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Bloomberg News published an article on the latest claims from the Trump Administration about the Phase 1 purchases by China. The U.S. government said Friday that China had purchased $23 billion in American farm products this year, but that amount includes both goods that have been shipped and also those sold but not yet exported. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber stated […]

Adams on Agriculture featured a podcast segment on agriculture sales to China (phase 1 trade deal with Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber.  Glauber said that “these are great purchases and it’s great to see us back on track. it would be great to get back to 2017 levels; we’re a long way from there, but certainly, with the outstanding […]

CGTN America (Chinese Government) broadcasted a brief story on the radio program Global Business (video) on the situation with agriculture and trade between the U.S. and China as the U.S. moves closer to the presidential election on November 3. How has agriculture been affected by the coronavirus? Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber stated that processing and manufacturing […]

The Market Oracle published an article stating that this year for millions of people, there is less to be thankful for, and very likely, reason to lament or mourn all due to the coronavirus which has up-ended life as we knew it. The health crisis has widened the gap between rich and poor, and it has pushed millions […]

Rinnovabili.it (Italy) posted an article about a new platform from FAO. The platform contains data and information from reports and studies measuring food loss and waste, at every stage of the value chain. To monitor food loss and waste, FAO examined available literature and collected data and information from different reports and sources, including international organizations such as […]

Nigerian Tribune posted an article on the GM Cowpea and that the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) has stated that Nigeria could earn up to $638 million from the export of its genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) grain, the insect Pod-Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea. Country Director of OFAB, Rose Gidado explained that the OFAB’s prediction is based on a […]

South China Morning Post published an article that White House claims regarding the US-China trade agreements appear designed to appeal to a key US voting bloc just days before the presidential election. Independent analysis shows that China is well off from the agreed upon purchase, “slightly over 50 percent of the way toward the year-to-date targets” and below […]

Foreign Policy published an article stating that this year, figures from one-time U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to U.K. Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds have called for the exploration of a wealth tax, making it one of the most popular and seemingly new policy ideas on both sides of the Atlantic.  If there were a universal levy of, say, 2 percent […]

Agri-pulse published an article on where trade stands at the end of the phase one pact between China and the United States. The United States Trade Representative says that China has purchased more than 23.6 billion of an expected 36.5 billion in US farm commodities. However, it is incomplete as shipments have not gone out. Senior Research Fellow Joseph […]

Diario Siglo XXI (Italy) published an article on the Action Against Hunger, an NGO that has developed an early warning system that combines high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence to combat the effects of climate change in the Sahel region. ACH used data from IFPRI that showed that the climate crisis will increase the number of malnourished children in the world […]

Ilbolive (Italy) published an article on agricultural research and highlighted the Ceres2030 project. Ceres2030 works around eight priority issues and puts in place sophisticated automated analysis tools, in other words, artificial intelligence, to identify the hundreds of thousands of published researches in the agronomic, environmental field, geopolitical and economic that provide data, working hypotheses, innovative solutions and so on to […]

Nicaragua Today published an article on the latest meeting of the Regional Fund for Agricultural Technologies. IFPRI along with other major development organizations (Inter-American Development Bank IDB, International Center for Tropical Agriculture CIAT, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICA, and the Brazilian Company of Agricultural Research EMBRAPA) participated in the […]

Easy Money (China) published an article that discusses the integration of urban and rural areas. The strategy to integrate requires overall planning and scientific measures. The 12th CAE R-IFPRI International Academic Conference, jointly sponsored by China Agricultural University, IFPRI, and Southwest University School of Economics and Management conducted discussions and exchanges on the theme of “Deep Integration of […]

Herald (Nigeria) posted an article reporting on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request that Nigerians abide strictly by COVID-19 protocols as the country cannot afford a fresh lockdown. The total lockdown that lasted five weeks caused Nigeria’s GDP to suffer a 34.1 percent loss, amounting to USD 16 billion, with two-thirds of the losses coming from the services sector, according […]

Telegraph Online published an article writing that the prime minister, Narendra Modi, believes that the three bills on agricultural reform are essential for doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Some industrialists have compared the legislations with the liberalization of the Indian economy. However, any endorsement of liberalization must be accompanied by unbiased reflections on the cost of such ‘reforms.” […]

Reliefweb published an article on how ongoing floods in El Salvador are causing a loss of crops, particularly coffee in the country. One farmer said, “The landslides take away all the crops planted in that area, so you need to reinvest. It drains resources when resources are scarce, to begin with.” In recent years, climate change has made […]

ZDNet.com posted an article on the latest argument favoring 5G–that the next generation of information and/or communications technology will support a new wave of productivity in the workplace. That wave will bring forth a new foundation for cost efficiency and commerce that benefits, directly or indirectly, everyone in the world’s broader economy. Radio and network equipment company Nokia has released a report […]

IFPRI is participating with FAO’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean in the celebration of World Food Day and FAO’s 75th anniversary. Given the complexity of managing the COVID-19 pandemic and its significant adverse effects on the region’s economies, FAO is convening stakeholders who impact agri-food systems to provide an institutional response by facilitating and promoting […]

Rising food demand and a shrinking rural labor pool have made the need for tractors and other machines increasingly urgent.