When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sparking fears of a global food crisis, IFPRI responded rapidly to the need for information and policy advice to address the crisis. From the first moments of the conflict, a new IFPRI blog series provided ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Agricultural Statistics are Vital: The case of Lebanon
Riad Fouad Saade, CREAL, Lebanon
During the civil war in Lebanon between 1975 and 1990, the country was on “economic survival mode” and cared little about statistics. With post war era, many misleading statistics figures were used lacking serious references. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Emergency Assistance Requires Coordination: MAP YEMEN
Scaling Up Nutrition Yemen
Heidi Kandil, IFPRI Intern
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly five years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all sectors. An estimated 80 per cent of the population – 24 million people – require some form of humanitarian assistance, including 14.3 million who are in acute need. Severity of need is deepening, with the number of people in acute need reaching 27 per cent higher than last year. Two-thirds of all districts in the country are already pre-famine, and one-third face a convergence of multiple acute vulnerabilities. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
The Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project commences training course on Issues in Agriculture and Development
In order to broaden knowledge on the linkages between agriculture and development, the Abuja Office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held on behalf of the Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project, its first ever tr... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
News: The Rise of Antiglobalism: What will that mean for food security and nutrition?
On August 28th, 2018 the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with the American University in Cairo (AUC), launched the 2018 Global Food Policy Report. The event was attended by a number of high-level government officials including the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Raclamation as well as members of the academic community in Egypt. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
