Global food policy report 2025: Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world

Johan Swinnen and Christopher Barrett

in IFPRI books from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Over the past 50 years, the world’s food systems have evolved tremendously amid major economic, environmental, and social changes. Throughout this period, policy research has played a critical role in providing evidence and analysis to inform decision-making that supports agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security, nutrition, and well-being for all. As a special edition marking the Institute’s 50th anniversary, the 2025 Global Food Policy Report examines the evolution and impact of food policy research and assesses how it can better equip policymakers to meet future challenges and opportunities. The report’s thematic and regional chapters, written by leading IFPRI researchers and colleagues, explore the broad range of issues and showcase research related to food systems, from tenure and agriculture extension to social protection, gender, and nutrition to conflict, political economy, and agricultural innovation, and more. As we approach 2050, policy research and analysis will be essential to help end poverty and malnutrition by building sustainable healthy food systems.

Keywords: food policies; research; food systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-05-28
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Food policy research in low- and middle-income economies: Past, present, and future , pp 3-33

Christopher Barrett, Maria DiGiovanni and Johan Swinnen

Ch 2 Impact: Assessing the outcomes of IFPRI's research , pp 33-52

Sivan Yosef, Tamsin Zandstra, Frank Place and Suresh Chandra Babu

Ch 3 Agrifood systems: Transformation, structural change, and development , pp 53-72

Xinshen Diao, Margaret McMillan, Karl Pauw and James Thurlow

Ch 4 Climate change: Understanding impacts on agrifood systems and evaluating policy options , pp 75-106

Mark W. Rosegrant, Elizabeth Bryan, Timothy S. Thomas and Keith D. Wiebe

Ch 5 Environmental sustainability: The intersection of agrifood systems with ecosystem health , pp 107-128

Claudia Ringler, Wei Zhang, Ephraim M. Nkonya, Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo and Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick

Ch 6 Tenure: Policy research on resources, rights, and equity , pp 139-156

Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick, Isabel B. Lambrecht, Frank Place, Uchendu Eugene Chigbu, Iliana Monterroso and Diana Suhardiman

Ch 7 Food value chains: Transformations in low- and middle-income countries , pp 157-192

Thomas Reardon, Bart Minten, Sudha Narayanan and Johan Swinnen

Ch 8 Agricultural extension services: From transfer of technology to facilitation for innovation , pp 195-220

Kristin E. Davis, Rikin Gandhi, Jawoo Koo, Berber Kramer, Alesha Miller, Jona Repishti, David Spielman and Rasheed Sulaiman V.

Ch 9 Quality seeds, improved varieties: The economics of crop genetic improvement and farmer uptake , pp 221-244

Berber Kramer and David Spielman

Ch 10 Agricultural insurance: Policies and programs for reducing farmer risk , pp 245-264

Francisco Ceballos, Peter B. R. Hazell, Ruth Vargas Hill and Berber Kramer

Ch 11 Social protection programs: Building the evidence , pp 267-292

Daniel O. Gilligan, Akhter Ahmed, Harold Alderman, Alan de Brauw, Melissa Hidrobo, Kalle Hirvonen, John Hoddinott, Jessica Leight, Shalini Roy and Alemayehu Taffesse

Ch 12 Nutrition and diets: Research and action, looking back to move forward , pp 293-316

Stuart Gillespie, Marie T. Ruel, Jef L. Leroy, Deanna K. Olney and Anusara Singhkumarwong

Ch 13 Fragility and conflict: Addressing crises and building resilient food systems , pp 317-340

Kibrom A. Abay, Kate Ambler, Jeffrey R. Bloem, Katrina Kosec and Khalid Siddig

Ch 14 Gender research: Metrics and policies for greater equity and inclusion , pp 341-364

Agnes R. Quisumbing, Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick, Hazel J. Malapit, Jessica Heckert, Berber Kramer and Bjorn Van Campenhout

Ch 15 Political economy and governance: Agriculture and food policy from local to global , pp 367-388

Jordan Kyle, Danielle Resnick and Jonathan Mockshell

Ch 16 Agrifood trade: Changing challenges, changing perspectives on policy and policy research , pp 389-412

Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, Madhur Gautam, Joseph W. Glauber, Will Martin, Valeria Piñeiro, Sherman Robinson, Fousseini Traoré and Rob Vos

Ch 17 Agricultural innovation policies: Prioritizing investments and promoting uptake and impacts at scale , pp 413-440

Catherine Ragasa, David Spielman and John K. Lynam

Ch 18 Financing: From supporting agricultural production to transforming food systems , pp 441-468

Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla

Ch 19 Regional developments: Africa [in 2025 GFPR] , pp 471-486

John M. Ulimwengu, Steven Were Omamo, Ousmane Badiane and Samuel Benin

Ch 20 Regional developments: Central Asia [in 2025 GFPR] , pp 487-506

Kamiljon T. Akramov, Isabel B. Lambrecht, Suresh Chandra Babu and Sharanya Rajiv

Ch 21 Regional developments: South Asia [in 2025 GFPR] , pp 507-524

Shahidur Rashid, S. Mahendra Dev, Pramod Kumar Joshi and Purnima Menon

Ch 22 Regional developments: East and Southeast Asia [in 2025 GFPR] , pp 525-540

Kevin Z. Chen, Yunyi Zhou, Ke Kou and Shenggen Fan

Ch 23 Regional developments: Latin America and the Caribbean [in 2025 GFPR] , pp 541-554

Valeria Piñeiro, Brian McNamara, Joaquín Arias Segura and Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla

Ch 24 Regional developments: Middle East and North Africa [in 2025 GFPR] , pp 555-567

Sikandra Kurdi, Ganna Hassan, Nina Jovanovic and Linda Steinhuebel-Rasheed

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