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NDTO published an article in its series “Exporting in the time of COVID-19” on the pandemic’s impact on food supplies on a domestic and international scale. There have been attempts by the Biden Administration to prioritize supply chain resilience. IFPRI states that governments have a significant role in the food system, food workers, and food security. Key issues […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on how the Treasury could lose between K128 billion and K179 billion in domestic revenue in the 2020/21 financial year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is a projection from IFPRI contained in IFPRI’s April 2021 Update on the Short-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawi Economy. According […]

6060 News published an overview history of IFPRI as part of its coverage of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report.

Al-Sharorouk News published a blurb on the 2021 GFPR. The information stated that the 2021 Global Food Policy Report revealed that the size of the disruptions resulting from the Corona pandemic differed between economies in the Middle East and North Africa region, as agri-food systems showed relative flexibility in the Middle East region, where the percentage of decline in agricultural […]

support implementation and ensure effectiveness of the Malawi National Resilience Strategy (NRS)

A lockdown and other pandemic measures erode incomes, food security, and dietary diversity in the Western Highlands.

Virtual Event: MAY 27,2021 – 07:30 AM TO 9:00 AM EDT. The impact of COVID-19 on transforming food systems in the Eurasia Region.

An analysis of 12 low- and middle-income countries shows potential pandemic hotspots.

Virtual Event: MAY 27,2021- 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT. China's overview of the China Agricultural Sector Development Report 2021 and IFPRI's 2021 Global Food Policy Report findings. 

Piloting a market-based, innovative, risk management solution in the form of Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC), a linked financial product that embeds insurance protection which, when triggered, offsets loan payments due to the lender.

Christian Science Monitor published an article on how a rise in hunger from the pandemic has forced a need to rethink the global food system. India offers one example for reform. While the world rushes to help India deal with the pandemic, it also has something to learn from India’s ability to find new ways to combat hunger. […]

Respir-CMT (China) published an article on the dangers of ending mask mandates and social distancing too soon. The article reviews what damage is being done in India as they fight a new outbreak of COVID-19 and what measures are being taken to curb the new cases. The article quotes IFPRI from a study that appeared in Science, COVID-19 risks […]

Akhbarelyom.com published an article that stated IFPRI’s findings on how Egypt fared during the pandemic. IFPRI confirmed that some economies and sectors are recovering at a faster rate based on the adopted national policies, explaining that the stimulus package, which amounted to 100 billion in Egypt, limited the decline in GDP in the period from April to June 2020 from […]

Akhbarelyom.com published an article on the latest news from the government of Egypt as it relates to the economy. The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and IFPRI-Egypt are working together to enhance evidence-based policymaking. One result of this cooperation was an issuing of a policy note on the impact of the Corona crisis on the Egyptian economy during the […]

ADIAC (Congo) published an article on the 2021 Global Food Policy Report. The article quotes from the report: The loss of income caused by lockdowns and restrictions on mobility has increased food insecurity, and the pandemic has exposed drastic inequalities within food systems based on factors such as geography, gender, and socio-economic status. economic. ” Build […]

Dostor published an article that stated that the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development participated in preparing the chapter on the Middle East and North Africa in the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, which is issued by IFPRI. The chapter deals with the effects of the Coronavirus on agricultural food systems and household incomes in Egypt, Jordan, and Sudan. […]

Unimondo (Italy) published a UN report on how after a year of the pandemic has set global efforts to end hunger and poverty back decades, thus pushing away the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda. In this dossier, we report some data provided by international organizations, a survey that involved thousands of families in difficulty, an appeal […]

Business AM (the Netherlands) published a report on new findings from Lancaster University and IFPRI. The study, Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa (co-authored by Kalle Hirvonen) published in the professional journal BMJ Global Health, shows that mistrust in local authorities, government, courts, or the electoral system play an important role in whether or not parents have their […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article quoting an IFPRI study, Malawi’s slowly changing employment landscape and its implications for youth is characterized by a scarcity of jobs outside agriculture and insufficient work hours within agriculture. Using three rounds of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) done by IFPRI, the study has since tipped government to design programs and incentives to supply […]

Daily FT (Sri Lanka) published an op-ed by Jeevika Weerahewa and senior research fellow Devesh Roy. In the op-ed, the authors state that recent agriculture policies proposed by the Government of Sri Lanka can best be described as a bogie in a large and speeding ‘ban wagon’. In a bid to control and command the agri-food sector, particularly as a post-COVID response, […]