In 2011, USAID launched the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project to scale up high-impact nutrition practices and policies from different countries. With assistance from IFPRI, SPRING provides governments with state-of-the- art technical support focused on preventing stunting and maternal and child anemia in the first 1,000 days, linking agriculture and >> Read more
Global Nutrition Report
With 159 million children under five suffering from stunting, 50 million from wasting, and nearly 2 billion adults from obesity, malnutrition is a global problem. To promote further action, transparency, and accountability toward improving nutrition, IFPRI and its partners, including USAID and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), developed and >> Read more
Program for Biosafety Systems
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
Championing Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy: Committing to agriculture investments through CAADP
In 2003, DFID and other funders requested IFPRI’s involvement in supporting the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) agenda of scaling up agriculture investments. The 2014 Malabo Declaration outlines seven commitments for advancing CAADP and transforming Africa’s agricultural growth and development. In the declaration, African leaders recommitted to the principles and values of CAADP, including >> Read more
Ethiopian Strategy Support Program: Country-led, country-driven development
The overall goal of IFPRI’s Country Strategy Support Program (CSSP) is to promote greater progress toward sustainable and pro-poor growth in developing countries by improving the design and implementation of development strategies. One of these successful efforts is the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP), launched in 2004 with support from DFID and other donors. ESSP >> Read more
Increasing Strategic Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria: Transforming the sector
With the support of DFID, IFPRI has for many years been at the forefront of measuring how public expenditures affect agricultural productivity and rural poverty. The strategic allocation of public expenditures in agriculture is crucial to ensuring food and nutrition security, and poverty reduction. In Nigeria, increasing agricultural productivity promises positive impacts on the poor, >> Read more
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