IFPRI and its research partners have studied the pace and pattern of agricultural transformation within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future (FTF) countries. A series of 21 case studies were produced that measure each country’s agrifood system, analyze changes over the past decade, and identify common patterns across the countries. James Thurlow, Director of IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, highlighted four important lessons from the country studies in a recent USAID Agrilinks webinar. He was joined by Valeria Piñeiro, Acting Head of IFPRI’s Latin American region and Senior Research Coordinator, and Kwaw Andam, Leader of IFPRI’s Nigeria Strategy Support Program and Senior Research Fellow, who shared further insights on the finding’s lessons and applications.