Global Food Policy Report Hybrid Global Launch Event May 29, 2024 - 9:30 to 11:00am EDT Register Despite significant progress in addressing hunger, malnutrition remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies, as […]
IFPRI and NMIMR to pilot an intervention within the Ghana School Feeding Program
Poor diets and malnutrition in school age children (SAC) in Ghana affect children’s school attendance, lower their academic achievement and cognitive levels (Parish and Gelli, 2015), besides causing stunted growth and wasting. School Feeding Programme (SFP) is a social protection safety net that improves the educational and health outcomes of school pupils. Ghana since 2005, […]
A Decade of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
IFPRI, USAID, BMGF Policy Seminar Date: 16th February 2022 Time: 9:30 - 11:00 AM (EST) WEAI is the first-ever direct measure of women’s empowerment and inclusion in the agricultural sector. Panelists discuss lessons learned from using empowerment metrics.
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – January 12, 2015
Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Ghana cocoa revenues and expenditures on the web IFPRI in collaboration with the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is making available information on revenues and expenditures in the cocoa sector on the web: (https://thedata.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/IFPRI/faces/study/StudyPage.xhtml;jsessionid=68529307fd87839205537ae66402?globalId=doi:10.7910/DVN/27970&studyListingIndex=0_68529307fd87839205537ae66402) Information is now available for the period from 1996/97 to 2012/13. […]
Ghana’s Groundnuts
Follow IFPRI's blog for the latest discussion surrounding Ghana's groundnuts - Breaking the cycle of contamination. Related Materials Strategies to Control Aflatoxin in Groundnut Value Chains (IFPRI Discussion Paper) Aflatoxins - finding solutions for improved food safety (2020 Focus Briefs) More publications from IFPRI eBrary