2019 Global Food Policy Report: Watch the launch live on March 27
Are you a rural revitalization expert? Test your knowledge with this micro quiz before IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report launches March 27. This year, IFPRI’s flagship report highlights the urgent need for rural revitalization to address the persistence of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and environmental degradation in rural areas. Register to watch the live webcast of the report launch.
Food markets and nutrition in the developing world
On March 18, IFPRI hosted a policy seminar presenting innovative new research on food markets and nutrition from the ARENA-II (Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture) project—including cross-country studies of the costs of nutritious foods and nutritious diets as a whole, and case studies of fish, dairy, and poultry products.
Managing water for a nutritious food future
The Global Food Security Symposium 2019, “From Scarcity to Security: Managing Water for a Nutritious Food Future,” organized by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs will take place March 20–21 in Washington, D.C. The symposium will focus on how to grow an adequate quantity—and quality—of food to feed and nourish a rapidly growing, urbanizing world in the face of increasing water insecurity.
Agriculture for nutrition: a way to SDG2
The number of undernourished people around the world has increased in recent years, but a growing community of researchers, policymakers, and program implementers has been working to reverse this trend through the vast potential of agriculture to improve nutrition. The second blog in a three-part series accompanying the release of Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum highlights snapshots of the progress made by the agriculture-nutrition community during the past decade.
Improving lives with iron-biofortified crops
Iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient challenge in the world and is particularly damaging to women and children. The Iron Works campaign raises awareness about this problem and shows how HarvestPlus is addressing it through nutritious biofortified foods.
Summer school on global challenges to food security
SOAS University of London is hosting a Summer School on Global Challenges to Food Security in London from July 22–August 9. Participants will study theoretical aspects and debates, case studies, and critical methods around the areas of 1) global food-, nutrition-, and health-related challenges; 2) globalized food systems and implications for nutrition and health; and 3) policy responses to hunger, malnutrition, and poor health.
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