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Youth Kiawaaz (YKA) (India) published an article on child marriage and very young women having children. Shivanim a seventeen-year-old, desiring to remain in school, but the social stigma of being unmarried and the constant pressure from family members, neighbors and acquaintances is strong. In Bihar, where Shivanim lives, 42.5 percent of girls are married before the age of 18 – that is, before […]

Investing.com (Spain) published an article on some of the findings of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report. According to the Report, digital innovations have accelerated during the pandemic in the world of food, although it is necessary to reduce the gap between large multinationals and small and medium-sized companies. At the same time, trends have accelerated that have […]

Rising obesity rates among both rich and poor, and other trends.

Insights for a post-pandemic world from IFPRI's Global Food Policy Report.

Ways to more effectively engage women in a key element of sustainable agriculture.

Creative pandemic responses have created an opportunity for real structural change.

IFPRI is curating a special series of blog posts analyzing the United Nations Food Systems Summit and the transformation of food systems. Latest Blog

Virtual Event: APR 29, 2021- APR 30, 2021- 06:00 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT. Johan Swinnen is a speaker. 

Virtual Event: May 04, 2021 – 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT. CGIAR presents research regarding the role of agriculture and provides policy recommendations. 

Virtual Event: May 18 , 2021 – 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT. The impacts of Covid-19 and government policy responses from the perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Covid-19 has pushed half of India’s poor away from nutritious food: report (Indian Express)  April 14  Indian Express published an article detailing the findings in the 2021 Global Food Policy Report. According to the Report, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictions that followed has resulted in half of India’s poor people being deprived of nutritious food. […]

India Environment Portal published a summary of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report. It states that the coronavirus pandemic has upended local, national, and global food systems, and put the Sustainable Development Goals further out of reach. But lessons from the world’s response to the pandemic can help address future shocks and contribute to food system change. Republished in Yumda  (Germany).

Farmers Weekly reported on urbanization, increased food demand, rising rural wages, and seasonal labour bottlenecks have led to the interest in promoting agricultural mechanization in sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural transformation is imperative for growth and poverty reduction in Africa. Yet progress has been elusive. The region is a net food importer despite the fact that agriculture accounts for 60% of employment. Main […]

MW Nation (Malawi) published an article on the second-round survey conducted in eight districts that has exposed the suffering that many rural communities face, ranging from rising food prices to limiting or reducing the number of meals. The survey titled Covid-19 in Rural Malawi: Perceived Risks and Economic Impacts was conducted by IFPRI. The study found that economic activities in […]

Devex published an article on the findings of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report. The article states that while the COVID-19 pandemic has left millions unable to meet basic nutritional needs and disrupted supply chains, it also has provided a window into opportunities for much-needed food systems reform according to the GFPR. The report examined the impact the pandemic had on […]

Financial Express published an article stating that the government’s support strengthened the food security of rural households in 2021, following the Covid-induced lockdown during April-May last year, according to an IFPRI-Cornell University study based on phone-surveys in 2020 and 2021. The policy note suggested that the immediate onset of coronavirus, combined with the lockdown restrictions imposed from March through May […]

Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article on how the government is moving forward to procure more boro. Under this policy shift, the government is planning to purchase Boro rice directly from farmers this season to help ensure a fair price for the latter and boost its own stock. A FE report says the cabinet division has recommended that the food ministry […]

Financial Express published an article stating that in a major policy shift, the government is planning to purchase Boro harvest directly from the farmers this season to help ensure a fair price for the latter and boost its own stock. The cabinet division recommended that the food ministry take necessary steps to this effect, an official said. IFPRI, in a recent […]

Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh) published an article on Bangladesh’s recovery from the economic fallout of the first wave of the pandemic has been more inclusive than even some of the high-income countries of the world, suggests a newly published survey result by IFPRI and Cornell University. In between June 2020 and January 2021, the proportion of pandemic-induced unemployment witnessed a 70% decline. […]

Dhaka Tribune published an article stating that the first wave of the pandemic hit us hard — no one can doubt this brutal fact. But Bangladesh built back and achieved a degree of recovery that has been more inclusive than even some high-income nations of the world. A report published by IFPRI in association with Cornell University (Signs of recovery: […]