International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

06/19/2026

Global food commodity markets are entering a new phase in which traditional indicators may no longer provide a clear view of market dynamics. While supply conditions for key crops appear quite promising, a closer look reveals a more complex picture—shaped by climate risks, macroeconomic pressures, and shifting market behavior.

On June 23, join IFPRI and Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) for a virtual policy seminar on “Weather, Money, and Shifting Bets: What’s Driving Food Commodity Markets?”

🗨️ Speakers include John Baffes (World Bank Group), Brian Barker (University of Maryland & AMIS), Kona Haque (ED&F), Seth Meyer (Mizzou), Mads Frank Markussen (CM Navigator), Joseph Glauber (IFPRI), and Monika Tothova (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) & AMIS).

🎟️Register here: https://bit.ly/WeatherBets
CGIAR

06/19/2026

Tomorrow is . Displacement and conflict affect not only livelihoods, but also mental well-being of vulnerable populations.

New evidence from shows that combining cash assistance with group-based psychological support can help conflict-affected populations recover from the economic and emotional impacts of crisis. As humanitarian needs continue to grow worldwide, integrated approaches that address both financial security and mental health can strengthen resilience among refugees, internally displaced people, and host communities alike.

Research like this highlights the importance of investing in interventions that support and safeguard people’s well-being and ability to rebuild their lives with dignity.



👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2026.103724

CGIAR

06/19/2026

The economic impacts from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continue to reverberate, raising concerns across developing countries facing spiking global fuel and fertilizer prices.

IFPRI's James Thurlow and Eleanor Jones discuss new economywide modeling that shows that high prices could increase global food insecurity and push more than 20 million into poverty across 20 developing countries.

👉 https://on.cgiar.org/4vdzxBk
CGIAR

06/18/2026

: A robust spectral-temporal index for cross-regional mapping of plastic-mulched farmland using decametric-resolution images.

In this study, researchers proposed the Plastic-mulched Farmland climbing and flatting Signal Index (PMFSI), a cost-effective and robust index to improve cross-regional PMF identification. The PMFSI is constructed based on two consistently observed and distinctive spectral-temporal signals of PMF and requires only limited cropland samples to extract key crop phenological transitions.

To evaluate its effectiveness and compare it with other approaches, PMFSI was applied to three ecologically diverse PMF cultivation regions in China. Overall, the study found that the PMFSI provides an accurate, transferable, and scalable solution for large-scale plastic-mulched farmland mapping without reliance on ground PMF samples, supporting sustainable farming practices and ecological protection efforts.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2026.128184
CGIAR

06/18/2026

🆕 : Two steps forward, one step back? Champions and roadblocks for Mexico’s General Law on Adequate and Sustainable Food.

Mexico's General Law provides a practical legislative framework to guide Article 4 of Mexico’s constitution, which states that people have the right to nutritious, sufficient, and quality food, and is an important milestone in an ongoing struggle to guarantee the right food. Yet the General Law remains largely unimplemented more than two years after its passage.

🔗 Learn more about why: https://on.cgiar.org/4vjbmS3
🖊️ Danielle Resnick and Fiorella Espinosa de Candido (UNICEF México)
CGIAR

06/18/2026

📣 Save the date!

📌 "Agricultural trade at a crossroads with Latin American, Caribbean, and African Perspectives for Post-MC14"

🤝 Organized by IFPRI, Economic Commission for Africa, and the CGIAR Policy Innovations Science Program

📆 June 30, 2026 | 9:00 – 11:00 am EDT

🎟️ https://bit.ly/AgTrade-

CGIAR

06/18/2026

💧 Small-scale irrigation technologies do require investment, but the cost of the technology is often not the primary constraint nor are subsidies necessarily the only solution to reaching poorer farmers. Other barriers show up as or even more strongly across multiple countries and studies.

A recent blog by Claudia Ringler (IFPRI) and Nicole Lefore (Water for Food) argues that scaling small-scale irrigation equitably requires looking beyond the price tag and finding ways to improve farmers’ access to government support, while also strengthening the enabling environment of irrigation.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.ifpri.org/blog/are-subsidies-the-solution-for-costly-small-scale-irrigation-technologies/
CGIAR Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

More targeted forms of support can help farmers.

06/17/2026

: “Engines of Growth in Fragile Contexts: Launching the IFPRI–UNU-WIDER research partnership.”

📺 Watch the full recording here: https://bit.ly/EGFragile
📰 Read the full press release: https://on.cgiar.org/4ur8lhg

UNU-WIDER CGIAR World Bank Group International Rescue Committee CCCPA

06/17/2026

Global debates on food systems transformation and nutrition-sensitive agriculture are increasingly interested in the conditions under which diversifying smallholder production leads to better diets and how this varies across market contexts.

This study examines how the association between farm production diversity and women's dietary diversity varies with remoteness in rural Nepal's contrasting geographies.

🖊️ Tushar Singh, Avinash Kishore, and Muzna Fatima Alvi
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2026.100923
CGIAR IFPRI-South Asia CGIAR

06/17/2026

🆕 : Country-level analysis: Iran War increasing global poverty and food insecurity.

The economic impacts flowing from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continue to reverberate, raising concerns across developing countries facing spiking global fuel and fertilizer prices. New economywide modeling conducted by IFPRI shows that high prices could increase global food insecurity and push more than 20 million into poverty across 20 developing countries.

🔗 Learn more about how the Iran war is having detrimental impacts on global poverty and food security: https://on.cgiar.org/4vdzxBk
🖋️ James Thurlow and Eleanor Jones
CGIAR