The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI is a
@CGIAR
Research Center.
#OneCGIAR
This year’s
#FormanLecture
will be delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel
@IFPRI
, who will highlight the importance of evidence in shaping agendas for maternal and child nutrition and nutrition-sensitive programming.
Register here:
@CGIAR
@USAID
@FeedtheFuture
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.
The affordability of nutritious food for “all people, at all times” is a critically important dimension of food security, yet timely accurate indicators of food security are difficult to collect.
Learn more:
@CGIAR
@CGIARnutrition
@kalraghunathan
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’!
Timely accurate indicators of food security are difficult to collect.
New study advocates tracking the wages of the poor as a timely, accurate and cost-effective means of monitoring food affordability for important segments of the world’s poor:
@CGIAR
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!
Recently developed cost and affordability of healthy diet (CoAHD) metrics have quickly become mainstream food security indicators. However, published research on the sensitivity of estimation methods is limited.
Learn more in this 🆕 📰:
@CGIAR
@kallehi
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
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⬇️
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
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
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
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
How much do methods matter when estimating the cost and affordability of healthy diets?
This recent study focuses on two important innovations in cost and affordability of healthy diet (CoAHD) measurement at the global level:
@CGIAR
@kallehi
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
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
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
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?
📣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
📣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
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
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
"
#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:
This Tuesday, join IFPRI,
@CGIAR
&
@BMZ_Bund
to discuss recent trends in acute food insecurity and ways to adapt humanitarian assistance, social protection, and livelihood rebuilding programs for fragile contexts with vast numbers of displaced people.
🎟️
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
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:
Women's leadership in climate-resilient agrifood systems: defining a future research agenda.
🖊️By Miranda Yeen Morgan, Elizabeth Bryan, and Marlène Elias.
#OpenAccess
🔗
@CGIAR
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
How to reduce the costs of healthier diets & shift preferences toward them? More evidence is needed, says Lawrence Haddad
@GAINalliance
.
#GFPR2024
provides evidence-based recommendations on ensuring healthy diets & nutrition for all.
💻
#IFPRIonNutrition