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MSN published an article on the SDGs and COVID-19. The Covid-19 pandemic has come at a time when societies are already facing many challenges related to inequality, poverty, unemployment, and drought and/or lack of access to water, amongst others. The pandemic will also negatively affect global development objectives, specifically the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to […]

CNN Indonesia reported on the study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. According to the study, children born at 5,000 feet or more above sea level are typically smaller at birth and more likely to remain stunted than those born at lower altitudes. Senior Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen stated, “Pregnancies at high-altitudes are characterized by chronic hypoxia, or an […]

New York Times published an article  on the findings from the study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. Living at high altitudes may be associated with giving birth to smaller babies who grow more slowly through childhood. Researchers studied 964,299 children in 59 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. Among them, […]

Coinciding with the national nutrition month in India, or Poshan Maah, a group of 19 co-hosts are organizing the third India-focused implementation research conference “Delivering for Nutrition in India: Insights from Implementation Research” from 14-18 September 2020. At this event, participants will review evidence to inform the implementation of current policy and program initiatives. They […]

Agriculture Extension Book; Photo Essay from Papua New Guinea, and more

The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) is the largest research network on violence against women and children. It connects experts and global stakeholders in order to share best practices to mitigate violence and improve the lives of those affected by gender-based violence. SVRI also gathers, develops, distils, and disseminates knowledge for improving practice.

How evolving technology has stimulated data collection and research.

Testing the role of subsidies in adopting techniques to build long-term resilience.

The economic shocks of COVID-19 on global markets have left the African continent, along with its producers and consumers, distinctly vulnerable. This seminar will examine how changes in global food trade since the pandemic have impacted African food systems, regional supply chains and food access.  Presenters will discuss the potential long-term risks of trade disruptions […]

IFPRI is participating in the African Green Revolution Forum 2020 (AGRF). Considered the world’s most important and impactful forum for African agriculture, AGRF brings together stakeholders in the agricultural landscape to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African agriculture forward as sustained agricultural transformation will remain at the centre of driving Africa’s […]

Two studies in Kenya examine risk perceptions of aflatoxin in maize.

Agro-Campana (Argentina) published an article on food security during COVID-19. The crisis has placed government officials in the difficult position of balancing restrictions on mobility with guaranteeing access to basic services. And while the world has not faced major food shortages, there have been disruptions to international food security. In the journal article COVID-19 risks to global food security by IFPRI researchers David Laborde, Will Martin, Johan Swinnen, and Rob […]

Boulder City Review published an article that referenced the results from the Science Magazine journal article, COVID-19 risks to global food security by IFPRI researchers David Laborde, Will Martin, Johan Swinnen, and Rob Vos. Availability, access, utilization, and stability are the four pillars of food security. The study found that food markets and suppliers continue to face ongoing disruptions from labor shortages and food demand shifts due […]

Farm Progress published an article on the Trump administration farmers’ subsidies. President Donald Trump has consistently said he’ll stand up for farmers and won’t let other countries wrongly target U.S. agriculture, but is the retaliatory response — and the actions that set off the tariffs in the first place — causing more harm than good? All of the […]

The New Nation (Bangladesh) published an article on the worldwide unprecedented social and economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic poses grave risks to the nutritional status and thus threats survival of the young children of low-income and middle-income households. The economic, food, and health systems disruptions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic are expected to continue to […]

Shillong Times published an article on the importance of healthy diets during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article referenced the IFPRI/A4NH study, “A comparison of the Indian diet with the EAT-Lancet reference diet,” co-authored by A4NH’s Manika Sharma and Devesh Roy with IFPRI’s Avinash Kishore, and Kuhu Joshi that found that food consumed by people in the country are not nutritious enough. It was found that there is excess consumption of […]

Observatorio Detrabajadore published an article on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the agri-food sector in Venezuela. The pandemic has revealed an inequality in that almost a third of total mortality at the regional level is due to non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer (lethal risk conditions before the Covid-19) due to aging, globalization, urbanization and the increase in […]