IFPRI

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a @CGIAR Research Center, seeks sustainable solutions for ending poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.

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Launching the IFPRI–UNU-WIDER research partnership https://t.co/UtGwN0OFMB

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#NowReading: Collecting holistic evidence on agroecology performance to accelerate sustainable food system transitions.

🔗 https://t.co/udNeWsWltF
@CGIAR @BioIntCIAT_eng @CIMMYT @IWMI_ @ICARDA @CIFOR @ICRAF #ScopingReview #Sustainability #OpenAccess

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There's still one week left to submit abstracts for "The Political Economy of AI in African Agrifood Systems."

📅 Deadline: July 31, 2026
📃 Submission guidelines: https://t.co/vk8Vs4aQoN
🔗 Submission form: https://t.co/HocCQKx066

@CGIAR @ANAPRI_info #ANAPRI2026 #PoliticalEconomyOfAI #AI4AgrifoodSystems

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IFPRI conducted telephone interviews with wage workers in low- and low-medium-skill jobs across seven cities in Papua New Guinea.

The survey aimed to inform comparisons of men’s and women’s labor activities and wages to evaluate urban workers’ financial access to a healthy diet.

Read this blog to learn more 👉 https://t.co/FieqYG2tbp
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Researchers examined how urbanicity relates to diets and nutritional status among Vietnamese adolescents.

Findings point to widespread and varying nutrition challenges beyond just a rural-urban divide. Learn more here 👉 https://t.co/b8kW3YtdzY
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📣 IFPRI will participate in the 2026 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting

📆July 26–28 | Kansas City, Missouri

🔗 Learn more here: https://t.co/5yyEq1cNnC

@AAEA_Economics @CGIAR @BerberKramer @CarlyTrachtman @Jo_Swinnen @KibromAbay

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🆕 #Blog: Scaling digital financial services for smallholder farmers in Kenya: A stakeholder consultation on challenges, opportunities, and action pathways.

Read the blog here: https://t.co/4QjgXN8rhN
By @BerberKramer (IFPRI), Esther Nzuki (ABC), @julie_ghostlaw (IFPRI), and Shalika Vyas (ABC)
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Attempts to assess food systems policy coherence have been limited to date. Can this be improved? 🤔

This paper introduces a new diagnostic tool and uses it across 10 LMICs in #Africa and #Asia.

Learn more here 🔗 https://t.co/qFJSLOGDK8
@CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa @IFPRISAO #OpenAccess

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🆕 on the #IFPRIBlog: From agreements to action: Practical tools for strengthening transboundary water cooperation.

🖊️ Bunyod Holmatov (@IWMI_) and Ryan Nehring (IFPRI)
📝 https://t.co/krT2i0jF1w
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This #webinar presents findings from new IFPRI research based on interviews and discussions with government agencies, humanitarian organizations, civil society organizations, donors, and researchers working on anticipatory action and disaster risk reduction in Nigeria.

📅 July 27, 2026 | 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT
🗨️ Speakers include @kkosec & @jkyleindc, followed by open discussion with webinar attendees.
🎟️ https://t.co/0S8coOQgpj
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Global crude rose 70%, but African food impact hinges on policy, not global shocks. While diesel jumped 86% in #Nigeria, costs stayed flat in francophone nations.

Costly subsidies defer a fiscal reckoning; we must de-risk ag value chains. 🌾⛽

🔗 https://t.co/xngkP8UyB1

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#NowReading: Trends, determinants, and anthropometric consequences of low birthweight in Indian children: a prospective analysis of national data.

Read the full study here: https://t.co/kabDPx9JJb
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☕ Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn!

🔗 https://t.co/UFkinCTsw4
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🆕 #Blog, originally posted by @devpolicy: Half a day’s pay for a healthy household diet in Papua New Guinea.

🖊️ Emily Schmidt, Kristi Mahrt, and Helmtrude Sikas-Iha
🔗 https://t.co/qGviBcEiQS
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Governments in LMICs need better data on who currently benefits from fertilizer subsidies.

@CarlyTrachtman and @ruthvargashill share 5 key lessons from a systemic analysis of whether and how 39 national fertilizer subsidy programs were targeted.

📝 Learn more here: https://t.co/HFmmQ5zGun
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🆕 #OpenAccess paper: The gendered effects of rainfall shocks on stunting: evidence from Papua New Guinea.

Learn more here 👉 https://t.co/z8SAHONoel
🖊️ @leightjessica, Rishabh Mukerjee, & Emily Schmidt
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📣 Save the date!
📌 The State of Global Agricultural Insurance.
📅 July 30 | 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT
🗨️ Peter Hazell (IFPRI), Kelvin Shikuku (@ILRI), Rowan Douglas (@imperialcollege), & Lisa Yu (SEADRIF)
🎟️ https://t.co/WxW6DetLje

@CGIAR @edf #webinar

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#NowReading: The role of social assistance in African crises: a systematic literature review.

📑 https://t.co/bJFTMNRu6P
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Urbanization is rapidly transforming food environments in many countries, but what does urbanization really mean for adolescent diets and nutrition?

This post highlights findings about whether urbanicity is linked to adolescent diets and nutritional status in #Vietnam.

📝 https://t.co/fkGQcUbLhh
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📢 Call for Abstracts: "The Political Economy of AI in African Agrifood Systems."

📅 Deadline: July 31, 2026
📃 Submission guidelines: https://t.co/vk8Vs4aQoN
🔗 Submission form: https://t.co/HocCQKx066

Find out more & submit your abstract: https://t.co/0l95EAam1Q
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📣 IFPRI will be participating at the #NUTRITION2026 American Society for Nutrition Annual Meeting
📅 July 25 to 28, 2026
📍 National Harbor, MD

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