Blogs

IFPRI Blog: Who’s afraid of high fertilizer prices?

During 2021 and 2022, global food and fertilizer prices spiked due to several overlapping factors. Demand rose as the world economy emerged from the COVID-19 recession; global supply chains suffered major disruptions associated with the uneven recovery... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Shaping global agendas: The IFPRI Food Security Portal’s pathways to impact

This blog post is part of a special monthly series entitled “Making a Difference,” documenting the impact of IFPRI's projects and initiatives. These stories reflect the wide breadth of the Institute's research, communications, and capacity-strengthenin... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Expanding underutilized crops in Asia: The promise of millets for improving nutrition and sustainability

Asia is home to 55% of the people in the world affected by hunger—more than 400 million—and faces continuing threats to Source: IFPRI South Asia Office

International Women’s Day 2024

Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress This year on International Women’s Day, UN Women has issued a call to “Invest in Source: IFPRI South Asia Office

IFPRI Blog: Ukraine and global agricultural markets two years later

Two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the war continues to disrupt agricultural production and trade in Ukraine—one of the world's largest agricultural exporters—and poses an ongoing threat to global f... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program