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Aishwarya Sandeep Blog published a post on how the government is stepping in to decide on the legal marriage age for men and women. Currently, women can marry at 18, whereas men aren’t allowed to marry until 21. The age of maturity is the same–eighteen years of age. To avoid sex discrimination, the same should be true for marriage. […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on the need for strong economic inclusion programs to build on pre-existing government initiatives.  Such programs are indeed helping not only those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but also vulnerable groups trapped in poverty. However, whether these funds are not driven away toward the Covid-19 fight leaving vulnerable groups affected. According to […]

Nigeria Shafaqna published an article stating that the World Food Program and CGIAR are working together to combat hunger. A newly integrated leadership and Board put in place last year will support the level of collaboration required for an integrated global and country response. In addition to the new MoU, CGIAR and WFP already collaborate on several projects. WFP and CGIAR’s IFPRI […]

Agriculture.com reported that China failed to meet its “phase one” target for imports of U.S. food, agriculture, and seafood products despite a surge in purchases that began late last summer. For 2021, the target rises to $43.5 billion. The “phase one” agreement, signed a year ago, de-escalated the Sino-U.S. trade war. However, tariffs remain in place in […]

Argentina.gob.ar published an article that described a recent international meeting. The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, Luis Basterra joined ministers and vice ministers from 97 countries who participated with representatives of international organizations such as FAO, IFPRI, the UN, WFP, and WTO to discuss the importance of sustainable agriculture, the reduction of food loss and waste, the […]

Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh) published an article stating that the world has seen a rapid rise in the number of hungry people from a pre-Covid figure of 690 to 720 million in 2020, a year affected by Covid-19 induced lockdowns, food supply chain disruptions, and climate challenges. Small-scale farmers who grow much of the world’s food are left at the mercy of unpredictable […]

HK01 published an article looking back at the Arab Spring and the subsequent history of ups and downs, overthrows, new governments, and the economy. The article discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic changed tourism and the economy in places such as Egypt. An IFPRI report, COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: Estimating the impacts of expected reductions in tourism, Suez […]

Naver (South Korea) published an article stating that last year, which was recorded as the warmest year of all time due to climate change, also saw an increase of the world’s hunger population, increasing by 130 million due to adverse events such as economic downturn due to the Corona 19 pandemic.  At the International Food and Agriculture Forum, deputy division director […]

In celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, IFPRI is participating in a global conversation with CGIAR women scientists that are leading change and creating solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. The event will showcase the many ways women scientists are transforming the way we look at our food, land, […]

Panelists provide inputs to the UN Food Systems Summit agenda and discuss “game-changing” solutions to reduce global food loss & waste.

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Agricultural Development; COVID-19 Safety Nets; Climate Adaptation; and more.

The Conversation published an op-ed by senior research fellow Katrina Kosec and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo. In the op-ed, the authors write, “Feeling poor relative to others can spur families to support women in pursuing work outside the household and to invest more in girls’ schooling, according to our new study (Perceptions of relative deprivation and women’s empowerment). But that does not mean women become […]

Modeling shows participation in production decisions and membership in community groups can yield positive results.

Undercutting a standard assumption about climate change-driven migration.

Rinj Press published an article about how the United States leaving the Paris Agreement on climate change was a poor decision for the U.S. and the world. With Biden in the presidency, the world is moving in the right direction. The article referenced a publication titled Climate change and food security. One of the co-authors is senior research fellow Keith […]

The Nation (Malawi) reported that Malawi’s economic outlook faces considerable downside risks, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, weather shocks, and fiscal slippages. According to IFPRI, Poverty levels were projected to worsen in the just-ended year to 56.3 percent from 50. 5 percent as the measures which were affected to reduce the Covid-19 spread had reduced […]

The Hindu published an article stating that an additional 93 lakh children under five are likely to suffer from wasting, 26 lakh more from stunting, while there will be an estimated 1.68 lakh additional under-five deaths in the first three years of the post-COVID-19 world, estimates a new study authored by various international development organizations including IFPRI […]

Graphic.com (Ghana) published an article on Ghana’s human consumption of maize. Experts believe that the only way to ensure maize used as feed is to separate it from maize used for human consumption. Most often, during the planning stage of production, particularly for a grain such as maize, only human food was considered highly to the neglect […]

Biookonomie (Germany) published an article on the virtual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). Experts from across the world discussed resilient food systems in times of panedmic and climate change. Director general Johan Swinnen was a participant. Swinnen, while discussing the increase of world hunger, warned, “The world is not on track to eliminate hunger and malnutrition.” The numbers of those […]

Deutsche Welle published an article on fighting climate change. The article states that curbing meat consumption is essential in the fight against climate change. But it is a more complicated story in countries that face spiraling food insecurity.  Deputy division director in EPTD Claudia Ringler stated that while there is “an overconsumption of some meat products in […]