IFPRI South Asia engages in developing sustainable, evidence-based solutions towards ending hunger and poverty in the region. @CGIAR #OneCGIAR
New Delhi, India
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📢New partnership to support #SouthAsia’s #food & #agriculture systems!
SAARC Agriculture Centre #SAC & @IFPRI signed an MoU in #NewYork to advance #research, #policy & capacity building across the region. 🌾🤝w/ @SaarcSec @C_SUCSeS project
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🌱#NewBlog: Carbon credits could create a new revenue stream for smallholders in Nepal while supporting #climate-smart #agriculture, but unlocking this opportunity will require the right institutions, incentives, & safeguards.
🔗Read the full blog here: southasia.ifpri.info/2026/08…
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Join the #NePAA webinar series on "Advancing Good Agricultural Practices (#GAP) in BIMSTEC & ASEAN" exploring the evolution of #GAP, its role in market access, & challenges of adoption.
📅 28 September 2026
🕘 9:00AM–10:00AM BST
🔗#RegisterNow! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Our latest issue of #IFPRIInsights is out, featuring:
🌾 Conflict, climate, and global wheat prices
🌱 Revisiting the political economy of 21st-century agriculture
🛰️ Picture-based crop insurance
and more: ifpri.org/newsletter/ifpri-i…
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🆕#Blog Odisha's #GRC is moving beyond counting women as beneficiaries to measuring outcomes that matter.
Read the full blog on the recent Capacity Partnership Workshop!
👉 southasia.ifpri.info/2026/08…
Thank you, Dr. @Pallavi_Econ, for a valuable session on gender-disaggregated data!
Great to see this @IFPRISAO blog on the workshop on building evidence-based gender-responsive agricultural policies, held with DA&FE, Govt of Odisha. It was a pleasure to deliver a session on gender-disaggregated data & its integration into public policy. southasia.ifpri.info/2026/08…
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India’s livestock sector is often seen as women-friendly. But does rising participation mean greater empowerment?
@IFPRI's Dr. Anjani Kumar examines the double burden of unpaid care work, limited asset ownership, & unequal control over income.
Read more👇
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📢Deadline Extended! Call for Abstracts – #D4N2026
There’s still time to submit your abstract for Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia 2026, a regional conference focused on improving diets and nutrition across South Asia.
📍 Colombo, Sri Lanka & online
Theme: Navigating Systems in Transition
📆 New abstract deadline: Aug 30
🔗 Submit your abstract: bit.ly/D4N2026
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#NowReading📖What can India’s Soil Health Card scheme tell us about improving soil management in practice?🌱
Explore new IFPRI insights on soil health, nutrient management, and sustainable agriculture in India.
🔗southasia.ifpri.info/2026/08…
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📢We’re pleased to share that @IFPRI has been selected as a grantee under @ClimateWorks's global call for extreme heat solutions!
IFPRI's project looks at asset-based finance innovations targeting heat resilience for urban food vendors🌾🌍
🔗Read more: southasia.ifpri.info/2026/08…
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Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia is back!🌏#D4N2026
We're inviting abstracts on research & experiences that explore how to navigate systems in transition to improve diets & nutrition across South Asia.
📍Sri Lanka + Online
📅 Deadline: Aug 25
More: bit.ly/D4N2026
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🆕 #OpenAccess paper: Feasibility and effectiveness of using mobile phone artificial intelligence-assisted dietary assessment and nudging to improve food choices of adolescent girls in Sri Lanka.
Learn more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2026…
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Healthy feeding practices are shaped by more than individual choices. Research from rural #Bangladesh shows that the Alive & Thrive initiative helped foster more supportive norms around breastfeeding and complementary feeding—highlighting the power of community-driven behavior change.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024…
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek #Breastfeeding #ChildNutrition #BehaviorChange #GlobalHealth #HealthyDiets @CGIAR @IFPRISAO
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🆕 #IFPRIBlog: Understanding soil health in practice: Insights from India’s Soil Health Card scheme.
🖊️ Ritwick Ghosh (@NCState), Wei Zhang, Upeksha Hettiarchchi, Francis Phillip, and Ryan Nehring
📝 on.cgiar.org/4i0KsL1
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🌾At #AVPN2026, @PMenonIFPRI joins the panel on "Patient Capital, Impatient Problems" |🗓️25th August 2026
The session explores how cross-sectoral partners like investors, researchers & conservation organizations can balance immediate needs with long-term commitment for change.
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On 30 July, @IFPRI, @BMZ_Bund, @CGIARnutrition & @CGIARPolicy convened an Expert Consultation on 'Options for Reorienting India's Agri Support Policies' to deliberate on how India can reorient agri support to better deliver on food security, nutrition, & sustainable growth?
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The consultation generated valuable insights that will help refine IFPRI's ongoing research and inform a broader policy dialogue with government and other stakeholders later this year.
#India #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #ClimateResilience #Nutrition #EvidenceForPolicy
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