Every year, the U.S. Government's Feed the Future initiative releases a summary of its biggest accomplishments. This year, Feed the Future recognized IFPRI's Bt brinjal study in Bangladesh, which evaluated the impacts of genetically engineered brinjal, or eggplant, on various outcomes. IFPRI researchers found that Bt brinjal cultivation increased crop yields, farmers' incomes, and decreased […]
NEW STUDY: Lessons from Development Research
Development is a multi-faceted process; achieving development goals thus requires a multi-sectoral approach. For over two decades, our research group of economists and nutritionists has designed and implemented randomized trials to assess the effectiveness of multisectoral programs in improving nutrition, food security, and other measures of well-being, largely at the request of developing country governments, […]
Lessons from a Life in Food Policy
For 15 years, I had lived in a small village in southeastern China. We did not recognize malnutrition when we saw it, because to us it looked normal. We were all malnourished. Now, as I look back on my past decade as director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, I can see how […]
Youth Essay Contest, “Healthy Food, Bright Future”
YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST "Healthy Food, Bright Future" স্বাস্থ্যকর খাবার খেলে, উজ্জ্বল ভবিষ্যৎ মেলে The International Food Policy Research Institute Research Institute (IFPRI) invites Bangladeshi teens (ages 12-18) to write an essay on what healthy food and a bright future mean to you. Please answer the following questions in your essay: What are healthy foods? How […]
How the United States benefits from agricultural and food security investments in developing countries
BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (BIFAD), INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI), ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES (APLU). U.S. foreign agricultural assistance investments bring substantial economic, health, and security benefits to both developing countries and the United States. This report describes the food security investments of the U.S. Agency for International Development and how […]
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