Publications
Journal Article
Ending groundwater overdraft without affecting food security
Working Paper
Is irrigation fit for purpose? A review of the relationships between scheme size and performance of irrigation systems
Report
Climate change, nutrition and Mongolia: A risk profile
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Dagys, Kadirbyek; Chimed-Ochir, B.; Ganbat, D.; Tsolmon, Soninkhishig; Thomas, Timothy S.Blogs
El Niño, La Niña, and climate resilience in Tanzania
The Pacific climate oscillation is contributing to intensifying rainfall events and droughts in southern Africa.
Events
Beyond COVID-19: Strengthening Climate Resilience in Egypt’s Agricultural Sector
IFPRI’s Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP) is organizing a seminar on research findings from an assessment of alternative adaptation options at the farm and policy levels. On-farm options include, among others, changing planting dates, improved seed technology, and alternative irrigation technologies, to name a few. Off-farm options include enhanced efficiency of farm input delivery and […]
Climate Change in the Philippines
The agriculture sector plays an important role in the economic development of the Philippines, accounting for over 30 percent of total labor and contributing around 10 percent of the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP). The Philippines, and particularly its agricultural sector, is highly vulnerable to climate risks and disasters, which have caused great damage […]
News
New study emphasizes tradeoffs between arresting groundwater depletion and food security
A new study published today in Nature Sustainability, reaffirms the world’s growing dependence on depleting groundwater systems.
Can the Paris agreement protect poor farmers from climate change? (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Research by Mark Rosegrant, Director of IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology Division, and a team of distinguished researchers was featured by Thomson Reuters Foundation in a story about COP21. The work examined the effects of climate change on the Philippines and found that the number of people at risk of hunger will increase by 1.4 […]