IFPRI Discussion Paper by Valdete Berisha-Krasniqi, Antoine Bouüt, and Simon Mevel

As food prices rise, a laundress in a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima finds it harder to make ends meet and sometimes cannot feed her family.

Chinese translation of IFPRI Policy Brief by Joachim von Braun. Link is to PDF file, size 289K.

German translation of IFPRI Policy Brief by Joachim von Braun.

Testimony by Mark Rosegrant before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, May 7, 2008.

Researchers with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) warn that China and India's plans to greatly increase domestic production of biofuels, will put at risk their water supplies. This will seriously undermine the two countries' ability to meet future food and feed demands. The study was conducted by the CGIAR-supported International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Sri Lanka. In many areas where water is already scarce, biofuel production could threaten river and groundwater systems.

Dr. David Molden, Deputy Director General of IWMI talks about water scarcity, water productivity and irrigation practices.

CIRAD, the French government and the Réunion Regional Council signed a general partnership agreement on 24 April 2008, covering the period 2008-2013. The agreement sets out the lines of CIRAD's intervention in Réunion, notably four scientific priorities that will steer the research conducted under the partnership.

IFPRI Discussion Paper by Mika Ueyama and Futoshi Yamauchi

IFPRI EPTD/PBS Forum, Thursday, May 8, 2008, 9:00 am - 1:15 pm. Featuring: Mark Rosegrant, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Guillaume Gruere, Greg Jaffe, and Regina Birner. IFPRI Headquarters, 2033 K Street NW, Washington DC.