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Technological Innovation and Sustainable Intensification
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Economywide Factors Affecting Agricultural Growth and Rural Transformation
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Social Protection for Agriculture and Resilience
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FOOD SECURITY
Blog
May 26, 2021
Model: Impacts of the COVID-19-driven rise in global rice prices on consumers in Papua New Guinea
Results indicate that PNG households may have reduced rice consumption as much as 15% or more, with the urban poor experiencing the greatest losses.
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Blog
March 1, 2021
Keeping food flowing within African food systems by busting policy myths
Lawrence Haddad shares his thoughts inspired by the recent PIM-supported paper on persistent myths that are held about African food supply chains.
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Blog
October 31, 2020
Informal food retail in Africa’s cities: governance, politics, policy issues
To mark UN World Cities Day (Oct.31), a new PIM Synthesis Brief summarizes recent research on urban food traders in African cities.
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Publications
December 10, 2019
Rethinking poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa
It is time for policymakers, agricultural researchers, and practitioners to recognize the need to separate food security and poverty eradication, a new paper argues.
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Blog
April 15, 2019
New data offers insights into rural poverty and undernutrition in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is home to approximately 7 million people, and is struggling to ensure adequate nutrition for its citizens. One of the country’s largest challenges is a lack of data to inform food security and nutrition indicators.
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Blog
December 11, 2018
Why the influence of agricultural policy research is probably greater than we think
It is commonly understood that agricultural and food security policy research can influence policy only through direct engagement with policy
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Blog
April 30, 2018
Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our colleagues explain! (Part 2, Harold Alderman)
Harold Alderman, senior research fellow at IFPRI and collaborator in PIM’s “Social Protection for Agriculture and Resilience” research flagship, speaks about the importance of transfer programs, how they can be improved, and how researchers can help in design of such programs. What else is required if social protection programs are to go beyond poverty alleviation and become graduation programs as well?
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Events
April 19, 2018
Agricultural development: Smart investing for global food security
The most enduring solutions for feeding people and reducing extreme poverty in low-income countries entail efforts that empower rural farmers to increase their productive capacities. On April 23, PIM Director Karen Brooks will join a panel of experts at Brookings Institution to discuss the issues and constraints such efforts entail.
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Blog
January 4, 2018
Journal article: Social protection, food security, and asset formation
The average social protection program increases the value of food consumed/expenditure by 13% and caloric acquisition by 8%. Social protection also increases holdings of productive assets, livestock, and savings.
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