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For decades, the global fight against child stunting has been framed around a central trinity: Nutrition, sanitation, and poverty

Currently, 80% of the world’s people rely on just three agricultural commodities as primary food staples: Maize, rice, and wheat.

The cost of a tomato in Kenya cannot just be measured by the shillings reflected in the direct cost-based market price

First in a series of blog posts reviewing IFPRI’s work and its impacts over a half-century.

Farmers in Kenya are facing growing impacts of climate change, including prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall, and sudden floods.

By Katrina Kosec December 3, 2025 Across fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS), mounting evidence shows that gender profoundly shapes both the experience and the trajectory of fragility. Women are more likely to face food insecurity, lose access to income, shoulder unpaid care responsibilities, and encounter elevated risks of violence during shocks—all while being systematically excluded from the decisions that determine

By Ayorinde Ogunyiola December 2, 2025 Digital agricultural technologies such as precision farming, mobile phone-based advisory platforms, smart irrigation, and satellite crop monitoring systems promise increased efficiency, environmental sustainability, and farm productivity. The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence-based applications—in new tools and integrated into existing ones—is accelerating this trend. Yet these digital tools can have significant downsides for many

By James Allen IV, Naureen Karachiwalla, and Deboleena Rakshit November 24, 2025 When communities are asked to contribute their time or money to shared goals—like running a school meal program—the success of these efforts often depends on how people respond to one another’s choices. If most people give more time and effort when others do, cooperation can spread. But if people hold