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🆕 #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: on.cgiar.org/4fGxS2d 🖊️ Amy Margolies and Brian McNamara @CGIAR @IFPRI_LAC

Fertilizer subsidies eat big public budgets, but who do they actually reach? 💰 A new @IFPRI analysis of 39 national programs finds access gaps, patchy data and five lessons for smarter, fairer reform. 👉 on.cgiar.org/3R2e5kf

#Blog: In the AI era, agricultural research needs better questions, not more tools. 🖊️ @EliotJonesGarc1 📝 on.cgiar.org/4vXN5AG @CGIAR @CGIAR_Data

#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… @CGIAR #OpenAccess

#NowReading: The impact of targeted transfer programs on labour supply: Evidence from rural #China. 🖊️ Xiaoyu Cheng (@ZJU_China) & Kevin Chen (IFPRI) 📑doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.… @CGIAR

🆕 #Blog: Understanding agrifood systems in flux: Johan Swinnen and Christopher Barrett on the award-winning 2025 Global Food Policy Report. 📝 on.cgiar.org/3Tt5UOB #GFPR2025 @CGIAR @AAEA_Economics @Jo_Swinnen @PMenonIFPRI @cbb2cornell

📣 HAPPENING NOW! 📌 The State of Global Agricultural Insurance. 📅 July 30 | 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT 🗨️ Peter Hazell (IFPRI), Kelvin Shikuku (@ILRI), Rowan Douglas (@imperialcollege), & Lisa Yu (SEADRIF) 🎟️ on.cgiar.org/4foN56i @CGIAR @edf #webinar

🆕 Can a one-hour documentary change long-term economic behaviour? Today on VoxDev w/ Tanguy Bernard (@univbordeaux_EN), @gamblingondev (@BlavatnikSchool),@kateorkin, Giulio Schinaia (@UChicago) & Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse (@IFPRI): voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

🆕 #Blog: The economics of agricultural carbon markets: Nepal’s opportunity and strategic options. 🖊️ Arbind Chaudhary (PRF) and @babu13000 📝 on.cgiar.org/4hEt12E @CGIAR @IFPRISAO

#ICYMI: An analysis across dozens of African countries shows that the Iran war has produced sharply different outcomes for domestic fuel and food markets. For more in-depth analysis, check out the blog: on.cgiar.org/4wBcuB3 @CGIAR @CGIARPolicy @IFPRI_Africa @kkosec @KibromAbay

🥘 What if the world ate the way health experts recommend? 🥦 A new Nature study with @IFPRI modeling finds healthier diets plus less food waste could cut global farmland by up to 42% by 2050, while still feeding everyone 👉 on.cgiar.org/4gIbXbJ

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

☕ Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn! 🔗 on.cgiar.org/4foMRxw @CGIAR @IFPRISAO @IFPRI_Africa

🆕 #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 📝 on.cgiar.org/4hwh0fG @CGIAR

IFPRI Nonresident Fellow John Hoddinott has been named a 2026 @AAEA_Economics Fellow. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor, John, and thank you for your enduring contributions to IFPRI and the global development community! 👏 #AAEA #FoodSystems #Nutrition #SocialProtection @CGIAR

🏆 IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report 2025 has won the @AAEA_Economics 2026 Quality of Communication Award! Thank you to AAEA for this honor and recognizing that rigorous research and effective communication are equally important for informing better decisions and meaningful action. Learn more: on.cgiar.org/3Tov9la #GFPR2025 @CGIAR

🆕 #OpenAccess study: Integrating Earth Observation and Digital Tools for Agricultural Mapping and Monitoring: The Mozambique Case Study. 📑 Learn more here: doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS… @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa @jawoo

📣 LAST CALL! Submit your abstracts by July 31! 📃 Submission guidelines: on.cgiar.org/4vQanZY 🔗 Submission form: on.cgiar.org/4vDVl9w Find out more and submit your abstract: on.cgiar.org/4ePqLT7 @CGIAR @CGIARPolicy @ANAPRI_info #ANAPRI2026 #PoliticalEconomyOfAI #AI4AgrifoodSystems

TARA, an AI-based platform, aids financial institutions in better assessing risk and serving smallholder farmers. In a recent blog, @BerberKramer, @julie_ghostlaw, and Shalika Vyas discuss the tool's usefulness and a recent workshop focused on efforts to scale TARA. 🔗 on.cgiar.org/4vGlhAB @CGIAR

🚨 Tomorrow! Join @IFPRI, @WFP & @MastercardFdn for insights on youth employment in Kenya’s agrifood value chains. 📅 July 28 | 🕒3 PM EAT 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 🌱 Youth livelihoods 📱 Digital solutions 💡 Barriers & opportunities #YouthEmployment #AgrifoodSystems