International Food Policy Research Institute
Budget
€111,000,000
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
10
1 FTE
EU Grants
€1,344,283
Mission & Goals
Established in 1975, the International Food Policy Research Institute provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Together with our partners, we generate needed evidence for country- and region-led policies that contribute to poverty reduction and help ensure that all people have access to safe, sufficient, nutritious, and sustainably produced food. Through multisectoral research and engagement with stakeholders, IFPRI informs effective policies, programs, and investments that contribute to productive livelihoods and sustainable, resilient, and equitable agriculture and food systems. IFPRI is a Research Center of CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, and the only CGIAR center solely dedicated to food policy research.
EU Legislative Interests
A) European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), current work on modification of Customs Duties applicable to fertilizers exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus (report to be produced by IFPRI under a contract with Mayer Brown Europe Brussels LLP, March 2025). B) CAP reform and repurposing of agricultural support. IFPRI leads global model-based analyses to assess feasible pathways to improved outcomes by repurposing current agricultural support and/or provision of additional support. The analyses have brought out potential trade-offs associated with certain options for agricultural policy reform. For instance, a World Bank-IFPRI report pointed out that aspects of EU’s CAP reform, specifically the conditioning of direct farm payments to switching to organic farming practices, could be counterproductive for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As an example, a political-economy assessment by IFPRI draws lessons from EU’s CAP reform efforts in recent decades to spell out options to overcome resistance to reform measures.
Communication Activities
A) Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; McNamara, Brian; Swinnen, Johan; and Vos, Rob. 2023. Financial imperatives to food system transformation. Nature Food 4: 531-533. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00785-y B) FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2022. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome, FAO. http://www.fao.org/3/cc0639en/cc0639en.pdf C) FAO, UNDP and UNEP. 2021. A multi-billion-dollar opportunity – Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems. In brief. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6683en D) Gautam, M., Laborde, D., Mamun, A., Martin, W., Piñeiro, V. and Vos, R. 2022. Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support: Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better and IFPRI. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/ba1411c4-3ccc-5b48-9a4d-bba039c9ab11/download E) Glauber, J. & Laborde, D. 2023. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to deliver affordable healthy diets, sustainably and inclusively: what is at stake? Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 22-05. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4348en F) UNFSS. 2021. Food Finance Architecture: Financing a Healthy, Equitable, and Sustainable Food System.. Washington D.C.: World Bank, Food and land Use Coalition and IFPRI for the UN Food System Summit. http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/868581632341928753/pdf/Food-Finance-Architecture-Financing-a-Healthy-Equitable-and-Sustainable-Food-System-Executive-Summary.pdf G) Vos, Rob, Martin, Will, & Resnick, Danielle. 2023. The political economy of reforming agricultural support policies. In The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World, eds. Danielle Resnick and Johan Swinnen. Chapter 3, Pp. 53-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198882121.003.0003 IFPRI’s Director General's participation in EU-sponsored events in the past two years: a) Africa-Europe Strategy Group on Agri-food Systems meeting on April 10 (represented by Were Omamo, IFPRI). (2025) b) Panel discussion on “Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries,” at the EconPol Europe Annual Conference in Brussels, Belgium. (2025) c) European Commission’s Strategic Forum (2024). d) Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture technical workshop, hosted by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium (2024). e) High-level EU conference “On track to 2030? Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU.” (2024) f) Council Working Party meeting on International Food and Agricultural Questions as a guest speaker to brief the 27 EU Member States on the geopolitics of food security (2024). g) Interviewed at Europe launch of the 2024 Global Food Policy Report in The Hague (2024) h) Market Outlook session "Presenting the EU Agri Outlook Report: Focus on the Changing Environment Driving Markets” at the 2024 EU Agricultural Outlook Conference (2024).
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/research/research-centers/ UN Global Compact: https://unglobalcompact.org/participation/report/cop/detail/483438
Organisation Members
IFPRI as an organization is a member of the abovementioned groups.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.