Country and Regional Offices
What’s New
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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.
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A new tool enables policymakers to measure the reach of biofortification programs
Biofortification programs have expanded rapidly worldwide, creating a need for reliable measures of how many people consume nutrient-enriched crops.
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From Commitment to Delivery: Strategic Priorities for Implementing the Kampala Declaration under CAADP 2026–2035
On November 26, IFPRI Africa convened a high-level webinar to discuss strategic priorities for implementing the Kampala Declaration, the third cycle of the CAADP for 2026–2035.
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CAADP Kampala Declaration and its Domestication: How Nigeria is Leveraging the Power of Community of Practice
CAADP policy framework reflects the recognition of agriculture-led economy as a driver for enhancing economic growth, reducing poverty, and increasing food security on the African continent.
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Harmonizing agri-food systems (AFS) data for reporting and evidence-based policy making in Rwanda
MINAGRI in collaboration with IFPRI and other key partners convened a five-day national workshop in Musanze to develop a coordinated framework for harmonizing agricultural and food systems statistics.
Events
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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…
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IFPRI Webinar: Strategic Implementation Priorities for the CAADP Kampala Declaration
This webinar brings together leading voices across the continent and beyond to reflect on these questions and spotlight priority actions for implementation
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.
