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Food Tank published a list of how experts in food systems are looking at what is next and how to work within the challenges to create healthy food systems. Senior Research Fellow Ruben Echeverria said, “One of the forgotten links in all these food systems, connections between agriculture, nutrition, and health, is that you need knowledge. You need to do some […]

Sowetan Live published an article about how the continent has flocked together to manage the health crisis, but it remains to be seen if this will translate to preventing a food crisis. Over the past 15 years, several African countries have reduced malnutrition significantly. Some by as much as 50%, according to IFPRI. However, Covid-19 threatens to reverse […]

Medium (USA) published an article from “The Good Men Project” about the Eat-Lancet diet. The article referenced the study Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: A global analysis by Senior Research Fellows Kalle Hirvonen and Derek Headey, with Yan Bai and William Masters that found variations in food prices around the world may help explain regional differences in malnutrition and obesity, with poorer […]

Ag Week published an article on trade and agriculture. The article states no one involved in agriculture knows yet what the future of world ag trade will look like. The WTO, the global international organization that deals with the rules of trade between nations. continues to have a vital role in world ag trade. But, said Senior Research […]

Outlook Poshan published an article on cheche, the name for daycare in India. One area’s cheche is called Mamata Gharas. An IFPRI study that took place in Odisha has made significant progress in reducing child undernutrition. According to an IFPRI report, Odisha had better nutrition outcomes, such as stunting levels, and performed better in terms of immediate determinants than wealthier […]

Politico published an article on farm subsidies the US government makes to US farmers have surged to historic levels under President Donald Trump as the Agriculture Department floods the industry with cash to stem the financial losses from Trump’s tariff fights and the coronavirus pandemic. Experts wonder what happens to US farmers if those subsidies don’t continue? Senior […]

Yahoo Finance (Germany) reported on the UN’s statement that hunger and malnutrition are on the rise worldwide because the coronavirus crisis is driving more people into poverty and restricting their access to healthy food. IFPRI research shows that while it is too early to fully assess the impact of lockdowns and other pandemic mitigation measures, the global recession […]

Hakipensheni (South Africa) reported on the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, which is supporting South Africa’s quest to becoming self-sufficient in food production. If this initiative by the CBN under the leadership of the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, is sustained, it will be one of the enduring legacies of the Buhari administration. However, COVID-19 could change all of the positive scenarios for the […]

Expanding agrifood value chains are creating huge opportunities for greater inclusion of rural people in processing, transport, and retail. From IFPRI's 2020 Global Food Policy Report.

Enhance sustainable water management at scale in six Indian states to manage water more sustainably.

The Borgen Project published an article stating that there have been both strides and setbacks in recent years in the process of decreasing poverty in Ethiopia. Poverty in the region has been steadily falling. Several factors, including increased agriculture and a decreasing fertility rate, are responsible for this decline. However, more needs to be done. Various schemes and […]

Down to Earth (India) published an article about the direct benefit transfer system that India employed to help people tide over the ongoing health and economic crises. Senior Research Fellow Anjani Kumar believes that the scheme is working. “In the last few days, I spoke to 40 to 50 beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar who have Jan Dhan accounts and are […]

Hindustan Times published an article about an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and IFPRI study, which is part of a larger project, that found beneficiaries of PM-KISAN were diverse and there was no “statistical evidence” of any bias in selection of farmers on the basis of caste, community, or fealty. The impact of PM-KISAN, the Modi government’s […]

The Citizen (Tanzania) published an article on wheat imports and exports and Tanzania’s need to increase domestic production to meet food consumption requirements in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to IFPRI, only five countries supply 63 percent of the world’s wheat exports. Disruptions in the global supply chain could significantly impact Africa’s food security given price spikes

Focuses on the nexus of climate change, infrastructure, migration, agriculture, trade, and energy.

Lite Rock 97.3 reported on a new report by IFPRI, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Cornell University, as part of the Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger project. Experts at Cornell say $10 billion is needed to stave off a potential worldwide hunger crisis caused by the pandemic and IFPRI states there’s an urgent need for additional […]

Yahoo News reported on recent research from IFPRI, Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Cornell University that stated, an additional $10 billion is needed “urgently” to prevent millions more people becoming food insecure as a result of Covid-19. Senior Research Fellow and co-Director of the Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger project, David Laborde said, “Even before Covid-19, global efforts to […]

All Africa published a press release stating an additional US$10 billion is urgently needed to prevent millions more people becoming food insecure as a result of COVID-19, according to a new report by the IFPRI, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Cornell University, as part of the Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger project. Senior Research Fellow David Laborde and co-Director of […]

Research provides guideposts for tracking India's double burden of malnutrition.

Nutrition Insight published an article on ending hunger. Global hunger rates are on the rise, despite the UN’s aim to achieve SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) by 2030. This is the primary concern raised in the 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report. A joint project by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), IFPRI, and […]