BY AULO GELLI AND MARIE RUEL OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 This post is part of a series examining key issues involving climate and agrifood systems tied to the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai (November 30-December 12). To learn more about IFPRI’s engagement at the Conference, visit our COP28 Spotlight page. Evidence suggests a strong link between the
BY KIBROM ABAY, JORDAN CHAMBERLIN, PAULINE CHIVENGE, CHARLOTTE HEBEBRAND, AND DAVID J. SPIELMAN OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Achieving efficient and effective fertilizer usage in agricultural production is a critically important economic and environmental policy objective for countries at all stages of economic development, although the nature of the policy problem may vary radically in different contexts. While the imperatives
BY KATE AMBLER, MEHRAB BAKHTIAR, ALAN DE BRAUW, MOHAMMAD RIAD UDDIN OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Farmers in many low- and middle-income countries face a major financial gap, with available resources often insufficient to enable them to increase production—and putting many higher-value products with the greatest potential to increase incomes out of reach. Yet banks and other formal financial institutions
BY JENNIFER JOHNSON AND EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The global food system, with its massive carbon footprint and large-scale impacts on ecosystems and public health, must be transformed to sustainably meet the world’s steadily growing demand for food in the coming decades. The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World, a new book
BY ALIX UNDERWOOD OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered a series of global food system disruptions that continue today. The two countries are major agricultural exporters, and the war limited the flow of goods and drove up prices of wheat, fertilizers, and other key items around the world. As the war nears the end
BY OLIVER K. KIRUI, KHALID SIDDIG, HALA ABUSHAMA, AND ALEMAYEHU SEYOUM TAFFESSE OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The continuing conflict in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), underway since April 2023, is inflicting devastating impacts on the country’s economy and on livelihoods. Model estimates show that production declines across different sectors have resulted in
BY ISABEL LAMBRECHT, SARAH PECHTL, MOHRU MARDONOVA, AND KAMILJON AKRAMOV OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Tajikistan, the poorest country in Central Asia, is making significant efforts to spur economic growth and improve the well-being of its people. The national economic strategy aims to increase domestic incomes by 2 to 3.5 times between 2016 and 2030 and includes a number of
BY HAILEMARIAM AYALEW, JOSEPH KARUGIA, JOHN OLWANDE, AND CLEMENS BREISINGER OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The Kenyan National Fertilizer Subsidy Program (NFSP), implemented during the short rainy season in September 2022, has emerged as a pivotal policy in the government’s efforts to expand food production and mitigate soaring food prices. The program offers subsidized fertilizer at half the price of