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International Food Policy Research Institute
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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. IFPRI is a CGIAR research center (@cgiar.org). www.ifpri.org
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🦋IFPRI is excited to join @bsky.app! Colleagues, partners, friends @cgiar.org and beyond - who's there? 👋 Welcome to our cloud!
🎥 How much does food really cost?

Rui Benfica explains how #TrueCostAccounting helps uncover hidden environmental, health, and social costs that don't appear on a receipt.

Watch 👇 and learn more: https://www.ifpri.org/project/true-value-of-food/

#TrueValueOfFood #FoodSystems @cgiar.org
September 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
📣 Save the date: 📅Oct. 1⏰9:30AM EDT

📌 IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: “When Grain Trade Is Obstructed: Black Sea Disruptions and Global Market Impacts”

🤝IFPRI and @amisoutlook.bsky.social

🎟️ bit.ly/GrainTrade

@cgiar.org @fao.org
September 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM
📑 New research from IFPRI and partners takes a closer look at the true costs of food production in Kenya and Viet Nam.

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September 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
🆕 #Blog How are fertilizer markets coping with the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz?

🖊️ By @jwglauber.bsky.social and Shawn Arita

🔗 Read more: https://on.cgiar.org/4h9ye0x

@cgiar.org
How are fertilizer markets coping with the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz?
A mixed picture for global prices and supplies.
on.cgiar.org
September 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
🌍 IFPRI is heading to Nairobi for the 8th African Conference of Agricultural Economists, September 22–25.

Learn more: https://www.ifpri.org/event/8th-african-conference-of-agricultural-economists-acae/

#8thACAE #AgriculturalEconomics @cgiar.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#ICYMI Did you miss this recent webinar?

📌 AI Policy Considerations for Food, Land, and Water Systems

🤝IFPRI and CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator

📺 Watch the recording here: https://bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW

@cgiar.org #IFPRIonAI
September 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🌍 At #Tropentag2026? Look out for IFPRI!

Our researchers are contributing to discussions and presenting research across the conference. Find out when and where to catch IFPRI speakers and presentations:

👉 https://www.ifpri.org/event/ifpri-tropentag-2026/

@cgiar.org
IFPRI @ Tropentag 2026
IFPRI is pleased to participate in Tropentag 2026, taking place September 16–18, 2026, in Göttingen, Germany. The annual interdisciplinary conference
www.ifpri.org
September 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🔔 #HappeningNow: “#AI Policy Considerations for Food, Land, and Water Systems” 🔔

📺 Watch #ifpriLIVE:

🎟️ bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW

🤝 bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW-FB

💼 bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW-LI

▶️ bit.ly/ifpriYT

@cgiar.org #IFPRIonAI
September 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🔔 #IFPRIPolicySeminar TODAY at 9:30 AM EDT! 🔔

📌 “#AI Policy Considerations for Food, Land, and Water Systems”

📍Watch online:

🎟️ bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW

🤝 bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW-FB

💼 bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW-LI

▶️ bit.ly/ifpriYT

#IFPRIonAI @cgiar.org
September 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
🌱 Heading to #Tropentag2026?

Connect with IFPRI researchers and hear about our latest work on agriculture, food systems, and sustainable development.

See IFPRI’s participation at the conference ➡️ https://www.ifpri.org/event/ifpri-tropentag-2026/

@cgiar.org
September 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
📢 Save the date!

📌 Making Food System Costs Visible: A Policy Imperative for Multifunctional Landscapes

🤝 IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Multifunctional Landscapes (MFL)

📆September 29, 2026, 9:30 – 10:30 am (US/Eastern)

🎫 on.cgiar.org/4ykBQny

@cgiar.org
September 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Did you know the price of food doesn’t reflect its true cost?

Agrifood systems’ costs to human health, the environment, social and economic equality are often invisible—but very real.

IFPRI/CGIAR #TrueCostAccounting work is generating country-level evidence on the true costs of food production.
September 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
📢 TMRW @ 9:30 AM EDT

📌 #IFPRIPolicySeminar: #AI Policy Considerations for Food, Land, and Water Systems

📍Online 🎟️ bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW

@cgiar.org #IFPRIonAI
September 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
🔍 How vulnerable is Malawi to El Niño and rising fertilizer costs?

A modeling exercise suggests that a combination of market and climate shocks poses a serious threat to Malawi’s economy, agricultural sector, and food security.

🔗 Learn more: https://on.cgiar.org/3SXz48K

@cgiar.org
El Niño and rising fertilizer costs: How vulnerable is Malawi in 2027?
Impacts of overlapping shocks.
on.cgiar.org
September 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
📢 Save the date!

📌 Making Food System Costs Visible: A Policy Imperative for Multifunctional Landscapes

🤝 IFPRI and the CGIAR Science Program on Multifunctional Landscapes (MFL)

📆September 29, 2026, 9:30 – 10:30 am (US/Eastern)

🎫 https://on.cgiar.org/4ykBQny

@cgiar.org
September 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Synthesizing evidence from recent @cgiar.org studies examining how conflict affects farming households across the Sahel region, a recent study reveals a striking pattern: farmer-herder conflict is not simply destroying lives but also transforming livelihoods: https://on.cgiar.org/4dqm8iq
Beyond the violence: How farmer-herder conflict is reshaping rural livelihoods in the Sahel
Shifting behavior and economic attitudes.
on.cgiar.org
September 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
🍽️⚖️💰 Food costs more than what we pay at checkout.

Hidden costs to health, the environment, and society exceed $11 trillion annually.

IFPRI/CGIAR work on #TrueCostAccounting helps make these costs visible and actionable.

Learn more👉 https://www.ifpri.org/project/true-value-of-food/

@cgiar.org
September 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
IFPRI's Ruth Hill will participate in this webinar on September 16:

📌 The Calm Before the Shock: El Niño, Food Security, and the Case for Early Action

🕐 6:00 to 7:00 pm EDT

🔗 Learn more here: https://on.cgiar.org/4A3fnwN

@cgiar.org @fao.org
September 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
How is #AI being developed, financed, deployed, & governed across food, land, and water systems in low- and middle-income
countries?

On Sept. 15, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers will discuss the resulting implications for food policy research: bit.ly/AIPolicyFLW

#IFPRIonAI @cgiar.org
September 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
🆕 #Blog El Niño and rising fertilizer costs: How vulnerable is Malawi in 2027?

🖊️ By Chris Hillbruner, Karl Pauw, and Weston Anderson.

🔗 Read more here: https://on.cgiar.org/3SXz48K

@cgiar.org
El Niño and rising fertilizer costs: How vulnerable is Malawi in 2027?
Impacts of overlapping shocks.
on.cgiar.org
September 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
What might global #agrifoodsystems look like in 2050?
A new IFPRI & CGIAR report explores future scenarios for diets, agricultural production, trade, food security, and natural resource use to help inform decisions for a rapidly changing world.

hdl.handle.net/10568/185223

@cgiar.org #FoodSecurity
September 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
🔔 #HappeningNow: “Global Agrifood Systems Outlook to 2050: Informing Decisions for an Uncertain Future” 🔔

📺 Watch #ifpriLIVE:

🎟️ bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture

🤝 bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture-FB

💼 bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture-LI

▶️ bit.ly/ifpriYT

@cgiar.org
September 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🔔 VIRTUAL #IFPRIPolicySeminar TODAY at 9:30 AM EDT! 🔔

📌 “Global Agrifood Systems Outlook to 2050: Informing Decisions for an Uncertain Future”

📺 Watch online:

🎟️ bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture

🤝 bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture-FB

💼 bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture-LI

▶️ bit.ly/ifpriYT

@cgiar.org
September 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📢 TMRW @ 9:30 AM EDT

📌 #IFPRIPolicySeminar: Global Agrifood Systems Outlook to 2050: Informing Decisions for an Uncertain Future

🤝IFPRI and CGIAR Policy Innovations

💻🎟️ bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture

@cgiar.org
September 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM