As part of the Voices for Change Partnership between IFPRI and SNV, IFPRI researchers gave a virtual training for CSO’s working on nutrition in Ghana on May 7th, 2020. Noora-Lisa Aberman presented a case study, part of an ongoing research study “Stories of Challenges in Nutrition – Ghana”, on the emerging challenge of overweight and […]
Virtual Event – Micronutrients in emergencies: How can we prevent an increase in hidden hunger?
Policy Seminar Date of Event: June 9, 2020 Time of Event:- 09:30 am to 10:45 am EDT Register The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming our world. We are seeing rapid changes in areas such as health care delivery, food security, agriculture, and international aid prioritization. In addition to the immediate impact to health and society, […]
Virtual Event – Agricultural Support Reform And GHG Emissions
Date of event: April 21, 2020 - 12:15 pm to 01:15 pm EDT Register Governments spend over $US 700 billion dollars per year on agricultural support measures such as subsidies, border price distortions and investments in raising productivity. Agriculture and land use change contribute close to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions […]
Strengthening poverty analysis to support innovative solutions
Poverty and hunger are on the rise globally despite economic progress. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), designed a program to consider innovative approaches to achieving the first two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): ending hunger and poverty. This a […]
GSSP hosts seminar on public agricultural expenditure and rural investment strategies
by Karl Pauw Ghana’s low budgetary allocation to agriculture is just one of the reasons why the country was considered “not on track” as measured against the African Union’s African Agricultural Transformation Scorecard (AATS) in 2018. However, some have argued that the quality of agricultural spending is more important than the level of spending. In […]