Rice is an important food around the world and, in the case of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), makes up approximately 11.5% of the diet. Yet, production of rice in Latin America only accounts for approximately 3.7% of the global total. What does this mean for rice producers and consumers in Latin America?
IFPRI and KREI plan collaborative research on climate change and food security
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Korea Rural Economics Institute (KREI) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support collaboration between the two institutions.
Crop System Models training program at ICRISAT, Patancheru, India, March 23-27, 2015
Crop System Models training program at ICRISAT, Patancheru, India, March 23-27, 2015
ICARDA hosts workshop on “Groundwater and Bio-economic Simulations of Relevant Wheat Technologies for Tunisia and Jordan”, Amman, Jordan, June 16-17, 2015
ICARDA hosts workshop on “Groundwater and Bio-economic Simulations of Relevant Wheat Technologies for Tunisia and Jordan”, Amman, Jordan, June 16-17, 2015
Lloyd’s study on “Food System Shock: The Insurance Impacts of Acute Disruption to Global Food Supply” draws on GFSF research
Lloyd’s study on “Food System Shock: The Insurance Impacts of Acute Disruption to Global Food Supply” draws on GFSF research
Lloyd’s study on “Food System Shock: The Insurance Impacts of Acute Disruption to Global Food Supply” draws on GFSF research
By Daniel Mason-D'Croz (IFPRI) The insurance group Lloyd’s recently commissioned the study “Food System Shock: The Insurance Impacts of Acute Disruption to Global Food Supply” to explore some of the potential risks of a series of extreme events on the global food system and the implications this might have on food security and the insurance industry. >> Read more
ICARDA hosts workshop on “Groundwater and Bio-economic Simulations of Relevant Wheat Technologies for Tunisia and Jordan”, Amman, Jordan, June 16-17, 2015
By Roberto Telleria (ICARDA) The Global Futures and Strategic Foresight Program held a workshop on “Groundwater and bio-economic simulations of relevant wheat technologies for Tunisia and Jordan” in Amman, Jordan from 16 to 17 June, 2015, hosted by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). The purpose of the workshop was to define >> Read more
IFPRI’s IMPACT team attends the 24th World Outlook Conference, June 8-9, 2015, Washington D.C.
By Tim Sulser (IFPRI) Every year the GFSF team reconnects with colleagues from a variety of global institutions working in the quantitative foresight modelling arena at the World Outlook Conference. The (24th annual!) meeting this year was held in Washington DC at the offices of the Economic Research Service of the USDA in early June. Please see >> Read more
Bioversity International hosts workshop on integrating ecosystem services into GFSF foresight research, Rome, May 7-8, 2015
By Anita Regmi (Bioversity) As part of theCGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight Program, Bioversity International convened a workshop at its Headquarters near Rome, Italy, on May 7 and 8, 2015, on integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services into foresight models. The workshop was attended by 45 >> Read more
ICRISAT hosts Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) Crop Model Training (Part II), Patancheru, India, April 20-24, 2015
By Ricky Robertson (IFPRI) During the week of April 20 to 24, many of the crop modelers and social scientists for the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight program gathered at ICRISAT for a continuation of the previous training conducted in January. The participants reviewed the basics of running the Mink gridded crop modeling system, then learned >> Read more
