As awareness is rising about the need to reduce carbon emissions drastically, more and more companies are transitioning to renewables as their primary energy source. Yet not even the scores of major companies, including corporate giants such as Apple and Google, that have pledged to use only renewable energy in […]

This paper brings together evidence on the links between social norms and sexual and reproductive health as well as women’s economic empowerment.

Jul 12, 2019 – 10:00 am to 11:30 am GMT Rwanda Webinar Agricultural Extension Agriculture Production How is Rwanda Transforming its Agriculture Thanks to Mechanization? The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s report, “Mechanized: Transforming Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains” shows what can be done to sustainably mechanize African agriculture to increase production and enhance […]

Jul 8, 2019 Press Release New Study: How much do climate fluctuations matter for global crop yields? Climate Change Washington D.C.: The El Niño-Southern Oscillation has been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for […]

Jul 8, 2019 In the News India Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition (Reuters) Nutrition Reuters published an opinion piece by IFPRI Research Analyst Smriti Verma and Research Fellow Anjani Kumar in which the authors argued that biofortified staple crops may be key to ending rural […]

The Amazon’s rainforests in Brazil are being cleared at an appalling rate with an area the size of a football pitch being lost to deforestation every minute, according to news reports. Last month alone forest loss in the Amazon was 88.4% higher than during the same month last year, according […]