Year in Review
2017
IFPRI’s cutting-edge research informed improvements in food security, nutrition, and the well-being of people around the world in 2017.
Highlights
IFPRI’s work in more than 50 countries is bringing us closer to a world free of hunger and malnutrition. IFPRI engages in regional and country-level research and policy work through 12 offices across the globe.
By the Numbers
IFPRI in the World
A recent stocktaking of the impact of IFPRI’s work, based on just a small number of projects, shows our research has contributed to improving the lives of at least 200 million people.
dataset
downloads
publication downloads
peer-reviewed publications
+275,000
+525,000
+250
IFPRI is ranked 1st among agricultural economics departments and 2nd among top institutions for economists to work.
Building Global Knowledge
92 MILLION
Investing in Social Protection
24 MILLION
Reforming Markets
20 MILLION
Supporting Agricultural Transformation
24 MILLION
Scaling Up Pro-Poor
Public Investments
Innovative Food Security and Nutrition Approaches
40 MILLION
Vice President of Malawi
Saulos Chalima
“Building resilience is no longer a Talk Show [but] a matter of action.”
Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
David Beasley
“All over the world, 80% of our problems today are conflict-related…We need to end the wars.”
President, The World Bank Group
Jim Kim
“The goal that we must all embrace is equality of opportunity ... you cannot have equality of opportunity if children are not appropriately nourished.”
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda
Gerardine Mukeshimana
“Ending hunger and malnutrition, and building human capacity is a moral obligation that we need to fulfill as the current generation.”
Director General, IFPRI
Shenggen Fan
“Famine is our shame. It’s our collective responsibility, everybody should feel shame about this."
Voices at IFPRI Events
In 2018 and beyond, IFPRI will continue providing the evidence, policy advice, and technical assistance essential for ending hunger and improving nutrition.
