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MWNation (Malawi) published an article on maize prices in the country. The government raised the maize buying prices for the country’s strategic grain reserves and it has fueled a rise in retail maize prices on the produce market. in the IFPRI-Malawi project note titled Can a maize price band work in Malawi?, the authors argue that price volatility together with operational challenges and high budgetary costs […]

Vice Versa Online (the Netherlands) published an article on nutrition and recovery from COVID-19.  One good reason to focus on nutrition, says Ruerd Ruben, is that every dollar invested in healthy nutrition will save 16 dollars spent on healthcare, as calculated by IFPRI. 

Express Tribune (Pakistan) published an article on the goal of zero hunger. IFPRI research was referenced. IFPRI estimates that around one in five of Pakistanis, equivalent to more than 200 million people, are malnourished.  

Spy Ghana published an article stating that The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), through its Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) Programme, has empowered 12 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to serve as sustainable development advocates. Its focus is on five thematic areas; access to sustainable nutrition, post-harvest loss reduction, improved clean cooking, access to off-grid electrification, and sustainable sanitation and hygiene. The project […]

Control Risks published an article on how the health crisis is destroying the tourism industry in parts of the Middle East. The UN’s World Tourism Authority estimates that global tourist activity will decrease by up to 40% in 2020 and will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022 at the earliest. In the MENA region, this will be felt […]

Inter Press Service published an op-ed by K Nirmal Ravi Kumar and Senior Research Fellow/Director of Capacity Strengthening Suresh Babu. The op-ed stated that farm policy in India is in its own conundrum. If you ask, “what are the major challenges for increasing farmer income,” any farmer in India would tell us that it is the low remunerative prices […]

The Hindu published an article stating that government data showed services geared toward maternal and child health were impeded due to lockdowns. September was Nutrition Month and it came to a close with no mention of COVID-19 and its impact on hunger and rising levels of malnutrition and policy measures being taken to address them. Senior Research […]

News Chronicle (Nigeria) published an article on the Africa RISING Programme which has made some critical operational adjustments to facilitate continuing its activities, strategies, and approaches as the COVID-19 pandemic continues globally. The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Programme comprises three regional research-in-development projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part […]

EHN (Environmental Health News) (Germany) published an article on a study that shows how countries already struggling with low crop yields will be hurt most by a warming climate. Nonresident Senior Fellow Ephraim Nkonya was interviewed for comment, but was not involved in the study.  He said, “The unequal burden poorer countries will face is no surprise.” Climate change, by […]

Netherlands for the World Bank published an article stating that Yemen is one of the most food insecure countries in the world. About 20 million Yemenis—70% of the population—are facing hunger, a 13% increase from 2017.  An estimated 2 million children—about 50% of the children under the age of five—were suffering from acute malnutrition; 350,000 were severely malnourished. Research […]

A master's student and IFPRI researcher examine a key issue for food value chains.

The pandemic poses new challenges for sustainable agriculture, sanitation, and other issues.

Results suggest phone surveys reporting falling incomes in the pandemic should be viewed with caution.

Dr. Ellen Piwoz on global nutrition community's strategic use of data and evidence to spur collective action and investment, and how to ensure that nutrition remains a global priority. 

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How governments and businesses across the continent are dealing with pandemic disruptions.

Former IFPRI Board Member & Board Chair passed away on September 26. During her time on the Board, she was instrumental in establishing IFPRI’s South Asia Regional Office in New Delhi.

An analysis of food demand data from Nigeria identifies an interesting problem.

A master's student and an IFPRI researcher shepherd a thesis to publication—part of the Bunda Grant Scheme program.

Hindustan Times published an article stating that the MSP regime doesn’t benefit all farmers and it has not been effective in all states. Farmers blocked roads and railway tracks to protest three new pieces of legislation, which they claim could pave the way for the government to stop buying grains at fed Because costs of production vary widely […]

Bistandsaktuelt published an article on social protection in the form of cash payments to help prevent millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa from being thrown into extreme poverty because of the corona pandemic.  Deputy Division Director (PHN) and Senior Research Fellow Dan Gilligan states, “We are holding our breath to see if it will really explode in a large number of countries in […]