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My Joy Online published an article which states that the Ghana Tomato Traders and Transporters Association is calling on government to implement a framework that would modernize activities of tomato trading, and would immediately coordinate those activities. “Between Ghana and Burkina Faso, there’s an existing framework for tomato production. An IFPRI study gave birth to that framework. The Ghana […]

India Spend published an article writing that stunting among children aged below five has increased in four northeastern Indian states, a trend not observed in the region over the last 15 years, according to the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, 2019-20, released in December 2020. Causes for the varying performance in addressing stunting will […]

Ethiopia Herald published an article on agricultural production and its relation and impacts to climate change. The role of market adaptation during massive levels of catastrophe like climate change should not be underestimated as they can play a big role. For example, an IFRPI study, Survey: Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia indicates that the food […]

Exploring what works, and what doesn't, to promote health and nutrition.

Market Screener published an article stating that four decades of strong growth and increases in per capita income have lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty and improved food security, nutrition, and human development. But there has been a palpable drain on rural towns, whose populations are projected to drop from 40% of China’s total […]

ReliefWeb published an article on the latest data from the COVID-19 Rapid Response Survey. The survey found that in the month of January, the proportion of households relying on food purchase as the main source of food and increased by 4.2 percent from 78.6 percent in December 2020 to 82.8 percent in January 2021. 

Blogernator published a review of Bill Gates’s new book on climate change, proposals to deal with it, and where there is light. In the book, Gates wrote about the CGIAR (or 1CGIAR) in the realms of climate change. CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security, improve human health and nutrition, and sustainable management of natural […]

Eagles in the Sun Blog published a blog post on how continued economic development is constrained by the lack of economic freedoms. Economic liberalization includes extending property rights, especially to land, to the poor, and making financial services, notably savings, accessible. Inefficient institutions, corruption, and political instability can also discourage investment. Aid and government support in health, […]

Commod Africa published an article stating that the Lacuna Fund will implement a series of projects in the field of artificial intelligence and the agricultural sector on the African continent, which will make it possible to assess yields and detect diseases in several types. essential crops in the diet of many Africans. Among the projects that have already […]

China Value published an article reporting on the 11th International Conference on Agricultural Trade Policy and the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center jointly organized by the Organization (OECD) was held in Beijing. In the keynote speech session of the conference, Shenggen Fan, former director general, gave a speech on the development of global […]

Egypt Today published an article about the importance of the agriculture sector, a key livelihood for 55 million Egyptians (Farmers with their relatives), most of them living in poor conditions. Believing in reducing rural poverty and enhancing food security, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is in partnership with the Egyptian government. At the national level, IFAD […]

Channel 24 (South Africa) posted an article on disparities between developing and developed countries with gathering data. The uncounted, the unsurveyed, the undocumented, and unresearched have many different faces, but often include materially poor communities, socially marginalized individuals such as migrants and the homeless, and residents in war-torn areas. Kalle Hirvonen reports that there were more articles published in the […]

The Guardian published an article on how food prices have increased in developing countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The world must keep food exports flowing freely to ease shortages and mitigate price spikes. The article quoted from IFPRI research, COVID-19 and food security in Ethiopia: Do social protection programs protect?  

Ground Reality published a blog post by Devinder Sharma who writes farmers in the United States and Europe are facing a severe agrarian crisis similar to the one in India. They are being driven out of agriculture despite getting huge subsidies. This is happening in rich countries that had adopted market-oriented agricultural reforms some six to seven […]

‘Mondiale Nieuws published an op-ed stating that there is no doubt that the devastation that COVID-19 indirectly wreaks will be great. Senior research fellow Jef Leroy writes that acute malnutrition is a life-threatening condition that makes children 3 to 12 times more likely to die than healthy-weight children. Essential health and nutrition services for mothers and children must continue […]

Kapital Afrik has published an article stating that more than 500 participants from academia, research, the private sector, African national public institutions, and many others, from over 30 countries, are expected to connect remotely or be present in Dakar, to exchange on the evolution of knowledge and practices of horticultural actors in Africa at the 4th All Africa Horticultural […]

Mirage (Australia) published an article explaining that a team of researchers has devised a method using smartphones to measure food consumption–an approach that also offers new ways to predict physical well-being. The study was supported by the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) of the CGIAR, with funding provided by USAID, BMGF, IFPRI, and CGIAR’s Policies […]

Adams on Agriculture (Podcast) presented a podcast interview with senior Research fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber. Glauber explains how reports are put together for the USDA Outlook Forum. Republished by KICD-AM (Sioux City), WRAM (Davenport, IA).