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Ghana Business News covered an IFPRI workshop held in Accra on the importance of timely and high-quality data.  

The Pacific climate oscillation is contributing to intensifying rainfall events and droughts in southern Africa.

Despite its flaws, the international trading system has many tools that can be applied to reduce hunger and malnutrition.

U.S. corn farmers have largely avoided rising temperatures during growing seasons. What happens when climate change kicks in?

Approximately $940 billion worth of food is lost or wasted each year throughout the entire food supply chain.

“Agriculture, Development, and the Global Trading System: 2000-2015 is a timely and interesting collection of research articles that greatly inform our understanding of the importance of food security, economic development, and the role of trade policies. Antoine Bouet and David Laborde have pulled together this thoughtful collection of previously published articles and new research that […]

“Is it the end of the Dream? “The launch of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in 2001 opened an area of hope and confidence in the multilateral system. Despite the complexity of the new world inherited from globalization, the international community agreed to open new trade talks to build a new rule-based system. International trade […]

“This book could not be more timely. Anti-trade/anti-globalization sentiment and populist politics in key countries have discouraged leaders from pursuing liberal trade policies and completing the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda. The papers in this collection provide the types of analyses needed to inform policy debate, to remind us of the positive contribution of trade openness […]

“Both food security and global trade are complex systems, and the relationship between the two is equally intricate. Untangling this relationship requires robust evidence and first-rate experts who can evaluate and analyze the many factors and theories involved. Agriculture, Development, and the Global Trading System: 2000-2015 provides just that. The book covers food security and […]

Speakers: Moderator: At a moment when protracted conflicts and fears of famine threaten the lives and food security of millions, WFP has released World Food Assistance 2017, a new global report that details recent trends and patterns in food assistance and demonstrates how food assistance can save lives in humanitarian crises while addressing the root […]

NAFTA has been a boon not just to commerce, but to the consumption of fruits and vegetables and to public health. New trade barriers could erase those gains.

Singapore’s Food Navigator-Asia, a web-based news service, published an article on the recent IFPRI study on aquaculture in Bangladesh. The study, “The ‘quiet revolution’ in the aquaculture value chain in Bangladesh“, led by Research Coordinator Ricardo Hernandez found that the market for farmed fish grew 25 times over three decades. Dr. Hernandez explained the benefits […]

Research in Africa by IFPRI and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) shows organizations should actively engage women in decision-making on smallholder irrigation.

One way to preserve groundwater – get consumers thinking about their own water use, and their neighbors', with a cooperative game.

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As NAFTA negotiations get underway, a look at how punitive tariffs and other trade penalties could undermine efforts to improve nutrition.