Press Statement
by Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
March 12, 2014
February 5, 2014, Washington D.C.–Aquaculture–or fish farming–will provide close to two thirds of global food fish consumption by 2030 as catches from wild capture fisheries level off and demand from an emerging global middle class, especially in China, substantially increases.
14 January 2014, Rome Italy—On 16 January, Ambassadors and representatives from Arab countries, researchers, and development partners will gather in Rome, Italy to discuss how the Arab region can work to reduce the impact of crises like conflict, natural disasters and global spikes in food prices, especially on the rural poor.
October 14, 2013, Washington D.C.—The developing world is becoming more vulnerable to a variety of shocks and stressors, from extreme weather events, climate change and environmental degradation to population pressures, macroeconomic crises, conflict, and poor governance.
May 21, 2013, CAIRO – Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years according to joint reports released today by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the government’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Inquirer.Net (The Philippines) writes, "Based on a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute, climate change is expected to put 2 million more people at risk of hunger by 2050 and cost about P145 billion every year."
The Guardian wrote a story about the 2016 Global Hunger Inde
Bangladesh’s Financial Express mentioned the Global Nutrition Report
IFPRI's Maximo Torero, Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, was quoted in a Reuters story about land rental markets in Brazil.
Vivian Hoffman's work on health subsidies was featured in Science magazine. Her study with three other researchers was feautured in the August 26 issue.
The Global Nutrition Report was mentioned in an article about food waste for Huffington Post.
IFPRI's David Orden was interviewed by CCTV America for a piece about farming subsidies. The segment is in Chinese but Orden's interview—which starts at the 2:30 mark—is in English. Take a look at the full video here.
IFPRI's work was mentioned in an op-ed for The Himalayan Times by Gopal Tiwari and Deepa Shakya. The writers mentioned that IFPRI "has cautioned that Nepal's food security is in a tailspin" in a piece that examines recovery strategies following last year's devastating earthquakes.
Agricultural research spending has rapidly increased since the turn of the millennium: from 190 crore rupees in 2000 to 330 crore rupees in 2014
Challenges lie ahead to reach investment targets, gender equality, and agricultural university reform
A Reuters article on malnutrition’s effect on Ghana’s economy mentions the 2016 Global Nutrition Report.
Reuters published an article
The Hindu published an article about India’s continuing battle with malnutrition.