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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 produce […]

Revitalizing rural areas means improving infrastructure and boosting opportunities. Ultimately, sustainability depends on linking the advantages of rural economies with those of urban ones.

The Lancet (USA) reported on the Modi government’s first 100 days of his second term. The article reviewed the National Nutrition Mission (the Poshan Abhiyan), a reform to counter the malnutrition crisis in India. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon stated “Previous governments had acknowledged the problem but hadn’t given it as much visibility from a […]

Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article on investments will yield $1.1 trillion in economic output for the region, home to three-fifths of the world’s population, estimated in the reports jointly conducted by the Asian Development Bank and IFPRI.

Bio Med Center (UK) published an article on the IFPRI study that showed cash transfers combined with nutrition behavior change communication (BCC) had the largest impact compared to any other transformation modalities of nutrition intervention, leading to a decrease in stunting of 7.3 percentage points.

Popular Science (USA) reported on meat consumption in the United States. Research Fellow Emeritus, Mark Rosegrant stated, “In the U.S., total meat consumption is still going up very slightly, but there’s a change in the U.S. in the composition of meat.” Since 2015 Americans have eaten more poultry than red meat each year.

Daily Sun (Bangladesh) published an article on the seminar and book The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh. IFPRI Director of the South Asia Region Shahidur Rashid stated at the seminar, “Contrary to assumption that nutrient-rich foods will remain out of reach for the poor, the story of fish aquaculture in Bangladesh shows how […]

Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh) reported on  The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh, a new IFPRI book. IFPRI Director for South Asia and co-editor of the book, Shahidur Rashid, said Bangladesh is an excellent case study for the role of fisheries in food security. Xiaobo Zhang, co-editor stated that aquaculture could achieve a twelve-fold increase if […]

African countries have made considerable progress in increasing agricultural productivity and reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. But  continued population growth, urbanization, changing diets, and climate change are putting pressure on food systems not only to provide more food but also to make more diverse and nutritious foods available and accessible. New digital technologies and services […]

Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on an IFPRI study and book, “The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh” that more than 20 lakh of the 1.80 crore Bangladeshis who escaped poverty between 2000 and 2010 managed to do so because of aquaculture, raising the need for the government to give this area of agriculture special […]

EthioSun (Ethiopia) published an article on an IFPRI study. Senior Research Fellow and coauthor Derek Headey stated, “Despite some improvements in recent years, the quality of child diets in rural Ethiopia is still shockingly poor, especially in our survey areas where most children just eat basic staples and not much else. But the touted solution […]

Business Mirror (Philippines) published an article on new reports from The Asian Development Bank and IFPRI. The reports underscore the compelling reason to improve farmers’ income in the Philippines and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, warning failure to improve farmers’ lot could wipe out the poverty reduction gains made in the past 40 years.

Research Fellows Kevin Chen, Mateusz Filipski, & Xiaobo Zhang found opposite results that differ from the common economic prediction theories of behavior after a disaster. They discuss their results in this blog post.

From value chain development to open markets, ways to build better nutrition.

D + C = Development + Cooperation (Germany) reported that urban poverty tends to be underestimated. IFPRI found that in Kenya, urban areas have higher income inequality than rural areas, and that 1.3 million rural Kenyans and up to 4 million urban Kenyans were food insecure in 2008. Similar statistics are found in other African […]

Egyp Saudi (Egypt) reported on an IFPRI’s study on climate change in Yemen. According to the study climate change will have a negative impact on Yemen’s future development, and the number of poor and food insecure people will increase, as climate change leads to higher food prices and a long-term decline in agricultural yields. Republished in […]

Daily Observer (Bangladesh reported on the new IFPRI book, “The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh.” The book found that the growing aquaculture industry in Bangladesh was responsible for two million of the 18 million people who escaped poverty between 2000 and 2010.

News18 (India) reported on the potential of a new bill to change the agriculture sector in India, but how it will be done is still in question.  Research Fellow Avinash Kishore explained that the new bill reverses requirements for overcertification, however, agriculture in India is burdened by overregulation and the new Seed Bill is not […]

An experiment in Ghana reveals nuanced gender attitudes toward farm households' economic investments.

Providing access to renewable energy and other revitalization efforts can unlock a better future for the rural poor worldwide.