food security

NEW PUBLICATION: CLIMATE-RESILIENCE POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS FOR EGYPT’S AGRICULTURE SECTOR

New report shows accelerated adaptation can substantially reduce Egypt's food production losses from climate change. FOOD POLICY REPORT BY: NICOSTRATO D. PEREZ, YUMNA KASSIM, CLAUDIA RINGLER, TIMOTHY S. THOMAS, HAGAR ELDIDI, CLEMENS BREISINGER The impo... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems: Consensus and gaps in the literature

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NEW PUBLICATION: The nutritional benefits of cash transfers in humanitarian crises: Evidence from Yemen

This study makes use of a cluster randomized control trial that was left in place when a pilot cash-plus intervention evolved during the civil conflict into a major program within the Yemen Emergency Crisis Response program. The results provide uniquel... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

NEW PUBLICATION: Supporting Egypt’s safety net programs for better nutrition and food security, inclusiveness, and effectiveness

Over the years, IFPRI’s research, with support from PIM since 2012, has informed important decisions on Egypt’s key safety net programs, including the food subsidy and the national cash transfer programs. This note summarizes some of the most recent ou... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

IFPRI explores impact of COVID-19 on school feeding services and food insecurity

COVID-19 has disrupted programs that assist vulnerable populations worldwide. In addition to education, schools provide daily meals and other services that many families depend on; when schools closed during the pandemic, those services ceased. Kibrom ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office