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Successful Farming published an article stating that The Biden administration’s plan to enlist American agriculture in mitigating climate change through cover crops and carbon trading could pay dividends in another field entirely — negotiations for freer agriculture trade. “A reduction in U.S. trade-distorting supports would better position the United States in multilateral trade negotiations in which trade-offs between […]

New York Times published an opinion piece stating that more than politics, Myanmar needs a fresh path to democracy. Free and fair elections (and respect for the results) are essential. But also essential is the transformation of a society shaped by decades of dictatorship, international isolation, brutal armed conflict, racial and religious discrimination, extreme poverty, […]

Modern Diplomacy published an article stating that young champions from Brazil to India, Cameroon to Fiji, and more than 100 countries around the world have been engaging in public debates across the five priority areas or Action Tracks, which include food security and nutrition, sustainable consumption, environmental protection, poverty, and resilience. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa at International Food […]

Rappler published an article on the RTL. For more than 30 years with the Quantitative Restrictions regime, the rice economy hardly developed despite the Department of Agriculture (DA) spending more than half of its budget to prop it up, Filipino consumers paying higher prices for rice than their ASEAN counterparts, and rent-seeking activities continuing to bedevil the implementation […]

Military seizes power in Myanmar (World Socialist Web)  February 1  World Socialist Web published an article on the military coup in Myanmar. In the article, IFPRI research is mentioned. According to IFPRI, lockdowns have contributed to major job losses and a dramatic rise in poverty. A September IFPRI survey found that 59 percent of 1,000 households surveyed in […]

Outlook (India) published an article stating that days after the fifth round of the national family health survey (NFHS-5) results showed reversal of the gains on most of the indicators of nutrition in 22 states and union territories in 2020-21, the government has recently announced the roll-out of Mission Poshan 2.0. The Finance Minister said, “supplementary nutrition program, one […]

Community-based accountability meetings called barazas yield positive results.

Times of India reported in an article that the Finance Minister plans to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach, and outcome, by merging supplementary nutrition program and Poshan Abhiyaan and launch Mission Poshan 2.0. According to the district nutrition profile prepared by POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition of India), a knowledge initiative funded by BMGF […]

Food Business Africa published an article stating that the Government of New Zealand has joined in as the new partner of Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA), with its multi-year commitment of NZD 6.8 million (US$4.8m) to support smallholder farmers across Africa. The European Commission has provided EUR 1 million (US$1.2m) to IFPRI to support the Ministry of Agriculture […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article that states Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has indicated that domestic economic growth prospects remain uncertain in 2021 owing to the rising Covid-19 cases which have necessitated restrictions and new measures to contain the spread. According to IFPRI-Malawi, Poverty levels were projected to worsen in the just-ended year to 56.3 percent from […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article that states Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has indicated that domestic economic growth prospects remain uncertain in 2021 owing to the rising Covid-19 cases which have necessitated restrictions and new measures to contain the spread. According to IFPRI-Malawi, Poverty levels were projected to worsen in the just-ended year to 56.3 percent from […]

Sohu (China) published an article stating that the G20 summit in 2021 will be held in Italy. On January 29th, the G20 Think Tank Summit (Think 20) 2021 Cloud Conference was officially launched. Representatives of multinational think tanks attended to discuss the relevant content and terms of the G20 Italy Summit policy recommendations. Director general Johan Swinnen will be present at […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that households in urban areas are spending an average of 56 percent of their expenditure on food, a development that shows that food prices are on the rise. According to IFPRI’s current research, in Malawi, poverty levels were projected to worsen in the just-ended year to 56.3 percent from 50.5 percent […]

Warta Ekonomi (Indonesia) wrote in an article that at a glance, the good intentions of the EU to question Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) emissions to reduce global emissions are very noble. Unfortunately, the EU is only eager to question palm oil emissions which are reducing world emissions. While the EU’s own emissions which include the top ten emitters of GHG […]

Rwanda News Agency reported that the European Commission has provided EUR 1 million to IFPRI to support the Ministry of Agriculture in Rwanda to enhance skills in the analysis of public investment priorities and policy options for the Covid-19 recovery period. This grant will support the Government of Rwanda to implement the agriculture sector strategy and in particular its contribution to the […]

Bloomberg BNA published an article on how lawmakers and food industry groups are jockeying to shape President Joe Biden‘s international trade policies, even as the administration sets priorities on the coronavirus pandemic, the vaccine rollout, and economic revitalization. According to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber, Trade “almost has to be a backburner issue to a degree.” Biden […]

Top Agrar (Germany) published an article about the future of agriculture during the Green Week activities. Director general Johan Swinnen emphasized that agricultural subsidies to be paid should always be in line with global climate targets, if possible. Otherwise, the number of starving people, which has stagnated for several years or in some cases even increased again, cannot be reduced. He also […]

National Observer (Canada) published an article stating that findings from Mapping U.S. food system localization potential: The impact of diet on foodsheds, a study by various researchers including research analyst Julie Kurtz showed that eating more plants is the key to eating local and sustainably, according to a recent study modelling how more than 350 major U.S. cities could feed […]

Head Topics (The Philippines) published an article on the laws governing rice production. The article asks if scarce government funds are being spent wisely, or if farmers could have been better off if the Department of Agriculture had simply given the support money to them as cash grants.   The total harvested area in 2020 grew by 1.7 […]

Vanguard published an article stating that various international development organizations and funders launched the Institutionalizing Monitoring of Crop Variety Adoption Using Genotyping program, IMAGE, to provide farmers quality and original seeds for cultivation. IFPRI is a partner in this venture.