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IFPRI Senior Research Fellow John Ulimwengu is participating in the webinar, “Food Staple Market Dynamics: Nutrition Effects of Rising Prices among the poor and vulnerable” on September 17, 2020. Coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, atherosclerosis, obesity, some forms of cancer, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, gall bladder disease, dementia and nutritional anemia are major causes of death, illness […]

The impacts of the COVID-19 economic crisis are threatening the livelihoods and welfare of vulnerable households in Myanmar. Declining household income, from increases in unemployment and declines in remittances, can have negative long-term effects on the food and nutrition insecurity of households and the overall welfare of vulnerable populations. A deeper understanding of the social […]

Too often, research aiming to inform public policies or strengthen institutions for effective policy implementation remains disconnected from the real political economy of policy and institutional reform. This webinar will introduce a new rubric to assess opportunities for research partnerships that navigate this complex terrain of power and leverage sometimes unexpected spaces of engagement. The rubric […]

Steps must be taken now to avert a decades-long nutrition and public health crisis.

Welternaehrung (Welthungerhilfe [Germany]) published an op-ed by Athur Mabiso and Senior Research Fellow Rui Benfica. The authors write that there are two sides of the coin regarding youth in Africa.  Africa has the youngest and fastest growing population in the world. The average age south of the Sahara is 18.3 years, in Asia it is 30 years. The number of young people […]

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on how Prolonged and multiple monsoon floods have disrupted cultivation of Aman paddy, which provides around 36 percent of total rice production in the country. Senior Research Fellow and Country Representative Akhter Ahmed stated, “Aman is our second largest staple crop. It covers around 36 percent of our total rice production. But this year many farmers […]

Handels Zeitung (Switzerland) published an article on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors concept is enjoying growing among investors today Popularity. Investors have taken a clear position with their capital: they either want to make a difference with ESG investments, or they think that it will also reward them financially. Or even both. In India, for example, the authorities in […]

Money Control published an article on Exposure to tiny particles found in dust and smoke (particulate matter 10 or PM10), regardless of hygienic practices, increases the risk of adverse child health outcomes, said a survey of 184 Indian cities and towns.PM10 are particles ranging between 2.5 and 10 micrometers and common sources include vehicular exhausts, smoke from fires, […]

IISD project published an article on climate change and how the world is getting warmer resulting in a decreasing crop yields and rising food prices are expected to strongly jeopardize the achievement of SDG 2 – ending global hunger. Climate change has consequences for food production worldwide .In times of crisis, countries are inclined to adopt a protectionist stance. For example, in […]

Business Day (Nigeria) published an article on how Low level of agricultural mechanisation on farms across the country has continued to limit the capacity of farmers to expand their cultivation areas, perform timely farming operations, and achieve economies of scale in food production.  In Nigeria, a significantly higher proportion of the farming area is still cultivated by hand tools. An […]

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the devastation caused by flooding in the country. According to an IFPRI study, The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, impacts, and the path ahead for aquaculture, aquaculture, which takes place on 800,000 hectares mainly in ponds, lifted more than 20 lakh people out of poverty between 2000 and […]

Green Biz published a blogpost about the hunger and climate crises exacerbated by COVID-19. According to IFPRI, climate change could depress global crop yields up to 30 percent by 2050, putting about 50 million more people at risk of undernourishment, Research Institute produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation. The global food system is under threat, and what we […]

ReliefWeb highlighted the latest report for maize in Malawi. Retail maize prices decreased slightly during August 2020; prices in the South were higher than in the Centre and North; ADMARC sales were reported in 11 of the 26 markets monitored; and retail maize prices in Malawi were lower than in most eastern African markets. The Monthly Maize Market Reports are […]

Bangladesh Post published an article about the new research platform, the One CGIAR. Agriculture Minister Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said that to adapt to the changing world, agricultural countries like Bangladesh have to think about new research from now on. And global initiatives like ‘One CGIAR’ can help us take a few steps forward in this new way of thinking about research. IFPRI […]

Aerzteblatte published an article on the findings from Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. The study shows that the disadvantage for children begins before birth. Republished on 9 News (Australia)

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on the purchase of maize by the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), the state produce trader. Admarc is banking on an K11 billion loan facility from commercial banks to buy 50 000 metric tonnes (MT), but is awaiting government’s nod. In August, IFPRI-Malawi said that maize prices dropped to K123 per kg. It said about 76 percent […]

Bebes y Mas (Spain) published an article that featured the study Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics, The researchers note that “stunting is unlikely to be due to common risk factors in child growth, such as poor diet and disease.” The results are the same, even if the newborns belong to what we could call an “ideal home,” with good […]

Church Times (United Kingdom) published an article on hunger and malnutrition specifically in children South of the Sahara. The article quoted IFPRI and its prediction that that food poverty will grow dramatically across the globe in 2020. Sub-Saharan African will be one of the hardest hit, with a 23 percent increase in those classed as falling into extreme poverty: […]

Successful Farming published an article explaining new subsidies from the Trump administration. The administration is showering U.S. agriculture with the largest farm supports ever, an estimated $37 billion, chiefly through stopgap programs to mitigate the impact of the pandemic.  As a result, farm income in 2020 would be the highest in seven years, not counting an additional $14 billion in […]

Financial Times reported that farmers in the US are in line for record handouts from Washington this year, sparking accusations that Donald Trump is trying to buy the agricultural vote ahead of the November election. China’s imports of farm goods covered by the trade deal were $7.bn at the end of July. Still Beijing and Washington reached […]