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Virtual Event: July 2, 2021- 04:30 AM to 06:00 AM EDT. Johan Swinnen is a participant in the 2021 International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research Conference. 

The Action Track Chairs for the UN Food Systems Summit on next steps for change.

Virtual Event: July 7, 2021- 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. Discussion about how agriculture policies could more effectivley meet the increasing demand for sustainably produced food, facilitate more nutritious diets, and promote better livelihoods. 

Virtual Event: June 28, 2021- 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT. During this European Parliament session, speakers will share evidence on the impact of COVID-19 and discuss the way forward for food systems transformation. 

Bringing new technologies to smallholders is key to food system transformation.

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Fostering research and innovation is crucial to meet 21st century challenges.

The Times (Malawi) published an article about how IFPRI urged Malawi to consider coming up with long-term solutions to the food insecurity challenge. The Institute has said this in its statement detailing how the country can improve water security and food systems. IFPRI has outlined seven solutions which include strengthening efforts to preserve water-based ecosystems and their functions, improving agriculture […]

Netherlands Food Partnership published an article on the 50th anniversary of the founding of CGIAR. In those 50 years, CGIAR has grown from its original mission – to solve hunger – to its current mission that addresses wider 21st century challenges, with the aim of transforming the world’s food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. […]

AZoCleanTech published an article on a new report that is part of a special edition of Ecological Restoration titled “Restoration by Whom, for Whom.” Authors conclude that restoration projects already underway across the globe, a group of scientists has found that restoration action is at risk of failure if it doesn’t make social and political considerations at the […]

Business News This Week covered a virtual conference that included Senior research fellow Anjani Kumar. The meeting stated that the agriculture and food sector are facing multiple challenges. With the global population projected to grow from 7.6 billion in 2018 to over 9.6 billion in 2050, there will be a significant increase in the demand for food. At […]

Daily Asian Age published an article on how Bangladeshi farmers are obtaining loans. According to a 2019 study by IFPRI, Bangladeshi farmers typically borrow more than 81 percent of loans from various private sources, including NGOs, relatives, private banks, and moneylenders. The interest rate of these loans is 19 to 63 percent while the interest rate is nine percent […]

Guardian Nigeria published an article on how scientists have warned that hunger and malnutrition would trigger a higher rate of premature mortality around the world, especially in Africa, as climate change, conflicts, and other factors threaten food production. The researchers, however, said effective policies and appropriate actions could help avert the additional burden. An IFPRI, USDA-ARS, and RTI […]

Business World (The Philippines) published an article stating that food security means that “all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life,” according to the UN Committee on World Food Security 1979 and IFPRI.

Financial Times (UK) published an article on U.S.-China trade. China’s agricultural imports are expected to further support U.S. farmers who had to survive on governmental assistance due to the trade war between the world’s two largest economies and the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s forecasters expect healthy crops, so farmers can enjoy the benefits of selling soybeans for […]

Inclusive Media for Change republished an updated article from January 2005. The article writes that an IFPRI report states that the countrywide lockdown imposed on March 25, 2020, which was extended for nearly two months in phases, affected the food and nutritional status of vulnerable sections of the Indian population. The 2021 Global Food Policy Report has cited a […]

USDA’s ERS published an article on the 2020 International Food Security Assessment (IFSA) published by the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) highlights an increase in food insecurity around the world associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Recent updates to the IFSA report suggest the number of food-insecure people increased by 160 million in 2020, corresponding with a […]

Milenio (Spain) published an article stating that China now finds itself at the center of a change in the fortunes of farmers as the export boom and rising food prices are driving a recovery in the agricultural economy of the United States. Beijing promised to import at least $80 billion of agricultural products from the US over two years in […]

Farmers and small businesses show both vulnerabilities and a capacity to adapt.

Pondering the future of China's and the world's agrifood systems.