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Central America will be particularly hard-hit by declining yields of rainfed maize, modeling shows.

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations—a context in which rigorous evidence is scarce. This event will review the findings on the combination of cash transfers with nutritional education provided by the Yemen Social Fund for […]

Brazil’s Estado de Minas reported on obstacles to healthier consumption and highlighted Senior Research Fellows Derek Headey and Harold Alderman’s relative caloric pricing research as evidence of economic barriers to better nutrition. The article quoted Headey, who emphasized that the poor often live in poor food systems, which limits access to nutrient-dense foods.

CNN reported on the findings of the 2019 IPCC report, which highlighted the vicious cycle of climate change and land degradation, with a focus on food production. The article quoted Deputy Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), Claudia Ringler, who noted that biofuels are not a scalable solution to reducing greenhouse gas […]

Yahoo! Finance published an opinion piece by Research Fellow Anjani Kumar and Research Analyst Smriti Verma on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s creation of a separate ministerial portfolio for animal husbandry. The authors described the previous oversight landscape and argued that this move could be potentially beneficial to an industry that is one of the key drivers of growth in rural […]

South Africa is highly coal and energy-intensive, with an economy characterized by extremely high levels of unemployment and inequality. In the long run, sustainable growth and development in South Africa will depend crucially on the transition away from a coal-intensive energy system and economy and towards a climate-friendly and renewable energy system. How this happens, […]

SciDev.Net reported on the findings of a study co-authored by Senior Research Fellows Derek Headey and Harold Alderman on the relative caloric prices of healthy and unhealthy foods across countries, which found that these relative prices are implicated in increased obesity rates and undernutrition. The article focused on the implications of the study for Ghana, […]

The Philippines’ Business Mirror reported on Derek Headey and Harold Alderman’s study on relative caloric pricing, with a focus the data in the Philippines, including the fact that milk is 4.37 times more expensive than the country’s staple food. The article included Headey and Alderman’s recommendation that countries create more nutrition-focused policies.

Reuters published an opinion piece in which the authors argued the current barriers to improving nutrition globally. The authors described factors contributing to global malnutrition, including relative caloric prices for different foods across countries. They cited Derek Headey and Harold Alderman’s innovative new study that compared relative caloric prices (RCPs) for different food categories across 176 […]

Nigeria’s Independent reported on Hosaena Ghebru’s remarks at the Nigeria State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The article quoted Ghebru saying that increased mechanization and commercialization of the agricultural sector could stem youth migration out of rural areas.

Mongabay reported on the potential for underutilized crops to sustain agricultural production in marginal areas, which could be especially useful under changing conditions due to climate change. The article quoted David Spielman, who explained that there are opportunities to integrate these crops, especially given global precedents of integrating new crops with traditional cereal cultivation systems.

The Hill published an opinion piece by Joseph Glauber on how trade aid for US farmers undermines the country in global markets. Glauber argued that while the provision of aid may help farmers in the short run, the level of subsidies could provoke even more trade actions against US agricultural products as support levels approach […]

India's new ministry can bring more policy focus and resources to bear on important, neglected industries—but also presents certain challenges.

The Global Commission on Adaptation seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.  In this seminar, IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, […]

Pro-WEAI; Relative Food Price & Malnutrition; More & Better Food; and More

India's proposed standardized national system will enable migrants to seamlessly access their food benefits and switch providers.

For the third year in a row, global hunger remains stubbornly high, affecting more than 820 million people. A discussion.

IFPRI is co-organizing a session at World Water Week 2019 with the the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition, The World Bank Group and the Stockholm International Water Institute. One out of every third person lives in a water stressed environment. It is, however, not only the magnitudes that link water and nutrition—the challenges and solutions […]

Mongabay reported on the findings of a study on the effects of climate change in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia, co-authored by Channing Arndt. The article described the study’s key takeaways, namely that if rich countries cut their emissions in half by 2050, reduced demand would lower prices in developing countries and consequently boost their economic growth. However, simultaneous increases to […]