International Food Policy Research Institute

About: International Food Policy Research Institute is a nonprofit organization based out in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Agriculture & Food security. The organization has 1217 authors who have published 4952 publications receiving 218436 citations.

Do limitations in land rights transferability influence mobility rates in Ethiopia

Abstract: The migration of household members is potentially an attractive pathway out of poverty for many rural households in developing countries. Such households face the challenge of maintaining or improving their livelihoods in the presence of capital market imperfections, vulnerability to climate and macroeconomic shocks, and inaccessibility to credit. For many such households, labor is their main productive asset. Access to opportunities in distant labor markets through migration can increase the earning potential of members of such households (Harris and Todaro 1970). Furthermore, if migration takes place as part of a household decision making strategy, it can help the source household reduce income risks (Stark 1991, Azam and Gubert 2006), at the very least, and potentially improve the well being of the entire household (de Brauw and Harigaya 2007). From the former perspective, households can diversify income risk preemptively by allocating labor spatially to areas where risks to income are not correlated with rural income shocks (Rosenzweig and Stark 1989).

The overlap of overweight and anaemia among women in three countries undergoing the nutrition transition

Abstract: The overlap of overweight and anaemia among women in three countries undergoing the nutrition transition

The New Normal? A Tighter Global Agricultural Supply and Demand Relation and its Implications for Food Security

Abstract: The tight food markets and rising prices of 2005–2008 and today have been caused by various factors, such as rapid growth in demand for biofuels, bad weather, and increased demand for meat, dairy, livestock feed, rice and wheat due to rapid economic growth and urbanization, particularly in Asia and Africa. In the longer term, climate change and growing water scarcity along with worsening water quality will be major challenges to agricultural production and food security. This paper uses IFPRI’s International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodity and Trade (IMPACT) to assess long-term agricultural supply and demand relations. Examining these new global food system realities through the lens of scenarios for agricultural supply and demand indicates that, if current policies and investment trends continue, real world prices of most cereals and meats are projected to increase in the future. Growth in demand for meat, milk, biofuels and growing scarcity in water supplies are projected to put pressure on agricultural prices and strain land and water resources further. Climate change will have negative impacts on agricultural production in much of the world. Rising prices and poor progress on food security are not, however, inevitable. Policy reforms and increased