Country and Regional Offices
What’s New
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How women view marriage and childbearing decisions: Recent WEMNS evidence from Liberia and Sierra Leone
Key takeaways •An indicator in the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) measures how women perceive women’s choices in marriage and childbearing. •About one‑third of women in Liberia and Sierra Leone fully endorse women’s rights to family formation, such as marriage and childbearing decisions, with significant variations by age and region. •Strengthening education outcomes, expanding ICT…
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Integrating nutrient supplements and WASH into agriculture programs improves child micronutrient status in Burkina Faso
Press Release Nutrition, Diets, and Health Adding small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions to a homestead food production program significantly improved children’s iron and vitamin A status in rural Burkina Faso, according to new research published in The Journal of Nutrition by scientists at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)…
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The hunger crisis is set to get worse in West and Central Africa—why and what to do about it
By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui and Chibuzo Nwagboso Countries in West and Central Africa are facing a food crisis with multiple causes. Estimates in late December 2025 suggested that 41.8 million people were already in crisis or worse in October-December 2025. The number was expected to rise to 52.8 million in June-August 2026. IFPRI researchers Oliver Kiptoo Kirui and Chibuzo Nwagboso explain how serious the situation is.…
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How school meals are transforming education in Zamfara State, Nigeria
By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Chibuzo Nwagboso, Asabe Maidawa, and Aisha Ololade Key takeaways •A state-sponsored school meal program is boosting enrollment and attendance in Zamfara, giving children a strong incentive to come to school. •School meals support communities, creating income for local women and strengthening local food systems. •Scaling the program will require better infrastructure, monitoring, and…
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BBC Interview: Fertilizer Supply Disruptions and Implications for Africa’s Food Security
In a recent interview on BBC’s Focus on Africa, Dr. Oliver Kirui, Research Fellow and Acting Country Program Leader for Nigeria and Ghana at IFPRI, highlighted the growing risks fertilizer supply disruptions pose for Africa’s food security. Africa currently imports more than 80% of its fertilizer. While countries such as Nigeria, Egypt, and Morocco have…
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Growing Resilience: New Evidence and Lessons from Nigeria
Across Nigeria, millions of smallholders face a compounding set of pressures, including climate variability, conflict and displacement, and volatile input prices, despite significant agricultural potential. Access to high-quality, improved seed varieties is one of the most effective pathways to resilience, which is critical to promoting stability amid the threat of these compound shocks.
Events
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Three Years of Conflict: What the Evidence Tells Us and What Recovery Requires
Organized by IFPRI, with support from the CGIAR Science Program on Policy Innovations and Food Frontiers and Security Sudan Conflict Conference (Third Edition) Hybrid Event at Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel Cairo, Egypt April 14 to 15, 2026 In-person registration April 14 | Virtual Registration April 15 | Virtual Registration April 2026 marks three years since the outbreak…
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WEBINAR: Beyond Treatment: Integrated Strategies to Prevent Child Wasting and post-treatment Relapse
Child wasting affects an estimated 42 million children at any given time, but over a year, between 240 and 295 million episodes of wasting occur. Wasting, including severe wasting, is associated with approximately 850,000 child deaths annually and have livelong consequences for child health and development.
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Powering Kenya’s Agri-Food Transformation through Science and Partnership
As a joint initiative between International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), CGIAR Policy Innovations Program and local partners, the CGIAR Policy Innovations Program’s Kenya Policy Hub is dedicated to a bold vision: a future where Kenya’s agri-food transformation is driven by cutting-edge research…
Research Areas
IFPRI’s work is built around five key research areas that address Africa’s most critical food policy issues. All of IFPRI’s research work also integrates gender. IFPRI pursues many of its core research themes with the support of partners and through the CGIAR research programs to contribute evidence for country- and region-led policies and programs.
