By Daniela Salas, Mali Eber Rose, and Brian McNamara June 20, 2024 Many policies have been implemented across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to make agrifood systems more sustainable and promote food security. Identifying the most effective and innovative among these is crucial to efforts to adapt to climate change, sustainably transform food systems, and other key goals. The
By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui June 14, 2024 The United Nations recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed civilians and devastated livelihoods on a massive scale. Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished. IFPRI Research Fellow Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, who
By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui June 14, 2024 The United Nations recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed civilians and devastated livelihoods on a massive scale. Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished. IFPRI Research Fellow Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, who
PRESS RELEASE JUNE 14, 2024 Washington DC, June 14, 2024: A study by authors from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), published today in Nature Sustainability, reaffirms the world’s growing dependence on depleting groundwater systems. Although efforts to slow down groundwater depletion need to be urgently accelerated, this study indicates that such efforts – in the absence of other accompanying measures –
BY SURESH CHANDRA BABU, YOGENDRA KUMAR KARKI, ANIQ FADHILLAH AND NANDITA SRIVASTAVA OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 With global temperatures already 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, climate change is having major impacts on agriculture that fall disproportionately on the Global South—from crops, to livestock, to aquaculture. Agricultural systems endure frequent heat waves, flooding, and drought—often all in one season. Climate-related extreme weather
All of us at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) are saddened by the tragic accident that led to the demise of Hon. Saulos Chilima, Vice President of Malawi, and his fellow passengers and extend our condolences to all of their families and loved ones. Our hearts go out to the people of Malawi at such a difficult time,
BY WILL MARTIN, ABDULLAH MAMUN, NICK MINOT AND ROB VOS OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Recent shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war have disrupted global food and fertilizer supply chains—causing price spikes and increased price volatility—a disastrous combination for many vulnerable consumers around the world. As in past global food price crises, governments have used trade policies to try
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 A common assumption among policymakers and food system stakeholders is that markets and governments operate at best in parallel and at worst at cross purposes. But in the case of food safety, public and private enterprise interests align: No one wants a reputation for making their customers sick, or for meat that