Related News Releases: India

In an interview with The Indian Express, Berber Kramer explains the comparative advantages of picture-based crop insurance. 

The Hindu Business Line published an op-ed co-authored by IFPRI's Senior Research Fellows Devesh Roy and Vinay Sonkar on the results of a study on Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in Bihar, India.

The Business Standard published an article evaluating the scope of the impact of increasing minimum support prices (MSP) on food prices in India. The article cites IFPRI's South Asia Director, P.K. Joshi, who advised that increased MSP will have an inflationary impact on some crops.

Business Standard published an article with comments from IFPRI's Senior Research Fellow Rasmi Avula, on stunting and obesity in India.

IndiaSpend published an article the potential impacts of climate change on food security and farming productivity, in South Asia.

Former IFPRI director Ashok Gulati was named to the board of the Reserve Bank of India, according to the Times of India. Gulati was previously chairman of India’s Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, and was director of IFPRI from 2001 to 2011. 

Director for South Asia Pramod K.

• India Hunger Levels Ranked as “Serious” in 2016
• The Country Scores 97^th out of 118—Behind Iran, Iraq, Nigeria and Bangladesh 

Claudia Ringler, Deputy Division Director of IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology Division, was interviewed by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt on water shortages in India. "Shortages are growing quite rapidly in many places in the world," she told the BBC. "And it's often due to a poor rainfall endowment as a result of climate change. Also another reason, of course, is a lack of investment in water supplies." Listen to the full interview here; Claudia's segment begins at 21:30.