The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that the Ministry of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare has rolled out the third phase of emergency cash transfers under the Covid-19 urban cash transfer intervention targeting 74 150 urba…
Business Mirror (The Philippines) published an article stating that the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture will develop the ASEAN Guidelines for the Utilization of Digital Technologies for ASEAN Food and Agri…
Dostor published an article that stated that the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development participated in preparing the chapter on the Middle East and North Africa in the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, which is issued by IFPRI. The chapter deals …
Papua New Guinea National published an op-ed by IFPRI staff—Research fellow Emily Schmidt, Senior Research Fellow Xinshen Diao, and Division Director Paul Dorosh (Development Strategy and Governance Division)-- on ways COVID-19 has impacted urban and r…
Business Standard published an op-ed by research fellow Anjani Kumar with co-authors, Shalander Kumar and Arabinda Kumar Padhee (ICRISAT) on the farm economy. Once the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown occurred, India’s general population took notice of migra…
CGTN (China) reported on the impact of COVID-19 on food security in Southeast Asia. The report quoted Senior Research Fellow, David Laborde Debucquet, who states, “One of the challenges for the next few months will be to make sure that farmers and work…
The New York Times reported on the global food crisis, a result of the COVID-19 health crisis. Director General Johan Swinnen, stated that there is no shortage of food globally, or mass starvation from the pandemic — yet. But logistical problems in pla…