MOTIVATION Aflatoxins are naturally occurring carcinogenic substances found in high quantities in some of Africa’s crops. They spread rapidly in warm tropical climates, inflicting harm on humans and animals. In 2008, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the AflaControl project analyzed groundnuts in Mali: these groundnuts were the focus of major livelihood >> Read more
Agriculture Extension Systems in China
Despite more than 1 million extension workers in the 1990s and early 2000s, millions of Chinese farmers were left without access to services.
The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators Initiative
Informing Policymakers for Better Allocation of Research & Development Resources
Regional Strategic Alternatives for Agriculture-Led Growth and Poverty Reduction in West Africa
In 2006, IFPRI began collaborating with the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD) and ECOWAS to identify the most effective ways to promote growth in agricultural productivity at the subsector level across West and Central African countries.
Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development
Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever.
Food Security and Climate Change: Using IFPRI Results as a Call to Action
Motivation The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen two food price crises that adversely affected poor people across the globe. During the next 40 years, as the world population approaches 9 billion and incomes in many developing countries continue to rise, agricultural production will struggle to meet increasing food demand. Climate change will >> Read more
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