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Bernama (Malaysia) published an article describing comments from Minister, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Lingg (Nanta) about a sales promotion titled Jualan Keluarga Malaysia (Malaysian Family Sale) will be held in all of the 222 parliamentary constituencies twice a month on a monthly basis beginning December 4 as part of the government’s efforts to ensure consumers get necessities at […]

Food for Mzansi (South Africa) published an article stating that global action to limit human-induced warming could give Mzansi enough time to secure enough water to sustain its people. Otherwise, according to researchers, climate shifts by the middle of the next decade may well make Day Zero situations more common. Researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the […]

Paepard published an announcement about the new PIM book Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future and CGIAR’s research on gender over the past decade. The book presents a shift away from a typical, instrumentalist outlook focused on how gender analysis can contribute to research objectives, such as improved productivity. Over 55 gender researchers who […]

Successful Farming published an article stating that China is buying less in U.S. crops and livestock than expected, particularly soybeans, and America’s ag exports are feeling the pinch. Sales are forecast at a record $175.5 billion this fiscal year, said the USDA on Tuesday, but just like the record set last year, the crest was not as high […]

Pro Kerala published an article on how IFPRI in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), and SAARC Development Fund (SDF) have launched a project for scaling up climate smart agriculture in South Asia. The consortium kicked-off with an initial pilot investment of about $3.1 million provided by IFAD, SAC, IFPRI and […]

Agency Cofin published an article stating that Rwanda is preparing, with the help of its partners, for post-covid economic recovery. As such, a number of sources of financing have been implemented in order to facilitate the recovery of the various key sectors of the economy. According to IFPRI, the lockdown has increased the poverty rate by 10.9 percentage […]

All Africa published an article stating that 27 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), or about a quarter of the country’s population, face acute food insecurity since September 2021. This is what a study published this November by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) reveals. […]

Telos-Europe published an op-ed by research fellows, Antoine Bouet, Julie Kurtz, and another co-author write that, “As INSEE publishes the results of a study showing that inequalities in living standards and monetary poverty remained stable in France in 2020 thanks to the exceptional measures taken by the government [1], it is interesting to ask whether the economic crisis linked to […]

Business Fast (UK) published an article on how the effects of climate change heighten the risks in agriculture and food production, the need to protect smallholder farmers has never been greater. ‘Farming is risky. Once you have insurance you create a foundation” said Pula insurance founder. Several other crop failure microinsurance initiatives are also under way to support […]

Maghress (Morocco) published an article on the results of a study to assess the impact of the AfCFTA on the Moroccan economy. Partnering with various NGOs including IFPRI, the study aims to assess the potential impacts of different African integration scenarios on the Moroccan economy and to prospect for public policy responses capable of maximizing the benefits of the future […]

Uzbekistan National News Agency published an article on recent graduation ceremonies where senior research fellow Kamiljon Akrimov was presented the award of an Honorary Doctorate, First Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Press Reader (Sunday Times – South Africa) published an article stating that three policy areas suggest implementable solutions that will help to ensure that SA emerges as a more equitable country according to Sherwin Gabriel and Channing Arndt. Before Covid-19, SA was mired with low growth, structural unemployment, and high inequality. Weaknesses in electricity and transport infrastructure, a […]

Linda Ikeji’s Blog published a blog post about former President Goodluck’s birthday, noting his accomplishments when he was the Nigerian president. In the post, Ikeji quoted IFPRI which said that he was the first Nigerian leader in 36 years to reduce hunger for which he received an award from the Food and Agricultural Organization. (Reach 1M) Also published in Monteo Z Live.com, Yabaleft Online.   

The Hindu published an article on the latest findings from the National Family Health Survey-5 stating that the births in institutional facilities, such as a hospital, improved by nearly eight percentage points but children who were either stunted or displayed signs of wasting only dropped by a maximum of three percentage points, shows a comparison of National Family […]

The Hindu published an op-ed from research fellow Sudha Narayanan. In the op-ed, Narayanan said that the challenge is that different States have different regulations and a different pace of reform in part due to the political stakes involved in tackling trader collusion in these markets. States need to go back to the basics and to the suggestions […]

Nature published an article on how what we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world. For researchers exploring future diets in some low- or middle-income nations, one hurdle is finding out what people are eating in the first place. “It’s literally like a black box […]

Scroll.in published an interview with research fellow Sudha Narayanan where she discussed what drives the demand for reforms, why the government failed to pass the farm laws, and why India needs to focus on the farmer every time it talks about changing Indian agriculture. It might be useful to think of reform as a process – something that we need […]

Hindustan Times published findings from the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS), which were released by the Union health ministry on November 24. Findings include that the improved sex ratio and sex ratio at birth is also a significant achievement; even though the real picture will emerge from the census, we can say […]

A policy shift focusing on nutritious foods and consumers.

As COVID-19 pandemic disruptions continue, policies should address shifting effects.