To accelerate progress to end hunger and undernutrition around the world, the News in Brief informs partners on emerging research and innovation, developments in global, regional, and national policies and programs, and timely news and events. Please feel free to share any feedback at IFPRI-Compact2025@cgiar.org.
The power of multi-sectoral governance to address malnutrition in Uganda and Zambia and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is highlighted in a technical brief from Sustainable Nutrition for All.
“Narrowing the Gaps: The power of investing in the poorest children,” a UNICEF report, presents evidence that the number of lives saved per million dollars invested among the poorest children is almost twice as high as the number saved by equivalent investments in less deprived groups.
A recent South-South learning event organized by IFPRI and Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, shared lessons from Thailand’s experience fighting hunger and undernutrition with Asian and African countries.
The Alive & Thrive project presented findings from its large-scale, high-quality behavior change communications interventions in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam during a policy seminar in June in Washington, D.C.
The Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) partnership hosted an online discussion on public and private actions needed to strengthen the impacts of agri-food value chains on nutrition in April. The summary note is now available.
Farming First is hosting a five-week countdown taking an in-depth look at each of the five targets within Sustainable Development Goal 2. The online campaign culminates at an Agriculture and Food Day on July 13 alongside the United Nations High-Level Political Forum tracking progress on the SDGs.
