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The Financial Express (India) published an

Mongbay (India) reported on a new food system sustainability indicator that can be used to track changes in sustainability over time. Director of Capacity Strengthening Suresh Babu stated, “This metric is more useful to compare the status of countries in their food systems. In the context of India, one could use this metric to compare states of India, then policymakers will benefit more.

India’s Financial Express featured an opinion article by Research Analyst Smriti Verma. She wrote that despite zealous efforts made by government agencies toward doubling farmers' income by 2022, the state of farmers and agriculture has shown little or no improvement. New pathways can leverage India’s advantages of abundance in land, water, fertile soil, etc. 

The Hindu published an article about Odisha’s (India) work to improve nutrition. IFPRI’s research called for inter-department engagements to accelerate the nutrition outcome in Odisha. There is a need to improve sanitation, women’s education, and underlying poverty, to be able to tackle undernutrition.

LiveMint (India) published an article on the importance of the Mid-Day Meal in diets for Indian children. According to IFPRI, this policy has contributed to the gradual improvement in child malnutrition indicators.

The Opinion Express (India) published an article on air quality in India.

Economic Times/India Times published an article on diabetes in Indian youth. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon said, “There should be a full review of the nutritional composition of all foods in public programs as many of them are refined cereals and include sugar.

Outlook - The News Scroll reported on air pollution and how Haryana is addressing it. The article provided information from an IFPRI study on how the burning of crop residue, a common practice by Punjab and Haryana growers, leads to an estimated economic loss of over $30 billion annually, as well as being a leading risk factor for acute respiratory infection, especially among children.

Daily Hunt (UK) reported on new proposals from The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The Authority has proposed that schools not sell and serve junk food containing high amounts of salt, fat, and sugar in their canteens.

International Business Times (Singapore) published an article on the economic impact of stubble burning, an estimated economic loss of more than $30 billion, according to an IFPRI study, The study, Risk of acute respiratory infection from crop burning in India: estimating disease burden and economic welfare from satellite and national health survey data for 250,000 persons, co-authored b