International Food Policy Research Institute

17.04.2008 Disabled people in Yola, Nigeria, who previously believed begging was their only means to an income, have gained economic independence and new livelihoods by starting a shoemaking business.

15.04.2008 Addis Ababa is the site of a unique new marketplace where buyers and sellers can come together to trade and be assured of quality, delivery, and payment in goods like coffee, wheat, and maize.

09.04.2008 The sharp increase in food prices over the past couple of years has raised serious concerns about the food and nutrition situation of poor people in developing countries, about inflation, and — in some countries — about civil unrest. Joachim von Braun reports.