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ScienceNet.cn (China) reported on the recently released IFPRI’s, 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes. (2019 ATOR). The report brings together a large amount of evidence to apply a gender perspective to several issues that need to be addressed in order to promote gender equality throughout the […]

Global Times (China) published an article on aquaculture (fish value chain) in Bangladesh. 20 million people having been lifted out of poverty during 2000-2010,  aquaculture alone accounted for an estimated 2.0 million. Shahidur Rashid, IFPRI Director for South Asia and co-author of the IFPRI book, The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, Impacts, […]

DTN (USA) reported on Brazil’s response to recent Amazon fires. Deputy Director in the Environment and Production Technology Division and Senior Research Fellow, Claudia Ringler voiced concern and stated, “…No one is really fully prepared for what climate change brings. The Amazon is a big fuel source and we have to do a lot more […]

India Times reported that Indian children are already exposed to bad air and are vulnerable to malnutrition and infectious diseases. Climate change will lead to greater impacts on their health. According to IFPRI, climate change is lowering India’s agricultural output. Changing weather is causing easy outbreaks of diseases such as dengue and diarrheal diseases. 

Daily Mail (UK) reported on Affordability of the Eat-Lancet Reference Diet: A Global Analysis, a new research study by IFPRI researchers and Kalle Hiroven and Derek Headey and others. The US$2.84 (£2.22) per person per day is the predicted cost of the diet. However, that cost would be too much for almost a quarter of […]

The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s last report, Byte by Byte: Policy innovation for transforming Africa’s Food system with digital technologies has presented experiences from 7 African countries. Join us on November 22nd to learn more from the Senegal’s case study with interventions from Mr. Seth Sall, Head of Digital Economies and Partnerships Division at the Ministry […]

A collaboration among CGIAR centers explores the latest gender research and its applications.

Farmers' land management decisions offer a promising avenue to offset falling yields in a warming world. First in a series on climate risk and agriculture.

From a childhood in rural China to grappling with global food security issues, Shenggen Fan reflects on his decade as IFPRI's director general.

An extension program of village-based trainings boosts agricultural knowledge.

Research shows how a disaster can impact an economy beyond the simple rebuilding process. The Sichuan earthquake induced a lifestyle shift in households toward greater spending and shifted the economy away from industrial production.

An RCT impact evaluation by IFPRI and partners leads to a dramatic scaling-up. 

Gender Equality in Africa; Unaffordable Diets; and More

For major reforms to succeed, build local research capacity and integrate it with policy making.

State and non-state will reflect on how stakeholders should apply a gender lens to various issues among rural populations. The conference is held in Lomé, Togo from Nov. 11-13.

A wave of reforms across the continent has yet to approach gender equity in land tenure. Second in a series.

BBC World Service interviewed IFPRI, Director of South Asia,  Shahidur Rashidur on his new co-edited book, The Making of a “Blue Revolution” in Bangladesh and the future of aquaculture in the country.

News18 (India) published an article on the implementation of a New Seeds Bill. Research Fellow Avinash Kishore stated that the bill “reverses” the provisions on self-certification or certification by accredited private agencies,” but he added, “agriculture in India is burdened by overregulation and the new Seed Bill is not going to reduce that problem.”

Agri-pulse published a comment by Sylvan Roy on the jointly released by BIFAD, APLU, and IFPRI report, How the United States benefits from agricultural and food security investments in developing countries. The underlying focus of the report articulates the economic benefits to the U.S., but how “technology spillover” produces benefits for the beneficiaries as well […]

D + C – Development and Cooperation published an op-ed on “Rurbanomics” from Director General Shenggen Fan and Director of IFPRI’s Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane. Rurbanomics is an approach that emphasizes the interrelatedness and interdependency of rural and urban economies. Rural and urban areas must be partners, and rural areas can do much more than […]