This year’s Chatham House Food Security conference saw some of the most influential speakers in agricultural development coming together to discuss the current pressures and challenges faced by farmers around the world.
The two-day conference held last week, of which Farming First was a media partner, heard from IFAD’s president, Kanayo Nwanze, UN Assistant Secretary General
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has released a new paper discussing the potential for smallholder farmers to participate in carbon markets.
In just the few years since markets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions have been established, their combined value has increased to more than US$100 billion.
While agriculture accounts for an estimated 10 to
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently held a seminar discussing the changes in politics of food and agriculture in the 21st Century. In the seminar, Robert Paarlberg discussed his new book, ‘Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know’, which explores the powers in the current food system. He claims that the way that
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has just launched an interactive world map highlighting some of the many success stories in agricultural development from around the world. It is part of a wider upcoming launch of their newest publication, Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development, which will be released on 12 November.
The interactive
The March 2009 policy brief from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) discusses several key areas where increased knowledge and innovation can help progress the world’s level of agricultural development.
Like the Farming First plan, IFPRI’s recommendations include a farmer-centric approach with scaled-up investments and proactive policy changes for research, training, and institutional reform for
