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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. IFPRI is a CGIAR research center (@cgiar.org). www.ifpri.org
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🔍 What if a child’s physical address or geographic location—specifically, the altitude of their home—is an important, and largely overlooked, piece of the story of their growth?

🖱️ Learn more in this blog: https://on.cgiar.org/4pBOUks

🔗 Read the study: https://on.cgiar.org/493xR3z

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An elevation gap: Why children at high altitudes are more likely to experience stunting
The heavy toll of thin air and poverty.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🆕 #Blog Reimagining Indian agriculture for a low-carbon future

🖊️ By Vartika Singh and Arabinda Padhee.

🔗 Learn more here: https://on.cgiar.org/4pdPQKX

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Reimagining Indian agriculture for a low-carbon future
Guiding an ongoing transformation.
www.ifpri.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
✨ As the year comes to a close, we thank our partners, colleagues, and friends around the world for your collaboration and shared commitment. Warm holiday wishes from all of us at IFPRI! 🤝

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December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
📚 Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn!

📎 This week’s featured publications highlight new evidence on how conflict, nutrition, innovation, and gender dynamics shape food systems across diverse contexts—from Nigeria and Tanzania to Tajikistan.

🖱️ https://on.cgiar.org/4shtXx4

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Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers
This week’s featured publications explore how food systems are shaped by conflict, nutrition, innovation, and gender dynamics across diverse contexts. The studies examine the impacts of conflict on ag...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🆕 #Blog Solar-powered irrigation: A pathway to low-carbon farming in sub-Saharan Africa

🖋️ By @claudiaringler.bsky.social and Hua Xie.

🔗 Learn more here: https://on.cgiar.org/3LbBSeq

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Solar-powered irrigation: A pathway to low-carbon farming in sub-Saharan Africa
A cost-effective alternative to diesel pumps.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🔍 Why are children at high altitudes more likely to experience stunting?

🖱️ Learn more in this recent blog by Taddese Zerfu: https://on.cgiar.org/4pBOUks

🔗 Read the study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexres.2025.101059

@cgiar.org
An elevation gap: Why children at high altitudes are more likely to experience stunting
The heavy toll of thin air and poverty.
www.ifpri.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Thank you to all the policymakers, researchers & partners who joined us for our “Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact” event.

Proud to celebrate 50 years of @ifpri.org & continue advancing research that delivers impact in the years ahead.

@cgiar.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
What really drives #foodpolicy decisions? 🤔

A new IFPRI blog series will go beyond theory to unpack the #politicaleconomy behind real-world food policy wins and setbacks—through practical case studies.

Read the intro post by @danielleresnick.bsky.social ▶️ www.ifpri.org/blog/what-re... @cgiar.org
What really drives food policy decisions? A new blog series on practical political economy
Case studies can point the way to success.
www.ifpri.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay.

New research from IMF, IFPRI, & Universidad de San Andrés shows that agricultural distortions reduce rural productivity and increase migration pressures. Reducing these distortions could lower emigration while boosting productivity and household welfare. 🧵⬇️
December 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
♨️New on our blog:

From satellite images to real-world impact: How IFPRI-Dvara collaboration opened new doors for Odisha’s marginalized farmers -- 🖋️by @berberkramer.bsky.social & Shalini Roy

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From satellite images to real-world impact: How IFPRI-Dvara collaboration opened new doors for Odisha’s marginalized farmers
Turning crisis into opportunity.
www.ifpri.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
💡50 Years of Innovation to Support Evolving Food Systems🌱

Today, on #InternationalMigrantsDay, we feature IFPRI’s work on the Migration Propensity Index (MPI) 🌱🤝📢

🔗 Learn more here: on.cgiar.org/4j1Cqju

@cgiar.org #IFPRI50 #IFPRI50Innovations
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🆕 #Blog From principles to practice: Why ethical AI starts with data

🖊️ By Carolina Martins and Berta Ortiz-Crespo.

🔗 Read more here: https://on.cgiar.org/4oTS8yt

@cgiar.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social
From principles to practice: Why ethical AI starts with data
Fostering fairness, transparency, accountability, and privacy.
on.cgiar.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
📣 HAPPENING NOW: Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact 📣

📺 Watch #ifpriLIVE at any of these links:

🎫 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-

🤝 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-FB

💼 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-LI and https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-LI2

#IFPRI50 @cgiar.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
TODAY at 9:00AM EST: Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact

Join us online or in person at IFPRI HQ!

📺 Watch #ifpriLIVE at any of these links:

🎫 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-
🤝 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-FB
💼 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-LI
#IFPRI50 @cgiar.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🔔 TOMORROW at 9:00AM EST

📌 Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact

📍 Join us online or in person at IFPRI HQ!

🎫 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-

#IFPRI50 @cgiar.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
✨ Speaker Spotlight: Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact ✨

Join us on Monday, December 15, 2025, for this special event.

🗨️ Speakers include @maximotorero.bsky.social @elenigabre-madhin.bsky.social @cbb2cornell.bsky.social @jo-swinnen.bsky.social
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December 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
3️⃣ days until this special event:

📌 Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact

📆 December 15, 2025, from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

📍 This event will take place in-person at IFPRI HQ and online.

🎫 https://bit.ly/FoodPolicy-

#IFPRI50

@cgiar.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Have you registered for this upcoming special event?

📌 Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact

📆 December 15, 2025, from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

📍 In-person at IFPRI HQ and online.

🎫 Register here: bit.ly/FoodPolicy-

#IFPRI50 @cgiar.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📣Starting now:  

📌 The Economy-wide Impacts of School Meal Programs in Ghana and Malawi

🎟️ Learn more here: https://www.ifpri.org/event/the-economy-wide-impacts-of-school-meal-programs-in-ghana-and-malawi/

@gcnf.org @cgiar.org  
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🆕 #Blog The hidden costs of gendered inequities: Findings from true cost accounting of cropping systems in Kenya

🖋️ By Rui Benfica, Baragu Geoffrey, Sedi Boukaka, Kristin Davis, Carlo Azzarri, Carlo Fadda, Martin Oulu, and Céline Termote.

🖱️ Read more here: https://on.cgiar.org/4oJTY56

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The hidden costs of gendered inequities: Findings from true cost accounting of cropping systems in Kenya
Who benefits and who bears the burdens?
on.cgiar.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn.

☕ Enjoy reading!

🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4pYPAQH

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Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers
This week’s featured articles assess the affordability and nutritional implications of adopting EAT-aligned diets globally, explore reflections of early-career researchers in agroeconomic modelling, e...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🆕 #Blog 50th Anniversary Impact Assessment Report: Highlights of how IFPRI research has shaped global food policy

🖊️ By Peter Hazell and Frank Place.

Read more here: https://on.cgiar.org/4hf3LxT

@cgiar.org
50th Anniversary Impact Assessment Report: Highlights of how IFPRI research has shaped global food policy
Taking stock the institute's work.
on.cgiar.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📢TMRW @ 10:00 AM EST   

📌 The Economy-wide Impacts of School Meal Programs in Ghana and Malawi

🎫 Register here 👉 https://www.ifpri.org/event/the-economy-wide-impacts-of-school-meal-programs-in-ghana-and-malawi/

@gcnf.org @cgiar.org    
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣 Food Policy Research: Looking Back and Looking Forward

📌 Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact

📆 December 15, 2025, from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EST

🎫 bit.ly/FoodPolicy-

#IFPRI50 @cgiar.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM