Established in 1975, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Together with partners, IFPRI generates needed evidence for country- and region-led policies that contribute to poverty reduction and help ensure that all people have access to safe, sufficient, nutritious, and sustainably produced food. Through multisectoral research and engagement with stakeholders, IFPRI informs effective policies, programs, and investments that contribute to productive livelihoods and sustainable, resilient, and equitable agriculture and food systems.
IFPRI is a Research Center of CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, and the only CGIAR Center solely dedicated to food policy research. By informing better policy decisions, agenda setting, and investments in sustainable, equitable food systems, IFPRI’s research has contributed to policies and programs that benefit millions around the world.
Vision and Mission
IFPRI’s vision is a world free of hunger and malnutrition. Its mission is to provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition.
Research to Inform Food System Policies
To drive transformative change in food systems, IFPRI’s researchers work across a range of disciplines and with partners around the world to identify, assess, improve, and adapt policy, institutional, and governance solutions. Through multisectoral research and engagement with stakeholders, IFPRI informs effective policies, programs, and investments that contribute to productive livelihoods and sustainable, resilient, and equitable agriculture and food systems. The Institute’s regional and country programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America respond to national demand for holistic food policy research and strengthen local research and policy analysis capacity.
IFPRI’s research and engagement addresses challenges to achieving sustainable, equitable food systems through a three-pronged approach:
Clarifying the situation and outlook. IFPRI provides foresight and policy modeling on food system trends and future scenarios, assesses potential policy pathways and investments, and develops metrics and frameworks to analyze and monitor impacts on the poorest and most marginal populations.
Testing and scaling solutions. IFPRI identifies, develops, and assesses promising innovations and technologies and evaluates alternative pathways to deliver and scale up sustainable food systems solutions, with a focus on improving livelihoods, well-being, equity, and inclusion.
Shaping enabling environments. IFPRI explores and advises on enabling governance environments at the local, national, and international levels to support innovative solutions and investments in sustainable food systems transformation from the public and private sector, civil society organizations, and individuals.
