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.
UN Environment Assembly advances collaborative action on triple planetary crisis
Stories & Blogs UNEPMar 01, 2024(Press Release )Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to boost multilateral efforts to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
At UNEA-6, Heads of State call for greater cooperation on the environment
Stories & Blogs UNEPFeb 29, 2024(Press Release )World leaders expressed determination to accelerate multilateral action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
Urgent action to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel operations essential to achieve global climate targets
Stories & Blogs UNEPOct 11, 2023(Story )Decisive, far-reaching efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5 °C
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
Africa Climate Week 2023: Charting a fresh course for climate action
Stories & Blogs UNEPSep 04, 2023(News )As the world grapples with the urgent challenges posed by climate change, ACW will address this pressing crisis through cooperation and forward-thinking initiatives to drive transformative change.
Enhancing groundwater governance through experimental games in Ghana
Stories & Blogs IFPRIAug 22, 2023(Blog )Some of the key challenges that irrigators are dealing with are declining groundwater tables and insufficient freshwater during the peak of the dry season (February-March).
Is Ethiopia missing a golden opportunity for addressing hidden hunger? The opportunities and challenges of biofortification
Stories & Blogs IFPRIAug 18, 2023(Blog )Despite some progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, Ethiopia continues to be an epicenter of the triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.
Is Ethiopia missing a golden opportunity for addressing hidden hunger? The opportunities and challenges of biofortification
Stories & Blogs IFPRIAug 18, 2023(Blog )Despite some progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, Ethiopia continues to be an epicenter of the triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.
Unlocking the potential of irrigation for improved nutrition in Ethiopia
Stories & Blogs IFPRIAug 09, 2023(Blog )Poor nutrition threatens health, exacerbates inequalities, affects economic productivity, and traps countries like Ethiopia in a vicious cycle of poverty.