International Food Policy Research Institute

Innovation policy and scaling: Research to advance evidence-based policies and practices that accelerate inclusive and sustainable innovation via the exchange of science and technology and by catalyzing private sector and civil society investment. Includes research on science and technology policy and workstream on policies for innovation scaling aimed at translating agricultural and food systems research and development into socially and economically beneficial use.

Nutrition, diets, and health: Research aimed at improving diets and reducing malnutrition and related health issues that can save lives, improve people's quality of life, and increase their productivity. This entails working closely with a wide range of stakeholders to understand the drivers of all forms of malnutrition and to identify and test contextually relevant solutions.

Poverty, gender, and inclusion: Activity involves working with governments and other partners and stakeholders to conduct rigorous mixed-methods multidisciplinary research on social protection and poverty reduction programs, women's empowerment and gender equality, governance and civil society, agriculture, and nutrition in order to provide evidence-based guidance to inform policy. Focus is on multiple impact pathways to improve wellbeing for poor and vulnerable women and men and their communities.

Markets, trade, and institutions: Research analyzes local, regional, and global economic environments, trade conditions, and value chains to provide innovative, evidence-based market and policy solutions to help drive inclusive economic growth and job creation along food value chains, build household and agrifood value-chain resilience to food system shocks, and provide incentives for healthy and sustainable choices by food producers and consumers.

Foresight and policy modeling: Uses advanced data and modeling systems to track and anticipate food system trends at global, national, and local scales. Works with government and research partners to share modeling capabilities and ensure that decisionmakers have access to improved data and analytics to help identify technologies and policies to drive inclusive and sustainable transformation.

Natural resources and resilience: Research at the intersection of nature, agriculture, and development to support tangible progress toward more equitable, resilient, and environmentally sustainable food systems that thrive on healthy ecosystems and deliver nutrition, better livelihoods, and economic opportunities for men and women.