Founded by 18 countries and organizations in May 1971, the CGIAR is today the world’s largest global agricultural innovation network. The CGIAR has an annual research portfolio of just over US$900 million with 11,000 staff working in more than 70 countries around the world. The CGIAR provides a participatory mechanism for national governments, multilateral funding and development agencies and leading private foundations to finance some of the world’s most innovative agricultural research.
Projects
Food Security Simulator (FSS)
The Food Security Simulator is an innovative, easy-to-use MS-Excel-based tool for assessing the potential short-term impacts of food price or household income shocks on food……
Women’s empowerment in agrifood governance (WEAGov)
The Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) is an assessment tool developed by IFPRI and partners to help evaluate the extent to which women are……
Publications
Working Paper
The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal Article
Civil conflict, cash transfers, and child nutrition in Yemen
Brief
Consumer preferences matter for transforming food systems for sustainable healthy diets: Evidence from rural Bangladesh
Events
Can Sustainable Livestock Systems and Alternative Proteins Address the Climate Crisis?
Virtual Event: November 7, 2023 – 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM EDT. This CGIAR seminar will delve into the report’s findings and recommendations around livestock and alternative proteins, and identify promising initiatives and technologies that can be pursued in order to advance on three priorities outlined in the Agricultural Breakthrough report.
Food Security Trends and Resilience-Building Priorities
Virtual Event: September 1, 2023 – 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EDT. The series will begin with a stock take of food security trends, review the impact of recent shocks to food systems, highlight the need for renewed efforts to strengthen food systems resilience and identify priority investments and actions.
Release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana
Event: August 24, 2023 – 5:30 AM- 7:00 AM EDT. IFPRI is co-hosting the release of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana under the Nexus Project in partnership with the Ghana Statistical Service and the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research.
Blogs
World Food Safety Day 2024: Empowering consumers and small businesses with information
Targeting interventions to benefit public health.
Do ultra-poor graduation programs build resilience against droughts? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
Safety nets can buttress households against climate shocks.
Grappling with compounding crises in domestic fertilizer markets in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
Local effects of global shocks persist.