2019 GFPR launches in Malawi and Bangladesh
The 2019 Global Food Policy Report launches in Malawi and Bangladesh—two Compact2025 focal countries—highlight the importance of and options for revitalizing rural areas in each country. The Bangladesh launch event featured an address by Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Minister of Agriculture and Compact2025 Leadership Council member.
Ending undernutrition requires a different focus on stunting
A blog post and video by IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Jef Leroy explore the confusion around stunting—low height for age—and explain why a singular focus on preventing it can miss key underlying causes.
Food aid could help fight Ebola in DRC
Aid agencies working in Ebola-struck parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo say more food assistance could help stop the spread of the second-biggest outbreak in history by building public trust and reducing visits to markets and public places.
Social protection to boost growth and end hunger in Africa by 2025
Join IFPRI’s policy seminar on “Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025 in Africa: The Role of Social Protection” on May 2. Speakers will discuss findings and recommendations on successful implementation, filling knowledge gaps, and policy implications for the design and roll-out of social protection programs in Africa.
Eastern Africa parliamentarians commit to safeguard Right to Food
Recognizing the slow progress in improving the food security and nutrition situation in Eastern Africa, parliamentarians from nine nations in that region have formed the Eastern African Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (EAPA FSN). They pledged to urge their governments to intensify the battle against food insecurity, malnutrition, and hunger by enacting sound legislation and allocating adequate resources.
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