With deep sadness, we share the news of the passing of Alberto Valdés, an accomplished agricultural economist and long-standing friend to many of us at IFPRI. He joined IFPRI in 1976 and served as a Program Director of the Food Trade & Food Security Program until 1989. 📰 https://on.cgiar.org/3SjIRpb

In Memoriam: Alberto Valdés (1935–2026)

IFPRI mourns the passing of Alberto Valdés, an accomplished agricultural economist and a long-standing colleague and friend.

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#NowReading: Adolescent-Selected Food Intake and Engagement with the External Food Environment Contribute to Unhealthy Diets in Accra, Ghana. 📑 doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2026.109435 @cgiar.org #OpenAccess

🆕 #IFPRIBlog: Measuring the state of global food insecurity: A mix of methods, and a mix of messages. 🖊️ Derek Headey Read the blog here: https://on.cgiar.org/4wflKdn @cgiar.org

☕ Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4bvUUGn @cgiar.org

Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers

This week’s featured articles explore whether a shift to healthier and more sustainable food systems could dramatically change global agriculture by 2050; examine whether ultra-poor graduation program...

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🆕 #IFPRIBlog: Unlocking climate finance for Kenya’s women dairy farmers. 🖊️ Vartika Singh, Daniel Mulat, Kevin Kinusu, and Muzna Alvi 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/3TGbqNW @cgiar.org

Supporting #breastfeeding means supporting #MaternalNutrition. Research from Myanmar shows that food avoidance taboos during breastfeeding are widespread and linked to large declines in mothers' dietary diversity. doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.04.007 #WorldBreastfeedingWeek @cgiar.org

Breastfeeding gives infants the healthiest start in life. This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, we're sharing research from #Ethiopia that finds that inadequate breastfeeding practices & wasting among infants under 6 months. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318323 @cgiar.org @pmenon1.bsky.social

🆕 #IFPRIBlog: Tensions in the Black Sea and regional droughts spark rising global wheat prices. 🖊️ @jwglauber.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/tensions-in-the-black-sea-and-regional-droughts-spark-rising-global-wheat-prices/ @cgiar.org

🆕 #OpenAccess study: Feasibility and Readiness for Scaling-Up Multiple Micronutrient Supplements in #Nepal: A Qualitative Study Using the Expandnet Scaling-Up Framework. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/mcn.70231 @cgiar.org

🆕 #OpenAccess study: Interpersonal Communication and Maternal Behavioral Practice: A Case Study of Explanatory Causal Machine Learning in #Nepal. 🖊️ Ben Kelcey, Kenda Cunningham, & Edward A. Frongillo 📑 doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101657 @cgiar.org @pmenon1.bsky.social

🆕 #MakingaDifference blog: IFPRI's insights on nutrition challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Learn more IFPRI's work with national and regional partners to foster healthier food environments: https://on.cgiar.org/4fGxS2d 🖊️ Amy Margolies and Brian McNamara @cgiar.org

#Blog: In the AI era, agricultural research needs better questions, not more tools. 🖊️ Eliot Jones-Garcia 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/4vXN5AG @cgiar.org

In the AI era, agricultural research needs better questions, not more tools

News In the AI era, agricultural research needs better questions, not more tools Author CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator Publication Date July 29, 2026 AI digitial Agriculture research by Eliot-Garcia Jones, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI, for C...

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#NowReading: Gestational weight gain and maternal immediate perinatal and postpartum outcomes in low and middle income countries: individual participant data meta-analyses. 🖊️ Lieven Huybregts, Phuong Hong Nguyen & more! 📑 doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2025-001558 @cgiar.org #OpenAccess

#NowReading: The impact of targeted transfer programs on labour supply: Evidence from rural #China. 🖊️ Xiaoyu Cheng (Zhejiang Univeristy of Finance and Economics) & Kevin Chen (IFPRI) 📑doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2026.07.033 @cgiar.org

🆕 #Blog: Understanding agrifood systems in flux: Johan Swinnen and Christopher Barrett on the award-winning 2025 Global Food Policy Report. 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/3Tt5UOB #GFPR2025 @cgiar.org @aaea-economics.bsky.social @jo-swinnen.bsky.social

🆕 #Blog: The economics of agricultural carbon markets: Nepal’s opportunity and strategic options. 🖊️ Arbind Chaudhary (PRF) and Suresh Babu (IFPRI) 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/4hEt12E @cgiar.org

📣 TMRW! 📌 The State of Global Agricultural Insurance. 📅 July 30 | 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT 🗨️ Peter Hazell (IFPRI), Kelvin Shikuku (@ilri.org), Rowan Douglas (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social), & Lisa Yu (SEADRIF) 🎟️ https://on.cgiar.org/4foN56i @cgiar.org #webinar

☕ Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/4foMRxw @cgiar.org

Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers

This week’s featured articles examine how adolescents’ food choices and food environments contribute to unhealthy diets in Ghana; assess the impacts of social and behavior change interventions on nutr...

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🆕 #Blog: What it takes to integrate women’s empowerment and nutrition in survey monitoring and policy at scale. 🖊️ Madeleine Short Fabic, Helen Harris-Fry, Susan Kaaria, Flor Paz, and Emily Myers 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/4hwh0fG @cgiar.org

IFPRI Nonresident Fellow John Hoddinott has been named a 2026 @aaea-economics.bsky.social Fellow. Congrats on this well-deserved honor, John, & thank you for your enduring contributions to IFPRI and the global development community! 👏 #AAEA #FoodSystems #Nutrition #SocialProtection @cgiar.org

🏆 IFPRI’s #GFPR2025 won the @aaea-economics.bsky.social 2026 Quality of Communication Award! Thank you for this honor and recognition that rigorous research & effective communication are equally important for informing better decisions & meaningful action. 📰: https://on.cgiar.org/3Tov9la @cgiar.org

📢 TMRW: Making Anticipatory Action Work for Women in #Nigeria: Evidence and Lessons for Gender-Responsive Flood Preparedness. 📅 July 27, 2026 | 9:00 – 10:00am EDT 🗨️ @kkosec.bsky.social & @jkyle.bsky.social, plus open discussion w/ webinar attendees. 🎟️ https://on.cgiar.org/4aTgx3b @cgiar.org

IFPRI is participating at #NUTRITION2026: Nutrition at the Frontiers of a Changing Environment. Tomorrow, Lily Bliznashka, Nadia Koyratty, & Elyse Iruhiriye will present research on diet quality & drivers of food choice in South Asia & Africa. 📅 July 25 to 28, 2026 | National Harbor, MD @cgiar.org

Researchers examined how urbanicity relates to diets and nutritional status among Vietnamese adolescents. Findings point to widespread and varying nutrition challenges beyond just a rural-urban divide. Learn more here 👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4wkTlmQ @cgiar.org @w-u-r.bsky.social

Attempts to assess food systems policy coherence have been limited to date. Can this be improved? 🤔 This paper introduces a new diagnostic tool and uses it across 10 LMICs in #Africa and #Asia. Learn more here 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103113 @cgiar.org #OpenAccess

🆕 on the #IFPRIBlog: From agreements to action: Practical tools for strengthening transboundary water cooperation. 🖊️ Bunyod Holmatov (@iwmi.bsky.social) & @rnehring.bsky.social (IFPRI) 📝 https://on.cgiar.org/4x0ybus @cgiar.org

#NowReading: Trends, determinants, and anthropometric consequences of low birthweight in Indian children: a prospective analysis of national data. Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyag106 @cgiar.org

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Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers

This week’s featured articles identify the factors influencing infant and young child feeding practices among children with severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia as well as barriers to treatment cover...

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🆕 #OpenAccess study: Barriers and Factors Associated With Treatment Coverage of Severe Acute Malnutrition Among Children 6–59 Months in Agrarian and Pastoralist Areas of #Ethiopia. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/mcn.70219 @cgiar.org @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @unicef.org

📣 Save the date! 📌 The State of Global Agricultural Insurance. 📅 July 30 | 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT 🎟️ https://on.cgiar.org/4foN56i @cgiar.org #webinar