This section brings together outputs of modeling and scenario analysis done by IFPRI researchers that is relevant to the Food Security Portal.
Risks of Multiple Breadbasket Failures
Multiple breadbasket failures in high-income nations impact global prices and incomes more than those in poorer nations. However, similar production shocks in developing countries cause significantly higher levels of poverty and food insecurity compared to shocks in wealthy countries.
Measuring Employment and Job Quality in Agrifood Systems
IFPRI researchers estimate that the agrifood sector makes up almost one-sixth of the global economy and one third of global employment. In low-income countries, the sector’s value-added share is still more than 40% and its employment share about 67%. These measures of the agrifood sector account for the resources used in food processing, food services, agricultural input production, and processing agricultural output like cotton into non-agricultural outputs like clothing.
Climate adaptation in the agrifood system
The effects of climate change are already being felt, and they are projected to worsen in the course of the 21st century, with impacts varying by region. Adaptation is critical to continue pursuing sustainable development goals (SDGs), including on fighting poverty (SDG1), hunger (SDG2), and managing water resources (SDG6).
The global economic consequences of a major African swine fever outbreak in China
As the world deals with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the international community has started discussing more urgently how land use change and the conversion of natural habitats to agricultural or urban ecosystems can affect the risk and emergence of zoonotic diseases in humans as well as the spread of new pathogens and diseases in livestock.
Impacts Of Alternative Investment Scenarios
The International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and aTrade (IMPACT) explores policies that can help feed the world, reduce poverty, and protect the natural resource base. Here we examine how alternative investment scenarios affect agricultural production, productivity, and food security for the period 2010-2050 compared to a reference scenario.
Progress Towards Ending Hunger And Malnutrition: A Cross-Country Cluster Analysis
Last update: September 2024
The fight against hunger is not over yet. A fight against overweight and obesity must begin. Here you can find how patterns of malnutrition are evolving across the globe.
Agricultural Subsidies and Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Last update: September 2024
Agricultural production is both strongly affected by and a major contributor to climate change, accounting for a quarter of total global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). Agriculture receives around US$600 billion per year worldwide in government support. However, no rigorous quantification of the impact of this support on GHG emissions has been available until now.
Food Security Simulator
The tool simulates how price or income changes affect food consumption and diet quality, providing detailed, survey-based results by income group and area.