💡50 Years of Innovation to Support Evolving Food Systems🌱 Today, on #WorldDiabetesDay, we feature our research which introduced the notion of the double burden of malnutrition 🌱🤝📢 🔗Learn more: hdl.handle.net/10568/174305 @cgiar.org @adb.org @thelancet.com @who.int #IFPRI50 #IFPRI50Innovations

IFPRI and @digitalgreen.bsky.social are deepening their collaboration to explore how artificial intelligence can strengthen agricultural extension and advisory services for smallholder farmers through Digital Green’s FarmerChat application as part of IFPRI’s GAIA initiative: on.cgiar.org/3K0IRpV

Save the date! 📆 November 19⏰ 9:30 AM EST 📌 The Impact of Global Change on Food Security in 2050: Assessing the Risks Through the Lens of Food Trade 🤝 Co-organized by IFPRI and Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab at MIT 📍In-person & online 🎟️ bit.ly/GlobalChange- @cgiar.org

🌏 Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia (D4N2025) is back! Join researchers, policymakers & practitioners in Kathmandu 🇳🇵 & online, Dec 2–4 to explore pathways for scaling nutrition impact across systems from food & health to climate resilience. 🌱 🎟 Register → bit.ly/D4N2025_register @ifpri.org

#SchoolMeals help transform food systems, strengthen rural economies, and improve child nutrition. The next session in the @ifpri.org & GCNF Research Webinar Series will explore emerging evidence on the impacts of Home-Grown School Feeding approaches. ➡️Register today! bit.ly/3JVpazR

📅Nov 18⏰9:30AM EST 📌 IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: Trading the Crosswinds: Macroeconomic Outlook, Trade Policy Uncertainty, and Agricultural Commodity Markets 🤝 Organized by IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) 🎟️ bit.ly/Tradepolicy- @cgiar.org

📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: linkedin.com/pulse/peer-r...

Today is the UN #WorldScienceDay for Peace and Development. Our latest blog reflects on a vital #BorlaugDialogue discussion: food insecurity, conflict, and geopolitics are deeply intertwined. 🌍 🔗 on.cgiar.org/4ra131l #ScienceForPeace @cgiar.org @jo-swinnen.bsky.social @cgiar-emd.bsky.social

Our latest issue of the #IFPRIInsights #newsletter is out, featuring: 🌍 Tackling extreme poverty and financing for food systems in Africa 🎤 2025 Borlaug Dialogue conversation on food security and global stability and more: www.ifpri.org/newsletter/i... @cgiar.org

IFPRI’s Elizabeth Bryan and Ryan Nehring will participate in the Global Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference in Brasília, Brazil on November 7, 2025. Learn more here: www.ifpri.org/event/global... @cgiar.org @rnehring.bsky.social

A new study has found that dietary transition to the 2025 EAT-Lancet diet need careful, local co-design to avoid deepening nutrient and affordability gaps: doi.org/10.1016/j.la... Read the #PressRelease here: on.cgiar.org/4orNhVX @cgiar.org @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social

📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/peer-r... @cgiar.org

🆕 #Blog Escaping the fragility-poverty trap: New evidence on financing food systems in Africa 🖊️ By Evgeniya Anisimova and Sami Husa. 🖱️ Learn more here: on.cgiar.org/4oQgqtO @cgiar.org

🆕 #Blog Designing diverse landscapes for human well-being 🖊️ By Nicola Cenacchi. 🔗 Learn more here: on.cgiar.org/3JCqzuY @cgiar.org

🆕 on our #blog: Celebrating 50 years of IFPRI: Transforming agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean 🖊️ By Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, and Valeria Piñeiro. 🖱️ Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/3J83f8o @cgiar.org

📢 Save the date!    📌 Benchmarking LLMs for Agricultural Advisory: Insights from a Global Community of Practice 📆 November 6, 2025, 9:30 – 10:30 am EST 🎫 Register here: www.ifpri.org/event/benchm... @cgiar.org

📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: on.cgiar.org/47k5m0A @cgiar.org

I was honored to join Cary Fowler, @cgiar-emd.bsky.social, Michael Werz, and Sir Richard Roberts for “Peace on the Plate: A Legacy of Security” at the World Food Prize Foundation #BorlaugDialogue2025 to discuss the urgency of tackling acute food insecurity in fragile & conflict-affected settings.

Agriculture is at the center of food systems, and demand has been growing for research focusing on ways the agricultural sector can have a greater impact on improving diets and nutrition. Learn more about the AReNA project in this interactive story: on.cgiar.org/4o0Zelb @cgiar.org

Rob Vos of IFPRI warns: “For the foreseeable future, we should expect the price of our food to remain volatile and increasing.” His new piece in Welternährung explores how global shocks are driving food inflation — and what it means for low-income countries. 📖 on.cgiar.org/4oCvPh3 @cgiar.org

How can #SchoolMeals help address both hunger and obesity? The next @ifpri.org & GCNF Research Webinar Series session will explore how improved data can guide more nutritious, balanced school meals that support children’s growth and lifelong health. ➡️ www.ifpri.org/event/whats-...

🆕 on our #blog: Screening for early childhood obesity: What can we learn from growth monitoring data? 🖋️ By Morgan Boncyk, Jef L. Leroy, Rebecca Brander, Leila M. Larson, Marie Ruel, and Edward A. Frongillo. 🖱️ Read the blog here: on.cgiar.org/47Icapl @cgiar.org

📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: on.cgiar.org/4hlILFD @cgiar.org

📢TMRW @ 9:30AM EDT Join IFPRI & @amisoutlook.bsky.social to explore the complex interplay between global food commodity prices and domestic food price inflation, and the implications for food security. 🎟️ bit.ly/Food-Security- @cgiar.org @fao.org @oecdeconomy.bsky.social @universityofga.bsky.social

IFPRI’s @jo-swinnen.bsky.social will participate in two events at the World Food Prize 2025 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue: 📌Peace on the Plate: A Legacy of Security: A Legacy of Security 📅October 21, 2025 10:00am – 10:45am CDT 🧵👇

Proud to join colleagues from @ifad.org, UNU-WIDER, IMF, IDB, & the Govt of Somalia at IFPRI’s seminar “Tackling Extreme Poverty & Financing for Food Systems in Africa" for a timely dialogue on solutions for Africa’s development. www.ifpri.org/event/tackli... @cgiar.org

Don’t miss this upcoming policy seminar organized by IFPRI & @cgiar.org: 📢 On Oct 22, speakers will discuss alternative modalities for humanitarian aid delivery in #Sudan. Register here👉 bit.ly/SudanCrisis- @kkosec.bsky.social @jo-swinnen.bsky.social @khalidhasiddig.bsky.social

In 2025, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of IFPRI. Throughout this year, we are sharing select IFPRI innovations that supported evolving food systems. Today, in recognition of #WorldFoodDay, we feature IFPRI’s work on a preventative nutrition approach🌱🤝📢 🔗 hdl.handle.net/10568/174305 #IFPRI50

Today is #WorldFoodDay! This UN International Day calls for global collaboration in creating a food-secure future. This year’s theme, “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future,” explores how working together, we can transform agrifood systems. 🧵👇

🗓 Join us on October 16th for the next @ifpri.org & GCNF Research Webinar to learn more about the environmental, economic, and social tradeoffs of scaling regenerative feeding models, and how #SchoolMeals can support children and the planet.🌱 ➡️ bit.ly/4nJHFWC

Today is the UN International Day of #RuralWomen. In this blog, @kkosec.bsky.social explores insights from IFPRI research on advancing women’s leadership in rural development: on.cgiar.org/4n2y2kz @cgiar.org #RuralWomensDay

📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: on.cgiar.org/4hbFys3 @cgiar.org

📢 Save the date!  📌 Launching the Ethical AI Methods Toolkit: Reflections from Research and Practice 💻 This is the fifth webinar in IFPRI’s AI for Food Systems Research series. 📆 October 23, 2025, 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT 🎫 www.ifpri.org/event/launch... @cgiar.org @digitalgreen.bsky.social

I was pleased to join #11EAFRDConf @fi-compass.eu to speak about challenges in agri-food value chains and their financing needs on-farm, pre- and post-production. The #EU can serve as a model for value chain innovations utilizing public policy and private sector strategies. @ifpri.org @cgiar.org

📅October 17⏰9:30AM EDT 📌 Tackling extreme poverty and financing for food systems in Africa 🤝 Organized by IFPRI and partners on the margins of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 💬 @lflopezcalva.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @anamibanez.bsky.social @jo-swinnen.bsky.social 🎟️ bit.ly/Poverty-

💧 Social learning interventions in the form of facilitated games can help communities navigate the coordination challenges of reservoir management. Learn more in this blog by Thomas Falk, Ivo Steimanis, Lara Bartels, Vishwambhar Duche, Björn Vollan, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick: on.cgiar.org/3IxtXqD

#NowReading Economy-wide implications of increasing school enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa 🖊️ By Zuhal Elnour, @khalidhasiddig.bsky.social, and Harald Grethe. 🖱️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... @cgiar.org

Great discussions at the #StockholmFoodForum2025! I was glad to present findings from FSEC’s latest global policy report and answer questions on trade, subsidy reform, and the path to food systems transformation. @cgiar.org @ifpri.org #FoodSystems #TradeReform

📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: on.cgiar.org/42s8syi @cgiar.org

The LAC Regional Launch of IFPRI’s #GFPR2025 will take place on October 8, 2025 from 15:00 pm – 17:40 pm (Costa Rica): 📌 Special Session: 50th Anniversary of IFPRI 🖱️ Learn more about this event, part of IFPRI’s 50th anniversary celebrations: on.cgiar.org/436uWow @cgiar.org #IFPRI50

🆕 on our #Blog: Millions on the move: Bridging research and policy to address growing global challenges of displacement and migration 🖋️ By @kkosec.bsky.social and Lucia Carrillo. 🔗 Read more here: on.cgiar.org/4hhu1I5 @cgiar.org

Our latest issue of the #IFPRIInsights #newsletter is out, featuring: 📖 IFPRI Making a Difference Brochure 🌍AFSF 2025 💻 AI for Food Systems Research 🤝 Joint research hub with @cimmyt.bsky.social and more: www.ifpri.org/newsletter/i... @cgiar.org

🌍 How does policy research transform lives? From zinc wheat in Pakistan to cash transfer programs in Brazil, IFPRI’s work has made a difference for nearly half a billion people. 📖 Explore highlights in our new brochure: hdl.handle.net/10568/143005 @cgiar.org #FoodPolicy #IFPRIImpact

🗓️ Join us on October 1st for the next session in the @ifpri.org & GCNF Research Webinar Series! Discover how #SchoolMeals and school food environments can be optimized for #health, #sustainability, and cultural relevance. ➡️ www.ifpri.org/event/optimi...

📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 Read more here: on.cgiar.org/4q3qpgK @cgiar.org

📢TMRW @ 10:00 AM EDT 📌 Optimizing school food environments: Integrating new food and nutrient standards with aspects of affordability, cultural acceptability and environmental sustainability 🎫 Register to attend 👉 on.cgiar.org/4gIHXuj @gcnf.org @cgiar.org

Last week, I was honored to sign a MoU between IFPRI & the South Asian Assocation for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) with H.E. Ambassador Golam Sarwar, strengthening collaboration on agriculture & food policy in South Asia. @cgiar.org

💡50 Years of Innovation to Support Evolving Food Systems🌱 Today, in recognition of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction, we feature IFPRI’s work on refining measures of food loss and waste 🌱🤝📢 🔗 www.ifpri.org/topic/food-l... @cgiar.org @fao.org #IFPRI50 #FLWDay

📢 Save the date! 📌 Making Sense of AI and Qualitative Research: Conversations on Meaning, Context, and Power 📆 October 2, 2025, 9:30 – 10:30 am EDT 💬 Speakers include Evangelia Berdou (@agulhas.co.uk) and IFPRI's Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Eliot Jones Garcia 🎫 on.cgiar.org/4gKhHj1 @cgiar.org

There has been growing emphasis on impact evaluations of programs and policies, but how do those impact evaluations actually lead to change? To answer this question, at @ifpri.org we recently commissioned an impact assessment of our impact evaluations- blog here www.ifpri.org/blog/ifpri-a...