The photo-infographic series below has been produced by Farming First in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in conjunction with the 2020 Conference.
Highlights from Conference Brief 8- Resilience: a primer
Resilience, a term once reserved for such fields as ecology and psychology, is now being referenced in international development circles. Does it add anything new and useful to development theory and practice or is it simply more jargon? IFPRI senior research fellow John Hoddinott prefaces his conference brief with a definition of resilience in >> Read more
Highlights from Conference Brief 1: Measuring resilience in a risky world
If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. In applying a popular business adage to an international development-based resilience framework, researchers Chris Barrett and Derek Headey the case for long-term, high-frequency measurement and analysis of individual, household, and community resilience in the world’s most vulnerable regions. Their conference brief and related 2020 conference paper outline >> Read more
Brochure on “Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security”
What does resilience mean? What shocks can we expect in the future? Whose resilience needs to be built? What has worked to improve resilience for food and nutrition security in the past, and what are the key knowledge gaps?
Perspectives on Resilience: Video Clips
Want to learn more about why resilience matters for food and nutrition security? Interested to hear what policymakers, leaders in nongovernmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders have to say about this important topic? Visit our YouTube channel to watch short videos from a range of perspectives, or click on the links below >> Read more
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Inventory of IFPRI work on resilience
Explore our compilation of IFPRI researchers’ work on resilience within food and nutrition security, published in both IFPRI and external outlets.
Definitions of resilience
This document is a compilation of various definitions of resilience within the academic and gray literature. To suggest a definition to add to the list, please email the definition and its source to IFPRI-2020Resilience@cgiar.org. IFPRI will review all submissions for suitability, and update the list regularly. Download definitions document
