For four decades, the longstanding collaboration between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been crucial to helping developing countries attain agriculture-led economic growth. The innovative programs and strong evidence base produced through this partnership have contributed to transforming policies and investments for improved food >> Read more
Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the poorest, most populous, and largest countries in Africa that has suffered challenging conditions over the past several decades. Since the 1980s, IFPRI has been collaborating with the Government of Ethiopia to address famine and food insecurity. In 2004, working closely with the government, IFPRI established the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program, with generous funding from the United States Agency for International Development and United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, to provide direct support to the Government of Ethiopia in the development and implementation of its national agricultural development strategy. This partnership has generated a steady stream of high-quality research outputs while increasing human capital in EDRI and other local organizations. In addition, IFPRI’s research contributed substantially to Ethiopia’s agenda-setting for agricultural development. Ethiopia has suffered no recurrence of major famine, and sustained growth in the agricultural sector in the 1990s and 2000s contributed to the country’s overall economic development.
For more on the IFPRI-Ethiopia research and collaborations, please view this brochure and these outcome notes on the ESSP website.
Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
At the request of the Government of Ethiopia, USAID and IFPRI, with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Canadian International Development Agency, the Netherlands, and Irish Aid launched the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP), the first CSSP, in 2004. ESSP is a collaborative program between IFPRI and the Ethiopian Development Research >> Read more
Championing Evidence- Based Regional Agricultural Policies and Mutual Accountability
In 2003, African countries came together with a common vision to accelerate Africa’s growth through agriculture- led development. Out of this vision, the African Union launched the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)—a policy framework for agricultural transformation, wealth creation, food security and nutrition, economic growth, and prosperity for all of Africa by addressing key >> Read more
Getting Ahead of the Game: Strengthening Resilience to Reduce Poverty
Over the years, various shocks (such as climate change and conflicts) have become increasingly frequent and intense in developing countries, adversely affecting agricultural growth, negatively impacting farmers’ lives, pushing people into poverty, and threatening people’s ability to lift themselves out of poverty. To help the most vulnerable people tackle these shocks in the long term, USAID >> Read more
IFPRI & DFID: 30 years of Making a Difference
IFPRI’s work in providing cutting-edge research on food and nutrition security has long depended on strategic partnerships with donors, universities, research organizations, and others around the world. One of the Institute’s key collaborators is the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), which has served as a strategic and collaborative donor and partner to IFPRI for more than 30 years.
Highlights of IFPRI and DFID Partnership
For more than 40 years, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been providing cutting-edge research and policy options on food and nutrition security to partners in donor and recipient countries around the world.
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