Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers

This week’s collection includes articles on nutrient gaps and dietary adequacy among adolescent girls in rural north‑eastern Ghana, community-based targeting in social assistance programs, policy and regulation in seed sector development, the effect of teacher training and community literacy programming on teacher and student outcomes, and diets in rural South Asia. We’re also featuring the new book "What do we know about the future of food systems?", in case you missed the launch last week! This book dives into the future of food systems to examine how these systems can address multiple new challenges in the decades ahead.

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🔍 Nutrient gaps and dietary adequacy among adolescent girls in rural north‑eastern Ghana: The role of local food‑based approaches, school‑lunch and multiple‑micronutrient fortified biscuits — Azupogo et al., British Journal of Nutrition, July 2025. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114525103929

🔍 How much do our neighbors really know? The limits of community-based targeting — Trachtman et al., Journal of Development Economics, January 2026 (available online July 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103555 

🌱 Policy and regulation in seed sector development for vegetatively propagated crops: Insights from Kenya, Nigeria, and Vietnam — Spielman et al., Agricultural Systems, October 2025 (available online July 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104441 

🍛 What adults in rural South Asia eat and when they eat it: Evidence from Bangladesh, India, and Nepal — Scott et al., Journal of Nutrition, July 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.05.014 

📚 The effect of teacher training and community literacy programming on teacher and student outcomes — Chimbutane et al., Journal of Development Economics, January 2026 (available online July 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103578 

Carly Trachtman David Spielman Naureen Karachiwalla Jessica Leight Samuel Scott Sharvari Patwardhan Suman Chakrabarti, PhD Sumanta Neupane Swetha Manohar Purnima Menon Inge Brouwer CGIAR IFPRI Africa IFPRI-Bangladesh

What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems?

Food systems have achieved remarkable progress in recent decades, but moving forward, they will face significant challenges in delivering the many outputs and services we expect and need. This new book, edited by Keith Wiebe and Elisabetta Gotor, presents a collection of short chapters on the current state of knowledge about different aspects of the future of food systems, written by a diverse group of scientists from around the world with expertise in a wide range of related disciplines and regions.

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