USAID has been a critical partner to IFPRI and its 2020 Vision Initiative, which seeks to promote a shared vision and consensus for action to meet the world’s food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. USAID has sponsored four 2020 conferences—high-level global events that have featured USAID’s leadership in dialogues, debates, information sharing, >> Read more

In the early 2000s, the joint work of USAID, the USAID- funded Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) project, and IFPRI influenced the global approach to nutrition interventions. Traditionally, nutrition programs administered interventions to children under age five only after they became undernourished—the recuperative approach. Although new scientific evidence was surfacing that children under the >> Read more

Both USAID and IFPRI know that unlocking the potential of agriculture is critical to breaking the vicious cycle of hunger,    malnutrition, and extreme poverty. In 2010, the US government launched Feed the Future—the country’s global hunger and food security initiative with a comprehensive approach that draws on partnerships across sectors, country leadership, and a focus >> Read more

Advancements brought by biotechnology—namely, improved crop varieties—have been known to enhance agricultural innovation, productivity, and farmers’  incomes.  To  support  countries  in  Africa and Asia in the responsible development and use of biotechnology, USAID and IFPRI launched the Program  for Biosafety Systems (PBS) in 2003. Since then, PBS has  been  providing  technical  support,  legal  analysis, and >> Read more