The Compact2025 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) held its first meeting just after the formal launch of the initiative. Experts came together from the public and private sectors, civil society, and academia, and from various fields, including agriculture, nutrition, and health. They discussed how Compact2025 can make the most effective and efficient impacts in focal countries […]
Compact2025 formally launched
On November 18, 2015, IFPRI officially launched Compact2025, a bold new initiative to end hunger and undernutrition by 2025.
Eager to end hunger and undernutrition: Rwanda on board as focal country
Rwanda’s economic progress in the 20 years since its devastating civil war and genocide has been well-documented. The country has also dramatically reduced its hunger levels, making one of the biggest improvements in hunger scores in the last 15 years, according to the Global Hunger Index. However, challenges remain—30 percent of the population is undernourished […]
A forward-thinking government: Malawi joins Compact2025
Malawi has recently experienced great challenges to its food security situation. At the beginning of 2015, the country saw the worst flooding in its living memory, followed by delayed rainfall and prolonged dry spells. In addition to property damage and lives lost, the toll was heavy on food production, destroying tens of thousands of hectares […]
Reaching for greater resilience and capacity: Ethiopia joins Compact2025
Ethiopia is one of the highest performing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The country has maintained a growth rate of over 11 percent for the last five years and its hunger level, according to the Global Hunger Index, has decreased by more than 40 percent since 2000. Yet a hunger is still high, and 40 percent […]
