Asian Review (Japan) published an article on air pollution in India, particularly New Delhi. The 21-day lockdown, ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of COVID-19 has improved air quality with factories idle, no cars on roads, …
Farming Portal (South Africa) reported on water management, gains in efficiency, productivity, and use. The article stated that a recent IFPRI study found that 4.8 billion people – more than half the world’s population – and approximately half of globa…
The Impakter reported on the importance of managing water more sustainably. The article wrote that by 2050, thirsty croplands could become a barrier to food security. World Resources Institute’s new tool, Our new tool, Aqueduct Food, maps current and f…
Cenadin, AC reported on current food systems are failing consumers and the necessity to convert our healthy food system, which allows the environmental sustainability of the planet and contributes to social equity. IFPRI’s Director of Latin America & t…
FutureEarth published an opinion blog by Deputy Division Director and Senior Research Fellow Claudia Ringler and coauthors on the impact of water stresses on food security. The authors outlined how reliable access to water influences agricultural devel…
Daily News (Tanzania) profiled Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya. The profile highlights Tanzanian-born Nkonya's years of work and research in agricultural development. The article also discusses his life and education from childhood to university,…
The Opinion Express (India) published an article on air quality in India. The article referenced a study by IFPRI (Avinash Kishore and Samuel Scott) and partners that losses from stubble are more than $30 billion, including the economic loss and associ…
ScienceNet (China) reported on an international research team of more than 100 experts including IFPRI researchers who confirmed the benefits of biodiversity for agricultural development. Senior Research Fellow Wei Zhang explained that different relati…
Washington, D.C.:Bangladesh’s recent aquaculture growth has defied predictions so much that it deserves to be called a “Blue Revolution.” Even though aquaculture has enabled over 2 million Bangladeshis to escape poverty from 2000-2010, the country’s f…
Reuters reported on the Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC), an insurance scheme that provides security for a farmer’s loan by paying it down if the harvest is damaged by extreme weather. Senior Research Fellow Liangzhi You, a scientist with tIFPRI, which c…