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Dawn (Pakistan) published an article on the UN Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogue where panelists said, a holistic approach and reliable database on water resources and their usage across Pakistan is the key to achieving food, water, and energy security in the fifth most climate-vulnerable country in the world. The Dialogue, which included numerous NGOs including IFPRI, flagged […]

Medical Press reported on the new journal article, Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa by senior research fellow Kalle Hirvonen and coauthors. Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa—the continent home to half of the world’s unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children, new research reveals. Hirvonen stated, “Lessons from successful […]

Infobae (Argentina) published an article stating that a proposal promoted by the United Nations, in conjunction with other international organizations aims to develop general legal frameworks for the development of the legal structures of food companies. In the first session of the Project, which was carried out remotely, leaders from across the globe discussed next steps. IFPRI director […]

Child vaccination rates in African countries were significantly lower in regions where people did not trust the courts, parliament, the head of state, and local government. (BMG Global Health)

Virtual Event: JUNE 09, 2021- 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT. Middle East and North Africa's perspective on the world's response to COVID-19 and food system changes. 

Positive results from the Tubaramure program suggest lessons for COVID-19 responses and future crises.

Thin-Ink.net published an in-depth article that discusses how the pandemic, for many, led to massive job loss and sudden drops in incomes, which in turn cause people to cut back on what and how often they eat. The 2021 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) addresses these losses and the economy in its 124-page report. It brings together many countries’ responses […]

IFAD published an article on various publications that address global food systems. IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report was included in the list of important publications. This year’s Global Food Policy Report examines what IFPRI has learned about the deficiencies in current food systems, the changes that are needed for system transformation, and what COVID-19 has taught us. It […]

Geoff Tansey Blog interviewed and discussed the 2021 Global Food Policy Report with A4NH Division Director and co-author of the report, John McDermott. The podcast provides details about the Report, gives examples of responses to needs during COVID-19, and how those responses can move global food systems forward, transform them, and create healthier, more sustainable, and more resilient food systems that […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article examining the National Statistical Office’s analysis which showed that food prices rose and continued to push up inflation. Maize, as part of the food component, accounts for about 45.2 percent of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is an aggregate basket of goods and services for computing inflation. Ironically, prices of […]

Daily Monitor (Uganda) published an article on one health impact of aflatoxins. This year, Kenya, a country where maize is a major food crop, stopped the importation of maize from Uganda because of quality concerns. Their main complaint about Ugandan maize, according to media reports, was the presence of aflatoxins in the maize. Uganda loses more than […]

Agri-pulse published an article on how the U.S. was one of nine countries critical of the European Union last year when it unveiled a plan to tax imports based on their carbon footprint, but that was under the Trump administration. Now the Biden administration is signaling a stronger kinship to the EU’s push to reduce greenhouse gas […]

The News (Pakistan) published an article stating that Ahmad Jawad, VP of Pakistan’s Businesses Forum urged the government to take notice of Pakistan Horticulture Development Export Company’s failure to play its due role in enhancing this sector’s exports and decide if it’s worth it. Jawad said according to 2015 IFPRI IMPACT projections, Russia’s demand for fruit would the fastest-growing […]

The Nation (Malawi) published the March 2021 findings from IFPRI’s Monthly Maize Market Report. The findings include the following highlights: 

My Joy Online (Nigeria) published an article on the 2021 Global Food Policy Report that stated that the severe health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted food systems and upended livelihoods. The report provides lessons drawn from the current crisis that can help us transform food systems to reduce the impact of the ongoing pandemic, better prepare for […]

Rolling Stone Magazine published an article on how food is an entrenched part of any culture. In America, we associate peaches with Georgia and shellfish with New England; we go to Napa for wine tasting, and sing songs about the heartland’s amber waves of grain. But in a few short decades, rising sea levels and […]

The Hill published an op-ed by senior research fellow Joseph Glauber on a recent House hearing where U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that USDA would terminate the Farmers to Family Food Box program. The food box program was created during the early phase of the pandemic when processing bottlenecks caused by lockdowns and COVID-19 outbreaks had upended […]

Down to Earth published an article on how poverty has increased across the world, more in developing and emerging economies. But, as Sukru’s experience explains, food insecurity is getting more pronounced. And to adapt to such a situation, millions of already poor and malnourished people are further compromising on the quality of food. According to IFPRI’s 2021 Global […]

What happened with a key social protection effort during lockdown.

Virtual Event: MAY 05, 2021 – 08:00 AM TO 09:30 AM EDT. Malawi's discussion of IFPRI's 2021 Global Food Policy Report.