Impact of Ghana’s Agricultural Mechanization Services Enterprise Centers Program Africa’s agricultural sector, particularly south of the Sahara, has enormous potential to provide jobs and food for a growing population—contributing to food security, economic growth, and poverty reduction. But none of this will happen on its own; realizing this promise requires robust, sustained investment into the […]
2025 Global Food Policy Report | Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing World
Hybrid Event at IFPRI-HQ 1201 Eye St NW 12th floor conference room Washington, D.C., United States May 28, 2025 Register Conflicts, extreme weather events, and rising inequality are hindering progress in accelerating economic growth and eradicating poverty, hunger and malnutrition, and are exacerbated by reductions in international development assistance and growing geopolitical tensions. Although national policies […]
2024 Global Food Policy Report: Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take?
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.