,
@JeffBloem
,
@adebrauw
, and Julia Wagner use a network-based survey that aims to better capture the range of these relationships within agrifood value chains:
@CGIAR
Congratulations Dr. Ruel on your Kellogg Prize for Lifetime Achievements for supporting policies and programs to alleviate
#FoodInsecurity
and
#Malnutrition
in developing countries! 👏🏼
#ifpriProud
We are delighted to present the Kellogg Prize for Lifetime Achievements in International Nutrition to Marie Ruel, PhD, Director of
@IFPRI
Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division. Join us at
#Nutrition2019
to celebrate Dr. Ruel’s career accomplishments.
#Fertilizer
prices have reached all-time highs, casting a serious shadow on future harvests and adding to concerns about global
#FoodSecurity
. 🌱 📈
Hear industry, farmer, country, & regional perspectives at this
#IFPRIPolicySeminar
💭: