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The Gatodonte published a blog post that looks at “The Skeptical Ecologist.” Twenty years have passed since The Skeptical Ecologist (2001) was published. The book looked at various issues involving agriculture, nutrition, and poverty in developing countries. The book looked at crop productivity and referenced IFPRI’s research and findings that estimated that production will increase by 41 percent between […]

Relief Web published the latest information on the Monthly Maize Market Report produced by IFPRI-Malawi. Highlights include– Retail maize prices increased by 6 percent during December 2020; prices in the South remained higher than in the Centre and North; prices in the South remained higher than in the Centre and North.; no ADMARC purchases or sales were reported in any of […]

Atlanta Journal & Constitution published an article on the USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue’s tenure in the Trump Cabinet.  Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber discussed what may be one of the most enduring parts of Perdue’s legacy, Perdue’s decision to relocate two USDA research branches from Washington to Kansas City. He argued the move would cut costs and bring government […]

Financial Express published an op-ed by former Director of the South Asia Region PK Joshi and AK Padhee. The authors write that the three new farm laws, since their enactment, have been a subject of intense debate and discussion, especially against the backdrop of the ongoing agitation by farmers mostly from Northwest India. The negotiations between the farmers’ groups […]

There is no single approach to reforming forest tenure practices for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Rather, it involves taking advantage of opportunities that emerge in various institutional arenas, such as policy and law-making and implementation, government administration, customary or community-based tenure governance, or forest restoration at the landscape scale. The overall aim is […]

In countries where gender norms prevent women from owning property and resources, people are also the hungriest. This is because gender equality and food systems are intertwined.  Too often, we only focus on the roles that women play in production, processing, trading of food, and in making decisions about consumption and purchase of food at […]

Xinhua Net (China) published an article on a set of high-precision maps of global agricultural production released by an international team of researchers. The maps collected data from 186 countries and are providing data support for sustainable development, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). They mapped the spatial distribution of 42 major crops, such as […]

Sohu published an article on the recent China conference held on January 9. The conference, Tencent Technology Xiangshan and Digital Future Conference 2021 was held in Beijing.  With the theme of “Symbiosis,” the conference was divided into two categories–” Technology for Good ” and ” Digital Future. ” Former director general Shenggen Fan spoke on the panel “Reconstructing the Earth AI for […]

Environ News Nigeria published an article on the history of acceptance of genetically modified crops in Nigeria and the benefits of these crops–in terms of pests, yield, and other concerns. The article suggests that Nigeria mustn’t miss out on the genetically modified crop revolution. The IFPRI book, Genetically Modified Crops in Africa, looked at the economic and policy lessons from […]

Business Day published an article on the shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Nigeria when its shock absorbers were at their weakest. COVID-19 worsened the country’s economy. According to IFPRI, COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa, the Nigerian Agriculture GDP contracted by -14 percent in April/May 2020. Export crops such as sugarcane, […]

Trade Beta Blog published an article on lessons from the pandemic for WTO work on agricultural trade and support. IFPRI’s COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker and an IFPRI blog post, COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security. 

NPR interviewed Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber on farm subsidies that are part of the COVID-19 relief bill. Glauber finds the subsidies a little disturbing because by the time farmers got a bunch of those payments in the summer and fall the problems were going away. “”You almost lose track of how much money is going out.” According to USDA estimates, total […]

Daily News (Sri Lanka) published an article that showed the decline in economic growth could reach an average of 8.8% per year by 2100. By 2050, countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka are expected to experience a drop in gross domestic product (GDP) growth. IFPRI stated in Study suggests that climate-smart agriculture can boost […]

Relief Web published an article stating that the persistent and worsening effects of the COVID-19 crisis on rural household incomes are alarming. The onset of the second wave of infections and mitigation measures in Myanmar is continuing to depress household incomes. Government transfer programs reached 99 percent of households in the study area, mostly in the form of […]

The Nation published an article about how Malawi’s economic outlook was good and businesses were thriving. When COVID-19 hit, all of that changed. Before the pandemic, 52 percent of firms operating on 50 to 75 percent utilization capacity, manufacturing, and production capabilities that are being utilized by an enterprise at any given time. In its short-term impacts […]

Politico published an article on that for President-elect Joe Biden, reversing changes and reviving morale in many parts of the executive branch won’t be easily done with the stroke of a pen and an executive order. The Trump administration’s overhaul of two critical agencies at the Agriculture Department shows how some of the disruptions are much stickier. The […]

Devinder-Sharma published an article discussing how the government has failed those working in agriculture. The article quotes Sonny Perdue, the USDA Secretary, who said, “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out. I don’t think in America, (as) for any small business, we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability.” But this is how […]

All Africa published an article on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signed by 55 African countries. The AfCFTA is expected to deepen economic integration of the African continent and to lift millions from extreme poverty. During a recent webinar on challenges and opportunities of AfCFTA hosted by IFPRI researchers in the sector argued that the implementation of the agreement will boost intra-regional […]

Successful Farming published an article on farm subsidies and where needs lie. Congress allotted the same amount of funding, $13 billion, for public nutrition programs that it did for agriculture in the new coronavirus relief bill, even though hunger is on the rise, wrote three economists on Tuesday. “An obvious way to address the problem would be […]

Faceless Bureaucrat (USA) published a blog post on the new subsidies going to farmers. The post includes a tweet by Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber.