Jo Swinnen was awarded the Quality of Communications Award for the book COVID-19 and Global Food Security and the blog posts, events, and distribution channels used to disseminate it.
The Global Food Systems 5050 Initiative: Tracking and promoting progress on gender equality amid food systems transformation
Jemimah Njuki (Director for Africa Region at IFPRI) writes about a new index that will assess the actions of 200+ producer organizations, food companies, global nonprofits, & research institutions on women's empowerment.
NEW PUBLICATION: Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial
By Sikandra Kurdi , Jose Luis Figueroa, and Hosam Ibrahim
Behavioral change communication interventions have been shown to be effective at improving infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practices. However, evidence in humanitarian response contexts is scarce. Using data on secondary outcomes of breastfeeding, water treatment, and knowledge from a cluster randomized control trial of the Yemen Cash for Nutrition program's impact on child nutritional status, this paper shows [...]
Tracking Progress in the Arab Region on the Global Goals
Dr. Mari Luomi - Senior Research Fellow, Emirates Diplomatic Academy and Sustainable Development Goals Centre of Excellence for the Arab Region (SDGCAR)
The 22 Arab countries are probably the most diverse region in the world measured by any socioeconomic indicator. The group includes six Least Developed Countries, which have a per capita gross national income of less than a thousand US dollars, and the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which are classified as high-income countries. [...]
Policy seminar: Exploring a cash transfer program’s impacts on malnutrition in war-torn Yemen
Katarlah Taylor - IFPRI Senior Events Specialist
The war in Yemen is an ongoing disaster for its people. Over 80% of the population currently requires humanitarian or protection assistance, making it the worst such crisis in the world, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. With two thirds of all districts experiencing pre-famine conditions, and 20 million people food-insecure, the question of how best to deliver food assistance is paramount. A Sept. 5 IFPRI seminar explored [...]
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