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The Challenge of Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Africa South of the Sahara
The following post by IFPRI senior researcher Alejandro Nin Pratt was originally published on ASTI News and Notes .
Measuring Food Access: Why Research Methods Matter
Food security is a simple phrase that encompasses an incredibly complex concept.
Follow the Money: New IFPRI Tool for Tracking ODA Launched
Official Development Assistance, or ODA, provides a fundamental source of financing in the poorest and most fragile countries. Current ODA is estimated at $135 billion USD a year, but investment needs in infrastructure alone reach up to $1.5 trillion a year in emerging and developing countries according to the World Bank Group.
Got Milk? The Role of Gender, Incentives, and Nutrition in Dairy Contract Farming in Northern Senegal
This blog was originally posted on the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) blog .
Changing Climate, Changing World: How African Agriculture Will Respond
Conversations about climate change often focus on future effects, but according to the latest Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, changes to the global climate have already had a significant impact on food production. Global agricultural productivity has declined over the past 30 years by 1-5 percent per decade, and this deterioration is expected to continue, even if we only experience low levels of warming (+2 ºC).