Risk of greater good insecurity remains: see my latest analysis here: welthungerhilfe.org/global-f…

Even as new efforts at getting to an end of the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz may reopen soon, it will still take months before oil and fertilizer shipments will resume at some level of normalcy. The risk of increasing food security and hunger later this year remains high.

This hybrid policy seminar on April 16 will highlight how policy attention and investment remain essential, despite past challenges in sustaining agricultural insurance markets, as well as existing approaches that hold promise for scaling insurance & priority policy reforms: 👉🎟️ bit.ly/AG-Insurance @CGIAR @BMZ_Bund @FAO @Bayer4Crops @gatesfoundation @WorldBankGroup @ucdavis @GuyCarpenter @ACREAfrica @DvaraGroup

🆕New in @NatureFoodJnl IFPRI’s Will Martin & @RobVos26 find that green innovations—from improved rice water management to better animal feeding—are the most effective way to cut agrifood system emissions. Read the article in #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-0… here: rdcu.be/eZbSR @CGIAR @CGIARPolicy #Climate #FoodSystems

🔍 🌍 How do prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa? Learn more in this blog by Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @BerberKramer: on.cgiar.org/48soIT2 @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa

Experts: What is causing food prices to spike around the world? | @GAViglione w/ comment from @EJZRobinson66 @levisucre @IFADPresident @sirajnoida @AndyChallinor @robvos26 @xAlan_Matthews @shourodasgupta Xiomara Paredes #CBarchive Read here ⬇️ buff.ly/3YcM4HF

🍽️ 🌍🌐This new book, edited by Keith Wiebe and @ElisabettaGotor, presents a collection of short chapters on the current state of knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems: 📘 ifpri.org/ifpri-book/what-do… 🔗Download #OpenAccess: hdl.handle.net/10568/175019 📹 ifpri.org/event/what-do-we-k… @CGIAR @BiovIntCIAT_eng

3️⃣ days until this #IFPRIPolicySeminar: 📌 Worsening food insecurity, waning response capacity: Options for a better way forward 🗓️ July 2 from 9:30 to 11:00AM EDT 📍Online Register here: bit.ly/Fragility- @FSIN_News @CGIAR @Jo_Swinnen @Lucamzee @RobVos26 @kkosec @WFP @fightfoodcrises

Truly concerning trend in acute food insecurity. See my blog with Sara Gustafson: Rising food insecurity, waning humanitarian assistance: 2025 Global Report on Food Crises released foodsecurityportal.org/node/…

Engaging with representatives of Multilateral and Regional Organizations at today’s WTO retreat on “Sustainable Agriculture in the Multilateral Trading System”. Looking ahead at fresh developments in the agricultural sector and how this might inform the thinking on agricultural trade negotiations with particular emphasis on enhancing global food security. With General Council Chair H.E. Amb Saqer Abdullah Almoqbel of Saudi Arabia, Dr Andrea Zimmermann @FAO, Dr Ruth Hill @IFPRI, @MJansenEcon, @y_lokko, @luzmadelamora, @NorwayAmbWTO, H.E. Amb Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota @OMCBrasil, @GloriaAbrahamP, Prof. Tetsushi Sonobe @ADBInstitute, @RobVos26, and @swomamo

🆕 #Blog by @v_pineiro, @jpgianatiempo, Fousseini Traoré, and @JoeGlauber1: 🌍 New U.S. tariff policies: What’s at stake for sub-Saharan Africa? 🔗 on.cgiar.org/42LMmr2 @CGIAR

A recent study by IFPRI and the @WorldBank examines the degree of price and volatility transmission from international to domestic food and fertilizer markets in seven countries in #CentralAmerica and the #Caribbean. Learn more in this #blog: on.cgiar.org/4gQVm1X @CGIAR

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of IFPRI. To celebrate this milestone, we will be sharing select IFPRI innovations that supported evolving #foodsystems. Today, we feature the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade, or IMPACT 🌍

💬 How can fertilizer subsidies drive sustainability in Kenya's agriculture? Join us at #ReimaginingFertilizerSubsidies! 📅 Jan 28-29, 2025 | 📍 ILRI Campus, Nairobi 🔗 Learn more: on.cgiar.org/3PVGIvj #PolicyInnovations #Kenya #Fertilizer @CGIAR @IFPRI

#NowReading Emerging outsource agricultural services enable farmer adaptation in agrifood value chains: A product cycle perspective 🖋️ By Thomas Reardon, Titus Awokuse, Ben Belton, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Bart Minten, Genevieve Nguyen, Sara Qanti, @Jo_Swinnen, @RobVos26, and David Zilberman. Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.20… @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa @IFPRISAO

#NowReading Emerging outsource agricultural services enable farmer adaptation in agrifood value chains: A product cycle perspective 🖋️ By Thomas Reardon, @Jo_Swinnen, @RobVos26, and others Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.20… @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa

FertilizerMarket: Major market developments #Fertilizer dynamics steady, with early-month demand for #nitrogen and #phosphates easing by month’s end; Near East turmoil remains the primary market risk.

🌾World supply-demand outlook (2024/25): - #Wheat stocks lowered, set to fall below opening levels - #Maize stocks cut, slight gains expected overall - #Rice stocks down for India but still at record highs globally - #Soybean stocks up on revised China imports

#Fertilizer Market : Fertilizer markets were more active in September, driven by stronger-than-expected import demand from India for nitrogen and phosphates. Supply remains tight, especially for phosphates. Demand is expected to rise in Q4 2024, further supporting prices.

🆕IFPRI #IssuePost by @RobVos26: One year of war in Gaza: Food emergency continues with no end in sight. @CGIAR @theIPCinfo @WFP #foodcrisis #Gaza ifpri.org/blog/one-year-of-w…