November 16, 2023, Rome — The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative reaches a new milestone today as it expands its global partnership to include four new partners – the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health
"With duties, export bans, and other restrictions, New Delhi is harming the same developing nations it claims to want to lead,"
"Export restrictions and extreme weather are threatening the global supply of a staple commodity relied on by millions," writes the Financial Times.
"Countries have imposed restrictions on the food they export to protect their own supplies from the combined effect of the war in Ukraine, El Nino’s threat to food production and increasing damage from climate change," writes the Associated Press.
Politics Today included the IFPRI book "The Russia-Ukraine Conflict & Global Food Security", edited by Joseph Glauber (senior research fellow) and David Laborde (formerly a senior research fellow) in its selection of most significant recent books addressing chall
Work on the implications of the Ukraine crisis on food systems and research on trade, food standards, and poverty recognized
"Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country’s Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling," Associated Press writes in
DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s efforts to build resilience to climate-related and human-made shocks and stressors have been shown to boost food security, while also strengthening social cohesion and improving the prospects for peace in Burkina Faso and Niger - a new study reveals.
"Food insecurity and undernourishment are deepening lately in the South Asia including Nepal, according to the 2023 Global Food Policy Report prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute," writes Nepal News in a
“The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has called upon countries to rethink food crisis responses and build a resilient system that can withstand frequent volatility and shocks,” Dhaka Tribune writes in a piece
AP News interviewed Joseph Glauber, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow, for an article about the Kakhovka dam destruction in southern Ukraine and the potenti
"The sharp increase in the price of red meat led to a decline in its consumption in Egypt," reports Al Jazeera.
"Food resilience will be a key factor in overcoming various crises," writes Beijing News (China) in a piece on the launch of the 2023 Global Food Policy Report.
"A shift towards permanent 'crisis resilience' from short-term aid is crucial to mitigate increasingly frequent shocks to the global food system and tackle rising global hunger, say food policy researchers," writes SciDev.Net in a piece featuring IFPRI's 2023 Global Food Policy Research.
"There is a need to invest beyond short-term fixes to build food systems that are more resilient and equitable," writes Down to Earth in a story about IFPRI's 2023
Washington, D.C. The 2023 Global Food Policy Report, released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today, offers critical evidence that can help policymakers, the private sector, and the international development community heed calls for a more proactive response to food system shocks.
In a report on food security across the world since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, East Asia Forum (Australia) writes that "major food supply chains, especially for wheat, corn, an
Within about a week of Russia crossing into eastern Ukraine in the dawn of Feb.
The Daily Star (Bangladesh), in its review of the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on the people of Bangladesh, quotes a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute released in July [2022] which said "Since the wheat grain supply is highly dependent on imports, we expect changes in world prices to hav
Politico interviewed Joseph Glauber, IFPRI senior research fellow, for an article about the escalating rhetoric ahead of talks to extend a UN-brokered deal, that, since last July, has made it possible for Ukraine to export more than 20 million tons of food.