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The Well News published an article summarizing a meeting at the National Press Foundation. One expert fears that increasingly high demand for grain worldwide coupled with China’s step-up in purchasing, stockpiling, and agricultural subsidizing could disrupt global grains prices and availability and influence grain distribution around the world. “[These policies] give China an inroad into global grains trade in a […]

Paepard published a summary and video of the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit (July 27 and 28) set the stage for the culminating global event in September by bringing together diverse actors from around the world to leverage the power of food systems to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Custodian, Gender and […]

The Nation (Kenya) published an article on the latest findings from ICRISAT and IFPRI. The research was conducted in 11 countries and published in Frontiers in Nutrition. The research further shows that diabetic people who consumed millet as part of their daily diet their blood glucose levels drop by between 12-15 percent. “Millets are grown on all inhabited […]

The Conversation published an op-ed by senior research fellow, Danielle Resnick on the upcoming elections in Zambia. Resnick writes, “Whoever wins Zambia’s 2021 general elections will face two key challenges: reviving the country’s democratic credentials and stimulating the economy. To achieve this, the new administration must have at least four priorities. These are regaining credibility with the […]

Washington Post published an op-ed by senior research fellow Danielle Resnick on the upcoming elections in Zambia. Like other African nations, Zambia’s elections, in 1991, marked a wave of democratic transitions. However, Zambia has since experienced a significant reversal of its democratic gains, as detailed in a recent Amnesty International report. In Zambia, democratic erosion. Today, Zambian […]

Research shows for the first time the benefits of a key type of social protection program extend years later to the children of recipients.

Washington, DC: Three researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) were recognized today with prestigious awards from the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).  Agnes Quisumbing, Claudia Ringler, and Johan Swinnen were all named Honorary Life Members of the Association. The award is the highest honor granted by the association, bestowed in recognition of career […]

AUG 24, 2021 – 06:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT. This session will showcase new insights into the multiple and synergistic roles of water in food systems and for the nutrition that was deliberated during the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. 

A call to action on a problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pre-Summit; School Meals, Reframing Time Poverty; and more

The Times (Malawi) published an article stating that two think tanks, IFPRI and Akademiya2063, have urged Malawi to move towards a more comprehensive food systems approach by way of diversified production. The joint study found that dominated by few products, agriculture remains the main sector of Malawi’s economy, accounting for about 80 percent of total export earnings and labor […]

Germanic News published an article stating that a recent analysis of changes in the nutritional value of foods and beverages sold in English supermarkets between 2015 and 2018 showed no change in calorie, sugar, or salt content of products.  Solutions are manifold, but Senior Research Fellow Stuart Gillespie says, “We need carrots as well as sticks when seeking to address […]

Paepard published a summary report of the UNFSS Pre-Summit event. The event serves as the preparatory meeting for the UN Food Systems Summit in September by consolidating all the substantive work of the Summit into a common vision and setting a tone of bold ambition and commitment to action. Given the richness of ideas coming through the Summit’s workstreams and […]

Asian Farmers published a summary of the UNFSS pre-summit that recognized that there are a lot of stakeholders working towards achieving the SDG 2 target of eliminating hunger, and the UN Food Systems Summit provides an opportunity for coordinated action. In particular, several reports released in recent years such as Ceres2030, the SOFI, PARI 2020, and Foresight 2.0 highlight the […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on how the state-run grain trader, the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), has set aside over K62 billion for use in purchasing maize from farmers this season as it has now entered the market full-throttle. The June report from IFPRI-Malawi indicates that less than 10 percent of farmers who sold maize in June received a […]

UN RIC published an article on the UNFSS Pre-Summit where more than 100 countries joined the conversation (an historic three-days in Rome) with an outcome of bold ideas and global actions ahead of the UNFSS Summit in September. The article highlights included a quote from Head, Africa Region, Jemimah Njuki who said, “It is very important that we give women voices and […]

Nigerian Pilot News published an article on the recent report by Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2021) concerning Nigeria is quite predictable and alarming. In its 2021 Report, the GRFC stated that 13 million Nigerians risk acute hunger. Nigeria is grouped with six other countries in the negative hunger index. Other countries include Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Republic […]

Premium Times (Nigeria) published an article on the role gender plays in land ownership. While women farmers contribute about 70 percent of food production in the country, according to the FAO, land rights discrimination, fueled by social, economic, and cultural factors, affects their productivity.  Head, Africa Region, Jemimah Njuki stated, “It’s one of the key issues that we have to […]

This Day (Nigeria) published an article on how middlemen are taking advantage of peasant farmers by buying off their produce to hoard in a bid to create artificial scarcity for staple crops. Indeed, Nigeria has continued to witness the rising cost of staple food crops despite being the largest producer of staple crops in West Africa by a […]

 Rappler published an opinion  on the state of agriculture in the Philippines. The article reports that Philippine agriculture was not in the best of health when we entered the WTO in 1995, but the cure, import liberalization on our part as the rich countries maintained their highly subsidized trade structures was a cure far worse than the […]