The African Development Bank Group published an interview with director general Johan Swinnen. Swinnen discussed food systems, food security, and the challenges that present themselves. He said, "The picture looked bad before COVID-19, but hunger for t…
NHK World interviewed Shenggen Fan and others as part of a documentary on forests, oceans, climate, and biodiversity. NHK reports that we are facing a crisis. Without major changes over the next decade, their destruction will be irreversible, leading t…
BNN Bloomberg published an article that working the land can be a dangerous occupation because of longstanding religious and ethnic tensions and, more recently, organized crime. That’s as farmers already were having to contend with flooding or drought.…
Welternaehrung (Welthungerhilfe [Germany]) published an op-ed by Athur Mabiso and Senior Research Fellow Rui Benfica. The authors write that there are two sides of the coin regarding youth in Africa. Africa has the youngest and fastest growing populat…
UNB (United News of Bangladesh) reported on the recent sea level rise. Researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ohio State University conducted the study, “ Coastal climate change, soil salinity and human migration…
Voice of America (Ukraine) published an article stating, Economic decline, deteriorating health care, rising domestic violence- the coronavirus pandemic is multiplying a number of other important problems in the world. As the harvest season approaches…
De Standaard (Belgium) published an article about how the effects of Western lockdowns trickle down into other parts of the world. Using Egypt as an example, an IFPRI blogpost, Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt…
Medical New s reported on IFPRI's 2020 Global Food Policy Report and its findings and recommendations. Johan Swinnen, the report's lead author and IFPRI's director general, says that “control measures such as limited interactions that countries have bee…
Scidev.net published an article on findings and recommendations of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). The article quoted Director General Johan Swinnen and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. Swinnen states, "As the world struggles to battle the COVID-19 pande…
Tekk.TV (Germany) published an article on the 2020 Global Food Policy Report that states to build more resilient, climate-friendly, and healthier food systems that help people weather these types of shocks, policymakers must make sure that these system…