International Food Policy Research Institute

The International Food Policy Research Institute was established in 1975 to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting food needs of the developing world on a sustainable basis, with particular emphasis on low-income countries and on the poorer groups in those countries. While the research effort is geared to the precise objective of contributing to the reduction of hunger and malnutrition, the factors involved are many and wide-ranging, requiring analysis of underlying processes and extending beyond a narrowly defined food sector. The Institute’s research program reflects worldwide collaboration with governments and private and public institutions interested in increasing food production and improving the equity of its distribution. Research results are disseminated to policymakers, opinion formers, administrators, policy analysts, researchers, and others concerned with national and international food and agricultural policy.

IFPRI is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and receives support from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Centre de cooption internationale en recherche agronomique pour le dloppement (CIRAD), China, Denmark, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Ford Foundation, France, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ), India, Inter-American Development Bank, International Development Research Centre (Canada), International Fund for Agricultural Development, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Overseas Development Institute, the Philippines, Rockefeller Foundation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund, United States, and the World Bank.