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By Kristin Davis, Eliot Jones-Garcia, and Niyati Singaraju August 26, 2025 Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) applications—which produce text, images, code, and other content based on surfacing patterns in vast datasets—promise many benefits for agrifood systems (e.g., reaching more people at less cost, availability around the clock, real-time data). One promising area for gen AI is agricultural extension services. Gen AI

By Kristin Davis, Eliot Jones-Garcia, and Niyati Singaraju August 26, 2025 Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) applications—which produce text, images, code, and other content based on surfacing patterns in vast datasets—promise many benefits for agrifood systems (e.g., reaching more people at less cost, availability around the clock, real-time data). One promising area for gen AI is agricultural extension services. Gen AI

By Suresh Babu and Ann Maina September 4, 2025 The rising incidence of climate change-driven extreme weather and related problems has profound implications for food system transformation. Linking food system efforts to climate action goals and integrating their strategic objectives can accelerate progress in both food system transformation and addressing climate change, and yield positive synergies. A key effort on this

By Suresh Babu and Ann Maina September 4, 2025 The rising incidence of climate change-driven extreme weather and related problems has profound implications for food system transformation. Linking food system efforts to climate action goals and integrating their strategic objectives can accelerate progress in both food system transformation and addressing climate change, and yield positive synergies. A key effort on this

September 5, 2025 In this interview, we spoke with Ben Belton, a Research Fellow with IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Unit based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, lead author of a new article in Science about the rapidly expanding use of drones in agriculture around the world—particularly in the Global South.

September 5, 2025 In this interview, we spoke with Ben Belton, a Research Fellow with IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Unit based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, lead author of a new article in Science about the rapidly expanding use of drones in agriculture around the world—particularly in the Global South. View original article .wysiwyg a::after {margin-left: 10px;top: -1px;}

By Kevin Chen and Lingling Hou September 10, 2025 Climate change and food security are inextricably linked—a relationship particularly evident in the dairy sector. With livestock supply chains contributing 14.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and cattle—including both beef and dairy production—accounting for around two-thirds of livestock emissions, the urgency of sustainable solutions has never been greater. Yet the challenge is complex: How can

By Tamsin Zandstra and Derek Headey “A decade ago, many experts were skeptical about agriculture’s importance for nutrition, but the AReNA project really dispelled those concerns. AReNA showed us that the real prices of healthy foods vary enormously around the world and explain the massive nutritional inequalities we observe across countries; that there are huge opportunities to improve child nutrition through animal-sourced foods