IFPRI IN THE NEWS: 2004

December 29 Proactive Agro-Policy to Help Reduce S. Asian Poverty
Staff Writer. The Rising Nepal
December 28 Supermarket Giants Crush Central American Farmers
Cella W. Dugger The New York Times
December 23 Donor Fatigue Leaves 2.8m People Hungrier in Southern Africa
Moyiga Nduru Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) (South Africa)
December 20 Targeting of Agriculture Subsidies Needed
Ashok Sharma The Financial Express
December 10 Banning Fishing
Chris Delgado's interview by BBC World Service’s "Analysis" radio program for a feature on the plight of global marine fisheries.
December 1 Time to focus on 5 m positive people
World AIDS Day Commentary by Stuart Gillespie. Financial Express
November 27 Viewpoints: Food for all?
BBC News
November 23 Kirwa Cites Cause of Food Insecurity
Kenya Times
November 23 Crean la Universidad Abierta Global de Agricultura y Alimentacion
Noticiero Agropecuario (Venezuela)
October 25 NEPAD Food-Reserve Study Gets Go-Ahead for Action
Accra Daily Mail
October 25 'Mom killers' and convents
Juan Mercado. Philippine Daily Inquirer
October 14 Breaking the Links Between Conflict and Hunger in Africa
IFPRI Press Statement. OneWorld Africa
October 13 World Food Day to Celebrate Rice
Jakarta Post
September 28 Behind the Border Basics
Abdul Bayes. Daily Star (Bangladesh)
September 23 Delegates Underscore Need for Uniform Policies
Tinotenda Mabwe. The Herald (Harare)
September 21 Indian farmers losing $1.1 bn to rich countries
Indo-Asian News Service
September 21 The economics research industry
Abdul Bayes. Daily Star (Bangladesh)
September 17 New Program to Strengthen Ethiopia’s Rural Development Strategy launched
Addis Tribune
September 16 ETHIOPIA: Top official rejects criticism of land policy
IRIN News
September 16 New Program to Strengthen Ethiopia’s Rural Development Strategy launched
Walta Information Center (Senegal)
September 15 Recherche Agricole: Une Téléuniversité Mondiale au Service des Pays en Développement
Le Soleil (Senegal)
September 13 Sequencing Of Global Trade Reforms Is Crucial
Financial Express (India)
September 7 Agric Most Paying Investment – WB
New Vision (Uganda)
September 1 Launch of Global University for agriculture
New Agriculturist
August 25 New Report on Food Security
Cole Mallard. Voice of America
August 20 Food: Quantity and Quality
Accra Mail (Ghana)
August 20 Third of Africans Undernourished
Business Day (Johannesburg)
August 5 Rural development key for high growth
Reuters
August 3 Experts warn Africa could be casualty of WTO deal
Business Report (South Africa)
July 29 Dr. Kisamba's Tough Life Pays Dividends
Interview: Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa. New Vision (Kampala)
July 29 Food for thought
The Economist
July 17 Essays in honour of Manmohan, the professor
Article about book edited by IFPRI Board Chair Isher Ahluwali, containing a chapter by Ashok Gulati. Hindu Business Line
July 3 Small loans, big dreams: Microfinance projects enrich life in poor nations
Vanessa Hua. San Francisco Chronicle
June 29 Can Indian agriculture reap a rich harvest?
Ashok Gulati. Economic Times (India)
June 22 Reeling Rounds, Reading Realities
Abdul Bayes. The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
June 15 $14bn cost of protecting oceans
Paul Rincon. BBC News Online
June 11 Wounding Earth's Fragile Skin
Jocelyn Kaiser. Science
June 10 Ending the Cycle of Famine in the Horn of Africa, Raising Agricultural Productivity, and Promoting Rural Development in Food Insecure Countries
White House press release.
June 9 A Village Marches on Its Stomach
Ashok Gulati and S. Mahendra Dev. Economic Times (India)
June 7 CGIAR System on Way to Viability and Progress
Ashok B. Sharma. Financial Express (India)
June 6 Combate à desnutrição
Interview: Denise Coitinho. Globo-news Radio call-in show "Talk to America" from the Voice of America
Television interview in Portuguese. A media player (Real Media Player or Windows Media Player) is necessary for listening. To access the interview, go to June 6 on the date ruler and click on the only program of that day.
June 6 Shift to High-value Crops, Farmers Told
The Hindu (India)
June 5 Small Farmers Need Marketing Assistance
The Hindu (India)
June 3 Biotechnology and the Global Food Supply
Radio call-in show "Talk to America" from the Voice of America
A media player (Real Media Player or Windows Media Player) is necessary for listening.
May 31 IFPRI Moots Five-pronged Strategy to Break WTO Talks Deadlock
Financial Express (India)
May 28 Experts: Educational Investment Plays Vital Role in Poverty Reduction
Xinhua News Agency
May 27 Recherches et Politiques Alimentaires: L’IFPRI et le NEPAD Renforcent Leur Coopération
Le Soleil (Senegal)
May 27 Global Body Moots Farm Trade Reforms
Hindu Business Line
May 24 Converting Policy Research into Policy Decisions: The Role of Communication and the Media
Drum Beat, the Communication Initiative’s e-magazine
May 24 Enhanced Collaboration with NEPAD to Reduce Poverty and Hunger in Africa
The Accra Mail (Ghana)and allAfrica.com
May 21 WTO Hands a Critical Victory to African Farmers
Yale Global Online
May 16 High yields in rice fields: How Bangladesh plans to end hunger
Mostafa Kamal Majumder. The New Nation [Bangladesh]
May 12 Year Of Rice
Financial Express [India]
May 7 A time to turn rhetoric into action
Interview: Joachim von Braun OneWorld Radio
May 6 Feeding the hungry
The Economist
May 1 Assuring food and nutrition security in Africa: putting the pillars in place
New Agriculturist
May 1 Points of View: Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020
New Agriculturist
May 1 Perspective: Conflict, HIV/AIDS and Food Security in Africa
Graça Machel. New Agriculturist
May The Bluewater Revolution
Charles C. Mann. Wired
April Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020
Radio interviews and coverage of the 2020 Africa Conference, AGFAX
Click on View Radio and choose "Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020"
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April 22 Food Security:Big Farmers or Peasants?
Benjamin Thompson. Guardian [Tanzania]
April 8 Securite Alimentaire Et Nutritionnelle: L’Afrique trace la voie à suivre
Le Soleil [Senegal]
April 2 Food Security Depends on Access to Western Markets
IPS
April 2 Museveni Writes to Bush Over Agoa
allAfrica.com/New Vision
April 2 Museveni, Obasanjo, Wade want AGOA defined anew
IPP Media
April 2 Ending conflict is the key
news24.com
April 2 International food security conference in Africa
Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
April 1 Africa: Moves to End Hunger By 2020
allAfrica.com
April 1 Address Unfair Trade Terms
allAfrica.com/New Vision
April 1 Food Security Meet Opens Today
allAfrica.com/New Vision
April 1 Nigerian President Criticizes Western, African Farming
VOANews.com
April 1 Trade policies hurting Africa
news24.com
March 31 50 States to Attend Kampala Food Meet
allAfrica.com/New Vision
March 30 Presidents Obasanjo, Wade Coming
allAfrica.com/New Vision
March 29 Poor distribution, armed conflicts, AIDS threaten African food security
Xinhua News Agency
March 23 "Scandal Of Malnutrition" Plagues World, U.N. Official Says
Jim Wurst. UN Wire
March 21 Agriculture offers huge potentials for South Asia
New Nation
March 19 Uganda To Host Food Conference
New Vision
March 19 Uganda To Host Food Conference
Xinhua News Agency
March 19 Group Hits At Supermarkets
Maore Ithula. East African Standard
March 18 More investment needed for farm research
The Hindu
March 16 Recherches sur les politiques alimentaires : Une conference internationale pour definir une vision commune
Le Soleil
March 12 Global Supermarkets Elbow Aside Small Farmers
Emad Mekay. Inter Press Service
March 11 Reappraisal of Modified Crops a Must
Ruth Rabinowitz. Business Day [Johannesburg]
March 10 Action plan to make India hunger-free by 2007
G. Venkataramani. The Hindu
March 1 US Prepared to Cut Agric Subsidies Alongside the EU
Isabella Gyau Orhin. Public Agenda [Ghana]
February 23 Food is again on Africa's agenda
Times of Zambia
February 16 People in the Know
Interview: Joachim von Braun. China Radio International
February 5 Africa Journal
Guest: Ephraim Nkonya. Africa Journal [live television call-in program broadcast by Worldnet]
January 25 Sahel states to discuss water shortages
Nouakchott. AFP
January 22 Farmer in the driver's seat
The Hindu
January 19 IFPRI Asks AP to Revamp Its Food Processing Sector
R. Ravichandran. Financial Express [India]
January 19 Développement rural: la presse imprégnée des urgences
M. Coulibaly. l'Essor
January 18 Independent ministry for food processing mooted
The Hindu
January 17 Workshop held on food processing and exports
Khojhyderabad.com
January 17 Report soon on food processing sector
Business Standard [India]
January 17 Efforts on to improve agriculture exports: Minister
The Hindu
January 17 Water conservation classes proposed
ABS-CBN.com [Philippines]
January 17 'Good governance' needed for food policy reforms
T. Francis Sundar Singh. News Today [India]
January 14 Sécurité alimentaire : quelle stratégie pour l'Afrique de l'ouest?
Fousséni Traoré. Le Républicain
January 14 Afrique de l'ouest: le défi fondamental de la sécurité alimentaire
M. Coulibaly. l'Essor
January 13 Rencontre régionale à Bamako contre la faim en Afrique de l'Ouest
Jeune Afrique l'intelligent
January 12 Sécurité alimentaire : Wade et Museveni en Ouganda en avril
Wal Fadjri. allAfrica.com
January 12 Ray: Will trade changes mean better prices?
Daryll Ray. Delta Farm Press
January 12 Sustainable high cropping main challenge
Reaz Ahmad. Daily Star [Bangladesh]

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