IFPRI is pleased to join #SLAN2026 from October 25–29, 2026 in Santiago, Chile, the conference will bring together researchers, academics, health professionals, policymakers, and students from across the #LAC region to discuss the future of food systems & nutrition. Learn more here: on.cgiar.org/4BounWY @CGIAR @CGIARnutrition

🆕 #Blog When Crises Disappear from View: The Growing Humanitarian Data Drought 🖊️ By @CreoleBauer and @swomamo Humanitarian data systems are shrinking. Without fresh data, people in crisis become harder to see, harder to reach, and all too easy to overlook. Read more: on.cgiar.org/489j2fM @CGIAR @WFP @IFPRI_Africa

In this recent study, Samuel Scott, Sumanta Neupane, Hana Tasic, Nadia Akseer, Sunny S. Kim, Harold Alderman, Bianca Carducci, and Rebecca Heidkamp examine whether vulnerable women and children are being reached by both social protection programs and maternal and child health and nutrition interventions in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal: doi.org/10.1111/mcn.70233 @CGIAR @IFPRISAO @IFPRIBangladesh

🔔 HAPPENING NOW! 🔔 📌 Political Economy of Fertilizer Subsidies. 🤝 IFPRI & AgIncentives Consortium 📆October 21, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️@JeffBloem, @D_E_Resnick, & Jibran Punthakey (@OECDTrade) 🎫 on.cgiar.org/4zvyHlf @CGIAR @CGIARPolicy

☕📚 Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now on LinkedIn! 🔗 on.cgiar.org/4sf0t37 @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa

📢TMRW! 📌 Political Economy of Fertilizer Subsidies. 🤝 IFPRI & AgIncentives Consortium 📆October 21, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️@JeffBloem, @D_E_Resnick, & Jibran Punthakey (@OECDTrade) 🎫 on.cgiar.org/4zvyHlf @CGIAR @CGIARPolicy

🌎 IFPRI at the 2026 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue: 📆 October 20 to 22, 2026 📍 Des Moines, Iowa Don't miss these side events tomorrow: 📌 Beyond Irrigation: The Growing Agenda for Agricultural Water and Better Health ⏰ 7:00–8:30 AM (America/Chicago) 🗨️ IFPRI participants include @ClaudiaRingler 📌 Dawn of a New Era: How Sequencing Crop Genomes Can Usher Agriculture’s Next Great Leap Forward ⏰ 7:00–8:30 AM (America/Chicago) 🗨️ IFPRI participants include Judy Chambers 📣 Liangzhi You, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow, has been named one of the World Food Prize Foundation's 2026 Top Agri-food Pioneers and will be formally recognized during the 2026 Borlaug Dialogue. 🔗 Learn more here: on.cgiar.org/4eDdo9k @CGIAR @WorldFoodPrize

🔔 HAPPENING NOW! 🔔 📌From Relief to Resilience: Supporting Displaced and Shock-Affected Households in Somalia. 📆October 20, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️Deboleena Rakshit @meanregressive, @leightjessica & John-Paul Nyeko (@WorldVision) 🎫 on.cgiar.org/47og5I9 @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa

#COP17Armenia is officially underway, and IFPRI is pleased to participate! Join us on October 21 and October 24 in person at the FAO Pavilion, Blue Zone or online via the video livestreams. Details here: on.cgiar.org/3U83Lsd @CGIAR

#NowReading Mapping supply chains, cost structure analysis, and investment priorities for food system transformation under conflict and climate stress in northern Nigeria This recent study by Bedru Balana, @swomamo, @A_Mulubrhan, Olufemi Popoola, Chibuzo Nwagboso, Serigne Loum, Khusro Jawed, and Kwaw Andam examines how food systems function in northern Nigeria amid climate and conflict shocks, analyzing production hubs, trade routes, markets, transport, and processing: doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2026.1… @CGIAR @CGIARPolicy @IFPRI_Africa

📢TMRW! 📌From Relief to Resilience: Supporting Displaced and Shock-Affected Households in Somalia 📆October 20, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️Deboleena Rakshit @meanregressive, @leightjessica & John-Paul Nyeko (@WorldVision) 🎫 on.cgiar.org/47og5I9 @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa

Many innovations can improve nutrition, food safety, and sustainability, but smallholder farmers often lack incentives to adopt them at scale. A new @PNASNews Perspective explores how policy, finance, information & technology can help bridge that gap. 🌱 🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2536548… #FoodSystems #Agriculture #FoodSecurity @CGIAR

🗺️ Researchers from IFPRI, @WUR, and Viet Nam's National Institute of Nutrition mapped food outlets across three districts in northern Viet Nam to compare the healthiness of food environments around adolescents' homes and schools. They found that: 🥤 Healthy and unhealthy foods were within similar reach 🏠 School food environments were no unhealthier than those at home 🍽️ More food outlets didn’t mean worse diets Learn more in this recent blog: on.cgiar.org/3TG515Q @CGIAR @CGIARnutrition @gabifretes

🔔 IFPRI is participating in the 2026 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue from October 20 to 22, 2026 in Des Moines, Iowa. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the World Food Prize. IFPRI participants include @ClaudiaRingler and Judy Chambers. Liangzhi You, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow, has been named one of the @WorldFoodPrize Foundation’s 2026 Top Agri-food Pioneers and will be formally recognized during the 2026 Borlaug Dialogue: on.cgiar.org/4eDdo9k @CGIAR

This #EndPoverty Day, IFPRI is highlighting research exploring how anti-poverty programs can strengthen trust in government and whether lower-cost poverty graduation programs can improve livelihoods. 📑 on.cgiar.org/3P1kpH2 📑 on.cgiar.org/433D8FJ Learn more about IFPRI’s work on poverty here: on.cgiar.org/4hKbKVF @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa @kkosec @leightjessica @dogilligan

🌍 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰. This #WorldFoodDay, explore how affordable services, relevant advice, and access to resources can help women farmers benefit from agrifood innovation. Learn why digital services must be affordable, practical, and responsive to women’s needs—and why women should help shape the tools designed for them. Read the new IFPRI blog by @ClaudiaRingler and @NiyatiSingaraju: 🔗 on.cgiar.org/3VNtOWo #FoodSecurity #WomenInAgriculture #IYWF2026 @FAO @CGIAR @CGIARGender @IFPRI_Africa

Subsidies play a major role in every country’s fiscal policies, regardless of income level or spending patterns. Join us for a webinar discussing the popular solution to “repurpose” expensive subsidies toward expenditures that generate higher development benefits. 🤝 IFPRI & AgIncentives Consortium 📆October 21, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️@JeffBloem @D_E_Resnick & @ruthvargashill 🎫 on.cgiar.org/4zvyHlf @CGIAR @CGIARPolicy

Policymakers and program implementers in Somalia are increasingly recognizing the importance of complementing short-term cash or in-kind transfers with interventions targeting longer-term development goals and poverty exit. This webinar will present evidence on gendered patterns of livelihoods and access to safety nets among displaced households in #Somalia. 📆October 20, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (US/Eastern) 🗨️Deboleena Rakshit @meanregressive, @leightjessica & John-Paul Nyeko (@WorldVision) 🎫 on.cgiar.org/47og5I9 @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa