MOTIVATION IFPRI’s nutrition work in India has sought to provide solutions to what many have dubbed as the "Indian enigma," which is the persistent and widespread malnutrition India continues to face despite rapid economic growth in recent decade, through research on the multiple pathways that can affect nutrition. The Transform Nutrition Consortium, a six-year (2011– >> Read more
UK (Department for International Development)
A longstanding partner to IFPRI, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is the largest bilateral donor to development-focused research. As such, DFID fosters the new technologies and ideas that are essential to tackling some of our greatest challenges. In June 2002, the International Development Act made poverty reduction the official focus of DFID’s work, and the department has risen to meet the challenge. DFID’s support has contributed to IFPRI’s work tackling root causes of hunger, particularly in Africa. It emphasizes improving agricultural productivity and innovation, promoting climate change resiliency, and ensuring food and nutrition security through cash transfers, biofortification, and other means. In 2010, IFPRI’s collaborated with DFID’s Foresight Food and Farming study that produced innovative evidence on the increasing pressure on the global food system.
Recently at IFPRI’s 40th Anniversary event, Tim Wheeler, Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser for DFID shared how IFPRI’s evidence-based research has impacted the agency and its work towards food and nutrition security. He said, “IFPRI has been at the forefront of many aspects of development…successful in elevating debates to high-level policymakers transforming development packages.”
For more on the projects that IFPRI and DFID partnered together, please go to this brochure.
Pro-Poor Avian Influenza Risk Reduction Program
MOTIVATION Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) poses a major risk to human and animal health. After the disease spread in Asia (starting in 2003) and beyond, policymakers realized they lacked the information needed to choose biologically effective and economically efficient control measures that also protect the livelihoods of rural poor. The most widely practiced method >> Read more
Pro-Poor Avian Influenza Risk Reduction Program
IFPRI, in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute, worked in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana from 2007–11 to develop evidence-based responses to HPAI that consider the impact on, and effectiveness in, smallholder systems.
Uganda Strategy Support Program
USSP builds local capacity and contributes to policy-relevant research for the design and implementation of Uganda’s agricultural and rural development strategies.
Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
In Ethiopia, as in many countries, development strategies face design, implementation, and monitoring challenges. In 2004, IFPRI launched the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program—in partnership with the government of Ethiopia and regional partners—to cultivate country specific solutions.
Country Development Strategies
Country development strategies link investment choices with development objectives supporting poverty reduction and economic growth. However, within many countries, policy choices are difficult because policymakers don’t have enough internal support to generate the information they need to make good decisions and prioritize investments. Within this context, IFPRI’s research aims to generate new knowledge, build local capacity, and create policy dialogues that support agricultural and rural growth and reduce poverty.
