WHO describes four core principles of a healthy diet: adequacy, balance, moderation, and diversity. Diversity is defined as "inclusion of a wide variety of nutritious foods within and across food groups" (WHO healthy diet fact sheet). The word "within" is often easy to overlook.
Governments can protect the diversity that agriculture depends on by funding the genebanks that safeguard it.
High sugar prices in India are largely driven by domestic factors. Falling production, low stocks, and tight supplies matter more than global market trends.
At World Food Day in The Hague, CGIAR and partners explored how to finance lasting scale, what research investment delivers, and why responsible design determines who benefits.
From digital soil mapping and nutrient management to decision-support tools for farmers and policymakers, the focus of soil science is increasingly shifting from generating information to applying it.
The African-led collaboration aims to build a coordinated African response to late blight; one of the most destructive diseases affecting potato production worldwide. Drawing on the experiences and lessons learned from established regional networks, including AsiaBlight, Tizón Latino and EuroBlight.
A new IFPRI book explores how conflict has disrupted Sudan’s agrifood system. Research shows how war has reduced agricultural production, disrupted markets, and undermined food security and livelihoods across the country.
Discover how stakeholders in Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea are working to scale cocoa agroforestry by addressing the financial, policy, market and institutional barriers that prevent farmers from growing cocoa sustainably while protecting forests and strengthening livelihoods.