IFPRI IN THE NEWS: 2005

December 14 The Endless Food Fight
Robert J. Samuelson. Washington Post
November 20 Brasher: African decries greedy Yanks
Philip Brasher. Des Moines Register
October 25 Surinder Sud: Continued neglect of rainfed lands
Business Standard
October 25 Rainfed agriculture: Realities, realisations and responses
The Daily Star
October 23 WTO outcome may be undesirable
The Financial Express
September 5 CGIAR to offer agri courses through ICTs
The Financial Express
August 17 Africa's 200 Million Empty Plates
Business Week
August 11 Hunger tends to threat more children in Africa: report
Xinhua News Agency
August 11 Africa Hunger Woes To Persist
CBS
August 11 U.S. says more needed to help Africa's hungry
Sue Pleming Reuters
August 11 SOUTHERN AFRICA: Report more positive about agricultural development in Southern Africa
IRIN
August 11 Soaring number of hungry in Africa, report says
AFP
August 4 GOFAR signs MoU with IGNOU
Chennai Online
August 1 Hunger is spreading in Africa
Abraham McLaughlin and Christian Allen Purefoy The Christian Science Monitor
July 28 Biotech: The Key to Food Security…or Not?
OneWorld U.S.
July 26 The Problems of Preventing Famine
Talk of the Nation National Public Radio program
July 19 Institutions Carry Out Research to Produce Modified Crops
Herald (Zimbabwe)
July 19 Smallholders and Changing Agriculture
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
July 19 Ghana's agric to improve if ... - Debrah
Ghana News Agency
July 18 Africa Urged to Use Biotechnology to End Hunger
This Day (Nigeria)
July 15 AFRICA: Research into GM crops critical to ending hunger - IFPRI
Reuters
July 15 Africa should warm to GM food
News 24
July 15 Research on engineered crops booms
Tamar Kahn Business Day (South Africa)
July 14 Africa 'losing out in GM divide'
Ishbel Matheson BBC
July 13 Africa missing out on biotech crops, researchers say
Lance Gay Scripps Howard News Service
July 2 Small farmers need infrastructure
United Press International
May 18 Lack of GM laws 'criminal', says Ugandan ex-minister
Peter Wamboga-Mugirya SciDev.Net
May 13 Water Situation: Is Kerala in Dire Straits?
K. P. Prabhakaran Nair Hindu Business Line
May 11 Why Not a Buyout Program for All Crops
Daryll E. Ray Western Farm Press
May 9 Groups Gearing up for Farm Bill Discussions
Cecil Yancy Southeast Farm Press
May 4 African Scientists Call for Trained Science Journalists
Peter Wamboga-Mugirya SciDev.net
May 3 Food Policy in Bangladesh: Issues and Perspectives
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
April 29 Research Plan
New Vision (Uganda)
April 19 Link between HIV/Aids and food emphasised
Jillian Green The Star (South Africa)
April 19 Malawi: Impact of Hunger Hastens Spread of HIV/Aids - New Study
IRIN
April 18 The Best Defence against AIDS, In the Long Run, Will Be Economic
Christina Scott IPS
April 17 Building Public-Private Partnerships for Innovation in Nicaraguan Agriculture
Muebles de Nicaragua (Nicaragua)
April 15 Aids hurting agriculture, making the poor poorer
Xoliswa Zulu The Mercury (South Africa)
April 14 The Link Between HIV/AIDS And Hunger The Subject Of Durban Conference By Joe De Capua Washington
Joe De Capua VOA
April 14 AIDS Ravaging Economies, Causing Hunger, Say Experts
Abid Aslam OneWorld US (USA)
April 14 Swift use of drugs needed to beat AIDS
Tamar Kahn Business Day (South Africa)
April 14 AIDS to Kill 1 in 5 Southern Africa Farmers - Experts
Peter Apps Reuters
April 14 Malnutrition hastens HIV/Aids
iafrica.com
March 29 Zambia: A Drought-prone Country turns to Cassava
IRIN News
March 22 Food for Thought
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
March 22 Trade, Not Aid, is What Africa Needs
Devesh Roy Financial Express (India)
March 15 Trade, industry being made WTO compliant
Daily Times (Pakistan)
March 15 Strategic policy decisions needed to stimulate pro-poor agricultural growth
The Hindu (India)
March 15 Easier farm trade regime to help India
The Economic Times (India)
March 15 Beneath The Surface Policy frames and poor farms
Abdul Bayes Daily Star (Bangladesh)
March 14 UN, Jimmy Carter Say Time Is Ripe to End Hunger
John Roach National Geographic.com
March 14 Cassava - Answer to Zambia's Food Security?
Mildred Mpundu Times of Zambia
March 13 Lower barriers to market access in trade, says Dr Braun
Ashok B Sharma Financial Express (India)
March 13 Donors fails to provide increased support to achieve MDGs: Bangladesh finance minister
BSS, the National News Agency of Bangladesh
March 12 Second Indus Basin Development, Strategy on Cards: Dr Salman
The News International (Pakistan)
March 12 Law for promoting biotech innovations under process
The Independent (Bangladesh)
March 12 6 million still beyond food safety net
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
March 12 Govt done well, despite donors' lack of support Saifur tells int'l seminar on food policy
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
March 12 Total economic development can ensure food security
The Independent (Bangladesh)
March 12 Trade agreements with China and Malaysia soon
Daily Times (Pakistan)
March 12 BNU-IFPRI seminar on reducing poverty: 63pc of population around poverty line
Daily Times (Pakistan)
March 11 How new fields in science can improve farm output
News Today (India)
March 11 Call for more investment in agriculture
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
March 8 Global Agri-trade Can Reduce Poverty
Economic Times (India)
March 8 Earth Institute Announces Results of Global Mapping Project
Directions Mag.com
March 8 Data shows surprising increase in global urban areas
Xinhua News
March 8 GRUMP mapping project finds urban areas increasing in surprising ways
Innovations-Report.com
March 8 PM calls for greater farm investment
Business Standard
March 8 Centre committed to second green revolution: Manmohan
Financial Express (India)
March 7 Plan panel to set up food security watch
Times of India
March 7 PM assures greater agricultural investments
Asian News International
March 7 2nd green revolution to focus on vegitables: PM
Press Trust of India
March 7 Private-public tie-up vital for growth: PM
Sify.com
March 7 Implementing nutrition schemes a challenge: Manmohan
Indo-Asian News Service
March 7 Govt to promote green revolution: PM
moneycontrol.com
March 7 PM promises 2nd green revolution
rediff.com
March 6 Buyouts could entice farmers
Philip Brasher. Des Moines Register
March 6 Global agri bodies working out plan to rehab tsunami victims
Ashok B Sharma. Financial Express. (India)
March 4 South Africa: Social Exclusion Traps People in Poverty, Report
IRIN News
March 3 Will Bharat Nirman make Bharat Mahaan? Agri research needs more resources and commensurate institutional reforms to be a catalyst for global competition
Ashok Gulati. Financial Express. (India)
March 3 Public Sector Researchers want say in GM Negotiations
Priya Shetty. SciDev.Net
March 2 Biotechnolgy Meeting Convenes Here
Eric Hand. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 2 Attack of the Killer Crops?
Ronald Bailey. Reason
March 1 Buyout of Farm Programs a Future Policy Option?
Hembree Brandon. Western Farm Press
February 25 Thinking Outside the Box: Is a Farm Program Buyout Beyond the Pale?
The Webster Agricultural Letter
February 24 Time to Empower Women in the Developing World
Harold Doan and Associates Ltd.
February 23 Women’s Empowerment Key to Turning Back Poverty – Researchers
Alison McCook. OneWorld U.S.
February 23 A Little Meat Adds a Lot to Poor Kids' Diets
Alison McCook. National Post (Canada)
February 22 Increasing Women’s Role in Food Security in Africa
BusinessWorld Online
February 19 World's poor cannot afford to lose agriculture trade benefits in 2005
BusinessWorld Online
February 18 Agribusiness: World's Poor Cannot Afford to Lose Agriculture Trade Benefits in 2005
BusinessWorld (The Philippine)
February 8 Ugandas Forscher züchten schädlingsresistente Kochbananen
von Dirk Bathe Die Welt (German)
February 8 Agriculture Liberalisation Boon for Consumers, Bane for Farmers
Raj Kumar K.C. The Rising Nepal (Nepal)
February 1 ‘Third World Countries Cannot Afford to Lose Agric Deals’
The Herald (Harare)
January 31 Strong alliance must for success of WTO Doha round
Hindu Business Line
January 31 One Billion People Live in Absolute Poverty
Jennifer Nakalema & Mahdi Ssenkabirwa. The Monitor ( Uganda)
January 27 Global Poverty Far from Being Eliminated
Manoj Nair. The Economic Times
January 20 2020 Vision Report on agriculture
John Spence. Trinidad & Tobago Express
January 19 Tsunami-Länder: v. Pierer fordert Öffnung der Agrarmärkte
WirtschaftsWoche
January 14 Burden no lighter for Africa’s women
Sheen Msusa. Business in Africa
January 13 Now, a distance university for ryots
V. Muthukumaran. News Today (India)
January 12 US-based CGIAR to Sign Pact with IGNOU for Programmes in Agri
Press Trust
January 12 Scientists Working on 21 GM Crops
Financial Express (India)
January 11 Agricultural Reforms Best Help for Tsunami-Hit Countries
Jim Lobe. OneWorld.net
January 11 Lessons Learnt should Help Meet Food Needs after Tsunami
G. Venkataramani. The Hindu
January 9 Record Donations out of Self Interest
Welt am Sonntag
January 6 Poorer Nations Turn to Publicly Developed GM Crops
Joel I Cohen Nature Biotechnology
January 1 The need for agricultural and institutional innovation
Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa. New Agriculturist

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