Video Remarks, IFPRI 40th Anniversary (2015)
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IFPRI BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
Launched in 2003, IFPRI’s partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has brought us many steps closer to our shared vision of
A WORLD FREE OF POVERTY AND HUNGER
MELINDA GATES
Look how far we’ve come. Thanks to IFPRI, and other partners, we now know so much more about what needs to be done to improve agriculture, food security, and nutrition.
Explore our work across four high impact themes
Gender
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Nutrition
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Project Highlights
Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development and Gender, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
VICKI WILDE
A gender-balanced approach to agricultural development that creates more opportunities for women is essential to building household wealth, improving child health, and creating prosperous rural communities.
WOMEN FARM, WORK, AND RAISE FAMILIES IN RURAL SOCIETIES, BUT OFTEN THEY DON’T HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. Women are usually last in line for access to agricultural extension, inputs, fertile land, and even food. Empowering women leads to better nourished and more resilient families. Better educated and nourished girls become healthy, empowered mothers—and with that comes a fighting chance to break the cycle of poverty. But how best can women be empowered?
WOMEN
A WIN FOR
The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index is being applied by more than 50 organizations in 40 countries.
THE WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN AGRICULTURE INDEX (WEAI)
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IFPRI looked at eight diverse agricultural projects in Africa and South Asia and found that where women own assets, children are better educated and nourished.
THE GENDER, AGRICULTURE, AND ASSETS PROJECT (GAAP)
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Director, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
NICK AUSTIN
With the right mix of political commitment, investments, and innovation, we are confident that agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia can fulfill its potential to transform the lives of millions of smallholder farmers and the economies of the countries in which they live.
IN MANY COUNTRIES, MOST OF THE POPULATION IS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE. SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, IN PARTICULAR, STRUGGLE TO EKE OUT A LIVING. Governments now recognize that barriers that impede smallholder productivity and profitability must be lowered if these famers and their families are to thrive. New and revitalized systems that provide access to inputs and markets as well as time-saving technologies and services are needed to get agriculture moving.
MOVING
GETTING AGRICULTURE
IFPRI provided evidence on how novel solutions can reduce risks related to agricultural technology adoption and encourage investments in modern technologies. In Bangladesh, providing insurance leads to a 16 percent increase in agricultural expenditures, including a 26 percent increase in fertilizer expenditures by farmers.
THE CEREAL SYSTEMS INITIATIVE FOR SOUTH ASIA (CSISA)
More than 206,000 smallholder farmers were reached with an emergency backup seed supply in drought-ridden parts of Ethiopia. Almost 3 million farmers are using a voucher, system for easier access to credit for purchasing agricultural inputs such as fertilizer.
THE ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY (ATA)
Senior Program Officer, Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ELLEN PIWOZ
We set up Alive & Thrive as a learning grant…there would be impacts on the populations reached, but the greatest benefit would be the learning and the ability to translate that learning more widely.
ALL PEOPLE NEED NUTRITIOUS AND SAFE FOODS YEAR-ROUND TO BE HEALTHY AND TO LEAD PRODUCTIVE LIVES. We work across the agriculture, nutrition, and health sectors to make entire food systems—from field to fork—healthier for everyone, especially women and girls.
FOODS
FOR PEOPLE
HEALTHY
Analysis and district nutrition profiles supported India’s recently launched National Nutrition Mission.
PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN AND HARMONIZE ACTIONS FOR NUTRITION IN INDIA (POSHAN)
More than 175 biofortified varieties of 12 food crops have been released in more than 30 countries, reaching 30 million people.
HARVESTPLUS
IFPRI found that rates of exclusive breastfeeding in program areas tripled to 57 percent in Viet Nam and reached more than 80 percent in Bangladesh and Ethiopia (from 2009–2014).
ALIVE AND THRIVE
WITH BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON AGRICULTURE FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD, INCLUDING POOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, HOW DO DONORS AND POLICY MAKERS KNOW WHERE TO INVEST MONEY FOR THE GREATEST IMPACT? Four seminal programs with a focus on Africa are developing an integrated approach to providing researchers, policy makers, and programs with the latest data, tools, and knowledge that they need to make more informed and impactful investments in agriculture than ever before.
IMPACT
INVESTING FOR
DataAfrica, a new open source data visualization platform, was launched in 2017.
HARVESTCHOICE
The Women in African Agricultural Research Data Portal was launched in collaboration with African Women in Agricultural Research and Development in 2017.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDICATORS (ASTI)
The AGRODEP Modeling Consortium has grown to more than 200 members from 30 African countries, 75 percent of whom have participated in trainings, conferences, and competitive research grants.
AFRICAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY (AGRODEP)
IFPRI supported 19 countries in developing their next-generation national agriculture investment plans. IFPRI also provided technical support to more than 40 countries to finalize reports for the first Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme biennial review.
THE REGIONAL STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND KNOWLEDGE SUPPORT SYSTEM (RESAKSS)
