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By Maria DiGiovanni, James Warner, and Serge Mugabo June 30, 2025 Successes from evidence-informed investments for agriculture-led development.

By Alan de Brauw June 26, 2025 Improving diets is a key element of food systems transformation, which in turn depends on the availability and affordability of nutritious foods. Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play a crucial role in providing both food and employment in many low-income countries—making them a key target for food systems transformation policies. Making such

Press Release – June 23, 2025 A new study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production presents a novel approach to sustainable agricultural intensification, with promising implications for food security and land conservation in Senegal. Conducted by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the study explores how farmers’ land-use decisions can be guided by the relative risks and returns of different

By Nina Jovanovic and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert June 18, 2025 Increasing farmer adoption of improved crop varieties is a key way to improve agricultural productivity and reduce poverty in low-income countries. Yet in these areas, smallholder farmers’ reported yields for such varieties often fall far short of researchers’ and policymakers’ expectations. What accounts for this gapbetween the high yield numbers documented in

By  Alex Oguso, Shadrack Mwatu, Juneweenex Mbuthia From May 5-9, 2025, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) successfully delivered a training of trainers’ workshop under the CGIAR Policy Innovations program for the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and KIPPRA staff. Building on the foundational work of the CGIAR National

By Claudia Ringler, Edward Kato, and Geoffrey Kiguli June 16, 2025 Healthy soils play a critical role in supporting agricultural productivity, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and a range of ecosystem services. Yet sub-Saharan Africa has experienced the most severe land degradation in the world. There is no shortage of established ways to improve and restore soils—however, these all too often remain “on the

Press Release June 12, 2025 In the wake of overlapping global crises of the recent years—including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine war, and escalating climate variability—fertilizer markets have been affected by unprecedented volatility. These shocks have had far-reaching implications for farm-level profitability, national food security strategies, international trade, and environmental sustainability. The new special issue of the journal Food Policy brings together a

By Kalle Hirvonen and Olli-Pekka Kuusela June 6, 2025 As global temperatures rise and climate-related disasters become more frequent, the need to adapt is rapidly increasing. That need for adaptation—from adjusting farming practices to diversifying livelihoods and strengthening infrastructure—is most acute in vulnerable low- and middle-income countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti and Viet Nam. Despite contributing a negligible share of historical global