In 2004, IFPRI researchers assessed the impacts of the Female Secondary School Assistance Project (FSSAP). The project was enormously successful. In fact, girls significantly overtook boys in secondary school enrollment—a rare phenomenon in a developing country. Not only was the program effective at giving many girls from poor families the financial support they needed, but it also enhanced awareness of the value of female education among girl students.
Highlights of Recent IFPRI Research and Partnerships in Bangladesh
This brochure highlights some of IFPRI’s major projects in Bangladesh during the past few decades and describes major new initiatives with the potential to positively influence food and nutrition security policies that benefit the poorest. Bangladesh has made enormous progress in food and nutrition security, food production, market development, employment growth, and social protection programs >> Read more
Promoting Strategic Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria
In 2015, the World Bank awarded Nigeria a $100 million grant for the implementation of Nigeria’s public expenditure action plan to reform the country’s agricultural sector with assistance from IFPRI's research on the country's public expenditures in agriculture.
Exploring Alternative Futures for Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology
MOTIVATION Agricultural innovations can transform societies. Extending agricultural productivity improvements to poor farmers could narrow the gap between the developed and developing worlds. Experts agree that agricultural knowledge, science, and technology have played a crucial role in reducing hunger and poverty in the past. The future, however, is uncertain because the impacts of alternative technologies >> Read more
2020 Vision Conference: Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health
MOTIVATION Agriculture, nutrition, and health are inseparably linked—agriculture provides food to nourish people so they can lead healthy lives, and productive agriculture requires the labor of healthy, well-nourished people. But can agriculture do more to improve human health and nutrition? In February 2011, IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative brought together the agriculture, nutrition, and health sectors >> Read more
Increasing Farmers’ Income in Nigeria (FADAMA)
In 2005, the Nigerian government launched Fadama II, a World Bank-funded project intended to increase the income of farmers, fishers, and other poor people in the low-lying floodplains—known as Fadama in the Hausa language—where poverty is concentrated.