Does conflict-driven internal displacement influence demand for agricultural inputs? Evidence from Nigeria.
Stories & Blogs IFPRISep 26, 2024(Blog )Smallholder farmers in northeastern Nigeria face interrelated challenges of food insecurity, climate change impacts, and conflict.
Enhancing farm productivity and rural livelihoods through ICT interventions in Malawi
Stories & Blogs IFPRIJul 10, 2024(Blog )Agriculture is central to Malawi’s economy, employing much of the population and contributing substantially to GDP. However, agricultural productivity and earnings have stagnated and chronic food insecurity is a serious problem.
Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss
Stories & Blogs UNJun 17, 2024(Story )Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss, according to Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Stop ‘vandalising’ Earth and help the planet thrive, UN chief urges
Stories & Blogs UNJun 16, 2024(News )As nearly 40 per cent of land across the planet is degraded with more acres lost every second, governments, businesses and communities must galvanize action to reverse the damage and protect Earth, the UN chief said
Sudan food emergency: Unpacking the scale of the disaster and the actions needed
Stories & Blogs IFPRIJun 14, 2024(Blog )The United Nations recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished.
New study emphasizes tradeoffs between arresting groundwater depletion and food security
Stories & Blogs IFPRIJun 14, 2024(News )A study by authors from IFPRI published in Nature Sustainability, reaffirms the world’s growing dependence on depleting groundwater systems.
New Study: Urgent action to enhance food aid and revitalize agriculture critical to averting looming famine in Sudan
Stories & Blogs IFPRIApr 12, 2024(Press Release )Port Sudan - Pervasive severe food insecurity in Sudan necessitates urgent and extensive interventions to enhance food aid, revitalize agricultural systems, and restore supply chains, to mitigate the food crisis and prevent further escalation.
Marking International Day, Secretary-General Stresses ‘In Our World of Plenty, Poverty Should Have No Home’, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Achieve SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )“In our world of plenty, poverty should have no home. Yet, as we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, nearly 700 million people are barely scraping by, living on less than $2.15 per day” UN Secretary-General António Guterres .
Joint Communiqué by Fourth Trilateral Meeting of African Union, European Union and United Nations
Stories & Blogs UNSep 18, 2023(Communiqué )The three organizations expressed full solidarity with the people and authorities of Libya and Morocco, recently struck by natural disasters.
Six big ideas to advance food systems resilience in Nigeria: Bringing CGIAR Initiatives together to foster collaboration and policy coherence.
Stories & Blogs IFPRISep 13, 2023(Blog post )Two CGIAR initiatives—Fragility, Conflict and Migration (FCM) and National Policies and Strategies (NPS)—brought together policymakers, researchers, and representatives from the private sector and civil society to discuss how to advance food systems resil