Blogs

Ensuring food security in a state of disaster

By: Jan Duchoslav and Joachim De Weerdt On 23 March 2024, His Excellency the President declared a state of disaster in 23 of Malawi’s 28 districts in anticipation of a poor harvest caused by the ongoing El Niño climatic event. El Niño has brought about... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

IFPRI Blog: World Water Day 2024: Invest in women for peace and water security

The theme of this year’s World Water Day (March 22), “Water for Peace,” could not come at a more opportune time. Global water, food, and humanitarian crises have reached near-unprecedented levels: As a 2023 conference of the Pontifical Academy of Scien... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

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