IFPRI and FAO announce a new four year partnership and online platform

On 4 December 2015, a four-year partnership agreement was signed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to improve diets, strengthen agricultural research to combat hunger, and track international progress toward more food security and better nutrition.

The two agencies will collaborate on important areas such as policy guidelines for healthy diets and to develop a diet-diversity index. Drawing on IFPRI’s strength in research and FAO’s access to policy processes, they will also work on policy and analysis relating to sustainable food systems to improve food security and nutrition at the country level.

The agreement was signed just before the launch of a shared FAO-IFPRI online platform to measure and reduce food loss and waste. The Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste was conceptualized during the Turkish Presidency of the G20 and in May 2015, FAO and IFPRI were tasked to develop and launch the initiative.

“It (the platform) will bring new expertise and knowledge for improving metrics. It will also respond to countries’ need for knowledge and good practices,” – José Graziano da Silva, Director General of FAO.

Learn more about the partnership at FAO

Visit the FAO-IFPRI online platform