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Fertilizer Availability and Affordability: Implications for agricultural productivity and food security
This is the third event in an IFPRI seminar series on Food and Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts on global food security. The invasion of Ukraine has driven up already high global agricultural commodity prices. Fertilizer prices have also reached all-time highs, casting a serious shadow on future harvests, and thus add to concerns about global food…
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Webinar: Energy Use for Irrigation in Ethiopia: Shedding light on demand, least-cost-options, and farm returns
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Columbia University, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy, and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Irrigation & Lowlands. Ethiopia has ambitious targets to expand the productive use of electricity in agriculture and enjoys favourable conditions through low electricity prices and expanding…
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9th World Water Forum: Water Security for Peace and Development
IFPRI is participating in the 9th World Water Forum that will take place from March 21 – 26 2022 in Dakar, Senegal.
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Seminar | Policy Drivers of Africa’s Agriculture Transformation: A CAADP Biennial Review Account
This paper assesses the nature of agricultural transformation taking place in different parts of Africa and analyzes policy drivers of the transformation using data from the CAADP Biennial Review (BR) on 46 indicators from 2014 to 2018.
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Inside Track with IFPRI: A Conversation with Abdallah Cisse
He’ll talk about getting started in the field, current research, some of the challenges in his work, and how he hopes to contribute to a sustainable future.
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Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future
The past decade has seen renewed, and more concerted and comprehensive interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector.
Who we are
IFPRI in Africa provides on-the-ground support for local research, capacity building, and partnerships to reduce poverty and end malnutrition across the continent.
What we do
We conduct evidence-based research on agriculture, food security, nutrition, gender, markets, and climate resilience—tailored to African contexts.
Where we work
We share research findings with key stakeholders through policy dialogues, public events, workshops, publications, and blogs.