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. Find the latest developments in Compact2025 here.
The SUN Movement Annual Report 2017 highlights the progress in SUN countries—including significant declines in the number of stunted children in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Myanmar and Nigeria—and the challenges that still need to be addressed.
A technical brief from SNV presents lessons learned from the Enhanced Nutrition for Upland Farming Families project in Lao PDR and recommendations for multisectoral governance for nutrition.
A recent journal article associates the adoption of improved dairy cows with better yields and higher household food expenditures as well as lower child stunting in adopter households in Uganda.
An IFPRI discussion paper frames the central position of agriculture within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It shows why and how policy attention and investments should be channeled through agriculture and agrifood systems as key vehicles for accelerating development outcomes.
Saulos Chilima, Vice President of the Republic of Malawi and Compact2025 Leadership Council member, published an op-ed in “The Nation” on the actions urgently required for Malawi to move from humanitarian relief to food system resilience drawing from his keynote address at IFPRI’s recent Compact2025 Forum in Malawi.
The 27th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture in Washington, D.C. on December 6 will feature Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, speaking about building new foundations of human solidarity. The event will be livestreamed for online audiences.
The 2017 ReSAKSS-Asia conference will take place December 12–13 in Bangkok, Thailand, and will focus on promoting cross-country learning and identifying future opportunities for agriculture and rural transformation in Asia.
