IFPRI’s projects in Africa is committed to producing high quality, evidence-based outputs that contribute to agriculture development, food security, nutrition, and poverty alleviation. In particular, IFPRI’s policy research has produced technical reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, donor reports, impact assessments, briefs, and more.
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Journal Article
The effect of teacher training and community literacy programming on teacher and student outcomes
2026Chimbutane, Feliciano; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Leight, Jessica; Lauchande, Carlos
Journal Article
Whole maize flour could enhance food and nutrition security in Malawi
2025Ngoma, Theresa Nakoma; Taleon, Victor; Mvumi, Brighton M.; Gama, Aggrey P.; Palacios-Rojas, Natalia; Matumba, Limbikani
Journal Article
Buyer-side gender discrimination in bargaining: Evidence from seed sales in Uganda
2025Van Campenhout, Bjorn; Nabwire, Leocardia
Journal Article
Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia
2025Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Tambet, Heleene
Journal Article
Zinc distribution in structural components of high kernel‑zinc maize and its retention after milling
2025Taleon, Victor; Palacios-Rojas, Natalia; Dollah, Yusuf; Rosales, Aldo; Kalejaiye, Olatundun; Menkir, Abebe
Journal Article
Beyond the bids: Lessons from farmers' reflections on Vickrey auctions of sweetpotato vines in Rwanda
2025Kilwinger, Fleur B.M.; Spielman, David J.; Almekinders, Conny J.M.; Rajendran, Srinivasulu; van Dam, Ynte K.
Journal Article
Looks matter? Field performance and farmers' preferences for drought-tolerant maize in Kenya
2025Kramer, Berber; Wellenstein, Hailey; Waweru, Carol; Kivuva, Benjamin
Journal Article
Policy and regulation in seed sector development for vegetatively propagated crops: Insights from Kenya, Nigeria, and Vietnam
2025Spielman, David J.; Gatto, Marcel; Wossen, Tesfamicheal; McEwan, Margaret; Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Maredia, Mywish K.; Hareau, Guy
Journal Article
The complex economics of a complete ban on child labor in the cobalt supply chain: The case of the DR Congo
2025Ulimwengu, John M.; Sanginga, Blandine
Journal Article
Private sector promotion of agricultural technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
2025Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.; Dillon, Andrew; Bloem, Jeffrey R.; Adjognon, Guigonan Serge
Journal Article
Herder-related violence, labor allocation, and the gendered response of agricultural households
2025Bloem, Jeffrey R.; Damon, Amy; Francis, David C.; Mitchell, Harrison
Journal Article
Achieving transformational sustainable land Intensification: Integrated general equilibrium and portfolio analysis for Senegal
2025Pradesha, Angga; Siddig, Khalid; Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James
Journal Article
A comparative study of the legal and regulatory dimension of seed sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa using regulatory systems maps: The case of Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda
2025Kuhlmann, Katrin; Nalinya, Adron Naggayi; Francis, Tara; Spielman, David J.
Report
GCAN partner workshop: Report on lessons and recommendations for policy engagement and capacity strengthening
2025Magalhaes, Marilia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Go, Ara
Brief
Applying an integrated engagement model to support country-led food systems transformation: Insights from the SHiFT Initiative's approach in Viet Nam, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh
2025Honeycutt, Sydney; Wyatt, Amanda; Lundy, Mark; Brouwer, Inge D.
Working Paper
Development readiness
2025Omamo, Steven Were
Brief
Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict
2025Kirui, Oliver K.; Rakhy, Tarig AlHaj; Siddig, Khalid; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Abushama, Hala
Book Chapter
What do we know about the future of the agrifood system in South Africa?
2025Meyer, Ferdi; Pienaar, Louw; Davids, Tracy; Kalaba, Mmatlou
Book Chapter
What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa?
2025Enahoro, Dolapo K.; Mensah, Charles; Gbegbelegbe, Sika
Book Chapter
What do we know about the future of pulses in global and regional agrifood systems?
2025Gbegbelegbe, Sika; Msukwa, Wupe; Nedumaran, Swamikannu; Alene, Arega D.
Book Chapter
What do we know about the future of food systems in East and Southern Africa?
2025Tesfaye Fantaye, Kindie; Hartley, Faaiqa; Thomas, Timothy S.; Gbegbelegbe, Sika; Gabriel, Sherwin
Book Chapter
What do we know about the future of food systems in Central and West Asia and North Africa?
2025Frija, Aymen
Brief
Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation
2025
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Kinabo, Joyce; Cunningham, Kenda; Olney, Deanna K.; Kumar, Neha
Report
Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: June 2025
2025Siddig, Khalid; Rakhy, Tarig; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Mohamed, Shima; Abushama, Hala
Opinion Piece
Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: Here’s how bad it could get
2025Siddig, Khalid
Preprint
Intimate partner violence and women's economic preferences
2025Anderberg, Dan; Cassidy, Rachel; Dam, Anaya; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Morsink, Karlijn
Journal Article
Genetic control of seed iron and zinc concentration in Rwandan common bean population revealed by the Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS)
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Okada, Moeko; Fukai, Eigo
Brief
Country profile – Kenya: Gender, climate change, and nutrition linkages
2025Mawia, Harriet; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Bryan, Elizabeth; Thomas, Timothy S.
Report
Digital finance and agri-food value chains: Case studies from Nigeria
2025Russel, Yeshua
Brief
Credit access, demand, and repayment among smallholder farmers in Nigeria: A follow-up analysis
2025Ambler, Kate; Balana, Bedru; Bloem, Jeffrey R.; Maruyama, Eduardo; Olanrewaju, Opeyemi
Report
IFPRI Malawi Monthly Maize Market Report, June 2025
2025Anderson, Benson
Opinion Piece
How good are livestock statistics in Africa?
2025Abay, Kibrom; Ayalew, Hailemariam; Terfa, Zelalem; Karugia, Joseph; Breisinger, Clemens
Opinion Piece
How climate-induced conflict is shaping rural Nigeria
2025Bloem, Jeffrey R.; Damon, Amy; Francis, David; Mitchell, Harrison
Working Paper
Do others’ health count for peanuts? Health, market returns, and pro-sociality
2025Abate, Gashaw T.; Bernard, Tanguy; Deutschmann, Joshua; Fall, Fatou
Preprint
A comparative analysis of food consumption data from 24-Hour dietary recalls and Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys in Tanzania
2025
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Joy, Edward JM
Journal Article
Climate and weather services can enhance Ethiopian farmers’ resilience to climate change: Economy-wide impact analysis
2025Tamru, Seneshaw; Hansen, James; Zebiak, Stephen; Tesfaye, Abonesh; Minten, Bart; Demissie, Teferi; Radeny, Maren A.O.; Tesfaye, Kindie; Solomon, Dawit
Preprint
Women’s experiences in the food environment and their association with fruit and vegetables intake: Insights from Northern Tanzania
2025
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Jaacks, Lindsay M.; Bellows, Alexandra L.
Book Chapter
CGIAR Initiative on One Health
2025Hung Nguyen-Viet; Hoffmann, Vivian
Report
Digital finance and agri-food value chains: Case studies from Ethiopia
2025Wassie, Solomon
Report
Digital finance and agri-food value chains: Case studies from Kenya
2025Wairimu, Edith
Brief
Rethinking delivery modalities in conflict-affected settings: Why beneficiaries in Sudan prefer digital transfers
2025Abay, Kibrom A.; Abushama, Hala; Mohamed, Shima; Siddig, Khalid
Journal Article
Understanding spatial heterogeneity of hidden hunger in Senegal
2025Marivoet, Wim; Ulimwengu, John M.; Sall, Leysa Maty; Fall, Cheickh Sadibou
Journal Article
What is the role for multistakeholder platforms in transboundary basin governance? Distilling lessons from three cases and applying them in the Incomati Basin
2025Nehring, Ryan; Lautze, Jonathan; Mgudlwa, Maliviwe
Journal Article
Determinants of household food security and maternal dietary diversity in rural Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia: results from a cross-sectional study
2025Jisso, Meskerem; Biadgilign, Sibhatu; Tareke, Amare Abera; Tesfaye, Tizalegn; Zerfu, Tadesse Alemu
Journal Article
To defer or to differ: Experimental evidence on the role of cash transfers in Nigerian couples’ decision–making
2025Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Fafchamps, Marcel; Goldstein, Markus; Leonard, Kenneth L.; Papineni, Sreelakshmi
Report
Digital finance and agri-food value chains: Case studies from Tanzania
2025Valerian, Judith
Journal Article
Contributions of District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) to maternal and child health service performance in Ethiopia: An interrupted time series mixed-methods study
2025Zerfu, Taddese Alemu; Asressie, Moges; Tareke, Amare Abera; Begna, Zenebu; Habtamu, Tigist; Werkneh, Netsanet; Nigatu, Tariku; Jisso, Meskerem; Genta, Addisalem
Brief
Lessons Learned from Implementing the CAADP Biennial Review Process Under the Malabo Declaration
2025Makombe, T.; Ulimwengu, John M.; Matchaya, Greenwell C.
Working Paper
Outcomes and impacts of CGIAR Research Initiatives in Kenya from 2022 to 2024
2025Boukaka, Sedi Anne; Kimaiyo, Faith; Kramer, Berber; Ayalew, Hailemariam; Place, Frank
Software
Political violence in the G5 Sahel countries -- Conflict diffusion indicator: Methodology and implementation
2025Hema, Aboubacar; Marivoet, Wim
Report
Scaling strategy for ShambaShield: Inclusive bundled finance for smallholders
2025Vyas, Shalika; Mundia, Carolyne; Chilambe, Pedro; Ewell, Hanna; Engdaw, Mastawesha; Timu, Anne G.; Sartas, Murat
Journal Article
Modeling the economywide effects of water and energy interventions in the face of climate shocks in Ethiopia
2025Aragie, Emerta A.; Gebretsadik, Yohannes; Ringler, Claudia
Report
Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: May 2025
2025Siddig, Khalid; Rakhy, Tarig; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Mohamed, Shima; Abushama, Hala
Brief
Sudan: Cereal markets and trade
2025Dorosh, Paul A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; Siddig, Khalid
Working Paper
Brewing prosperity: An analysis of living income gaps among coffee smallholders in central Kenya
2025Boukaka, Sedi Anne; Benfica, Rui
Journal Article
Prospects for cereal self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa
2025
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Mahamane Soulé, Abdelkader; Sulser, Timothy B.; Taulya, Godfrey; Amor Tenorio, Fatima; Tesfaye, Kindie; Yuan, Shen; van Loon, Marloes P.
Brief
Tanzania: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development
2025Aragie, Emerta; Thurlow, James; Xu, Valencia Wenqian; Jones, Eleanor
Report
IFPRI Malawi Monthly Maize Market Report, May 2025
2025International Food Policy Research Institute; Benson, Anderson
Dataset
Global Gridded Data on Climate Impact on Yields From DSSAT Crop Model, 2005–2050
2025International Food Policy Research Institute
Brief
Country profile – Ethiopia: Gender, climate change, and nutrition linkages
2025Bealem, Tigist Endashaw; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Thomas, Timothy S.; Zerfu, Taddese Alemu; Bryan, Elizabeth
Journal Article
Economic and food security impacts of climate disasters and mitigation policies: Insights from Nigeria
2025Escalante, Luis Enrique; Mamboundou, Pierre; Meyimdjui, Carine; Omoju, Oluwasola E.
Journal Article
Climate information services enhance farmers’ resilience to climate change: Impacts on agricultural productivity
2025Tamru, Seneshaw; Hansen, James; Zebiak, Stephen; Tesfaye, Abonesh; Minten, Bart; Demissie, Teferi; Radeny, Maren A.O.; Tesfaye, Kindie; Solomon, Dawit
Journal Article
Rural institutions and the technical efficiency of teff production in Ethiopia
2025Hailu, Getu; Weersink, Alfons; Minten, Bart
Journal Article
Assessing the overall benefits of programs enhancing human capital and equity: A new method with an application to school meals
2025Alderman, Harold; Aurino, Elisabetta; Baffour, Priscilla Twumasi; Gelli, Aulo; Turkson, Festus Ebo; Wong, Brad
Journal Article
Urbanization shapes West African diets throughout the rural-urban continuum
2025Cockx, Lara; Boti, Bolou Bi David
Journal Article
Unpacking power dynamics and women's economic empowerment in polygynous households in Burkina Faso
2025Eissler, Sarah; Heckert, Jessica; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Sanou, Armande; Ganaba, Rasmané; Gelli, Aulo
Journal Article
A large-scale nutrition- and gender-sensitive poultry market-based program did not improve maternal and child diets in rural Burkina Faso: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
2025Becquey, Elodie; Diop, Loty; Diatta, Ampa D.; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Awonon, Josue; Ganaba, Rasmane; Gelli, Aulo
Journal Article
Farm size and agricultural productivity of nutritious foods: Evidence from Ethiopia
2025Ameye, Hannah; Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Minten, Bart; Tamru, Seneshaw
Journal Article
Developing a food safety consumer experience scale: Qualitative insights from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam
2025Isanovic, S.; Alonso, Silvia; Frongillo, E.A.; Parvin, A.; Gazu, Lina; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Leroy, Jef L.
Book Chapter
Regional developments: Middle East and North Africa [in 2025 GFPR]
2025Kurdi, Sikandra; Hassan, Ganna; Jovanovic, Nina; Steinhuebel-Rasheed, Linda
Book Chapter
Regional developments: Africa [in 2025 GFPR]
2025Ulimwengu, John M.; Omamo, Steven Were; Badiane, Ousmane; Benin, Samuel
Journal Article
Short-term and long-term effects of cash for work: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Tunisia
2025Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric
Brief
Country profile – Nigeria: Gender, climate change, and nutrition linkages
2025Iraoya, Augustine Okhale; Balana, Bedru; Thomas, Timothy S.; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Bryan, Elizabeth
Opinion Piece
How misinformation and mismatched expectations reduce adoption of improved seeds
2025Miehe, Caroline; Nabwire, Leocardia; Sparrow, Robert; Spielman, David J.; Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Brief
Informing CAADP 2026–2035: What a decade of IFPRI Research in Africa tells us
2025Ulimwengu, John M.; Hema, Aboubacar; Marivoet, Wim; Omamo, Steven Were
Working Paper
Determinants of household water and energy access and their impacts on food security and health outcomes in Sudan
2025Kirui, Oliver K.; Ahmed, Mosab; Raouf, Mariam; Abushama, Hala; Siddig, Khalid
Report
Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: April 2025
2025Siddig, Khalid; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Mohamed, Shima; Abushama, Hala; Rakhy, Tarig
Opinion Piece
How aid cuts could make vulnerable communities even less resilient to climate change
2025Hirvonen, Kalle; Kuusela, Olli-Pekka
Report
Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: March 2025
2025Siddig, Khalid; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Rakhy, Tarig; Mohamed, Shima; Abushama, Hala
Brief
Synopsis: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development in Rwanda
2025Aragie, Emerta A.; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Thurlow, James; Warner, James; Xu, Valencia Wenqian
Journal Article
Malaria infection confounds inflammation-adjusted micronutrient biomarker concentrations in children and women in Malawi: a secondary analysis of the 2015/2016 Malawi micronutrient survey
2025Sandalinas, Fanny; Joy, Edward J. M.; Hopkins, Heidi; Likoswe, Blessings H.; Blake, Tineka; Luo, Hanqi; Young, Melissa F.; Bottomley, Christian; Suchdev, Parminder S.; Filteau, Suzanne
Working Paper
The political economy of large-scale food fortification in West Africa: Pathways toward harmonization
2025Resnick, Danielle
Working Paper
Unlocking agricultural efficiency: A stochastic frontier analysis of smallholder farmers in Rwanda
2025Benimana, Gilberthe Uwera; Warner, James; Missiame, Arnold Kwesi
Brief
Rwanda: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development
2025Aragie, Emerta A.; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Thurlow, James; Warner, James; Xu, Valencia Wenqian
Brief
Ethiopia: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development
2025Aragie, Emerta A.; Thurlow, James; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Pauw, Karl; Jones, Eleanor
Working Paper
Understanding the policy landscape for climate action in Kenya: Potential for integration of gender, nutrition, and improved impact monitoring
2025Magalhaes, Marilia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; Nyukuri, Elvin; Choudhury, Zahid ul Arifin
Brief
Uganda: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development
2025Aragie, Emerta A.; Thurlow, James; Ahmed, Hashim; Jones, Eleanor
Journal Article
Maize yield responsiveness and profitability of fertilizer: New survey evidence from six African countries
2025Ragasa, Catherine; Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Asante, Seth; Amare, Mulubrhan; Ma, Ning; Olanrewaju, Opeyemi; Duchoslav, Jan
Journal Article
Fertilizer demand and profitability amid global fuel-food-fertilizer crisis: Evidence from Ethiopia
2025Assefa, Thomas; Berhane, Guush; Abate, Gashaw T.; Abay, Kibrom A.
Journal Article
Estimating the direct and indirect effects of improved seed adoption on yields: Evidence from DNA-fingerprinting, crop cuts, and self-reporting in Ethiopia
2025Jovanovic, Nina; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob
Journal Article
Fertilizer policy reforms in the midst of crisis: Evidence from Rwanda
2025Spielman, David J.; Mugabo, Serge; Rosenbach, Gracie; Ndikumana, Sosthene; Benimana, Gilberthe Uwera; Ingabire, Chantal
Journal Article
Storage management practices and mycotoxin contamination of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in northwest Ethiopia
2025Sadik, J.A.; Righetti, L.; Fentahun, N.; Brouwer, Inge D.; Tessema, M.; Abera, M.; van der Fels-Klerx, H.J.
Journal Article
Do youth work in agriculture? Short-term dynamics of on-farm rural youth employment in Tanzania and Malawi
2025Kafle, Kashi; Paliwal, Neha; Benfica, Rui
Journal Article
Inclusive and gender-transformative seed systems: Concepts and applications
2025Galiè, Alessandra; Kramer, Berber; Spielman, David J.; Kawarazuka, Nozomi; Rietveld, Anne M.; Aju, Stellamaris
Journal Article
How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Can nudging and direct counting improve the quality of livestock asset data?
2025Abay, Kibrom A.; Ayalew, Hailemariam; Terfa, Zelalem; Karguia, Joseph; Breisinger, Clemens
Preprint
Governing informality: Drivers of service provision in Nigeria's food wholesale markets
2025Resnick, Danielle; Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.; Chugh, Aditi
Blog Post
Pathways to power in fragile settings: Rethinking women’s roles in agriculture and food systems
2025Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kyle, Jordan; Kosec, Katrina; Ragasa, Catherine
Brief
Navigating Nigeria’s food system challenges in the face of inflation and reform
2025Omamo, Steven Were; Andam, Kwaw S.; Balana, Bedru; Amare, Mulubrhan; Popoola, Olufemi; Nwagboso, Chibuzo
Report
Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: February 2025
2025Siddig, Khalid; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Abushama, Hala; Rakhy, Tarig
Brief
Economic and welfare implications of the reduction of US foreign assistance in Malawi
2025Cockx, Lara; De Weerdt, Joachim; Duchoslav, Jan; Jamali, Andrew; Nagoli, Joseph; Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James
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