Global Food Policy Report
A review of major developments in food policy around the world, highlighting the urgent need for rural revitalization to achieve the SDGs
PREFACE
A word from IFPRI
The 2019 Global Food Policy Report reviews major food policy developments and events from the past year. In this eighth annual report, leading researchers, policymakers, and practitioners explore the potential of rural revitalization to improve rural lives and meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
Shenggen Fan
Director General, IFPRI
Themes
Rural revitalization is timely, achievable, and, most important, critical to ending hunger and malnutrition in just over a decade.
chapter one
FOOD POLICY IN 2018–2019
chapter two
RURAL REVITALIZATION
chapter three
POVERTY, HUNGER, AND MALNUTRITION
chapter four
EMPLOYMENT AND LIVELIHOODS
chapter five
GENDER EQUALITY
chapter six
ENVIRONMENT
chapter seven
RENEWABLE ENERGY
chapter eight
GOVERNANCE
chapter nine
EUROPE’S EXPERIENCE
Regions
Now the time has come for rural revitalization—to make rural areas more productive, sustainable, healthy, and attractive places to live.
Africa
The potential of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement’s potential
Latin America & Caribbean
Impetus to rural growth from small- and medium-sized towns
Central Asia
Growing interconnectivity including transportation, investment, and trade
Middle East & North Africa
Direct and indirect impacts of continuing conflict on food security and growth
East & Southeast Asia
Escalating global trade tensions affecting agricultural opportunities
South Asia
Rural transformation and growth of the rural nonfarm sector
Indicators
Decisionmakers and policy analysts need solid evidence and timely information to develop and implement effective food policies.
ASTI
Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
FPRCI
Food Policy Research Capacity Indicators
IMPACT
International Model for Policy Analysis of
Agricultural Commodities and Trade
SPEED
Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development
TFP
Agricultural Total Factor Productivity