Climate change threatens to profoundly impact all facets of life—not least of which include agriculture and food security. For many poor people in developing nations, the impacts of climate change…
A study by the African Development Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute in 2012 concluded that under ideal conditions, the use of GM crops grown by smallholder farmers…
Samuel Benin is a research fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C. His research interests focus on policy, institutional and…
An International Food Policy Research Institute study [3] confirms that profitability is significantly lower on smaller farms compared to large farms, when farmers do not have access to the latest…
The following post by IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan was originally published on Humanitas Global Development’s Hunger and Undernutrition blog. Hunger and undernutrition can be eliminated by 2025. Meeting this…
