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New York Times published an article on the Trump administration’s $28 billion effort in 2018 and 2019 to compensate farmers for losses from its trade wars. The subsidies have been criticized as excessive, devised on the fly, and tilted toward states politically important to Republicans. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber stated that given the track record with the trade relief […]

Creating more inclusive food systems for a post-pandemic world.

IFPRI is participating in two online talks on bridging research and policy responses to COVID-19. These webinars will bring together academics and policy-makers to synthetize responses on the most relevant topics for the Rome-based food and agriculture Agencies: The future of the value chain, food security, women, youth and vulnerable groups in the post-coronavirus era. […]

A new paper is the first to quantify the potential global impact of using CSA in food-crop production.

New Statesman (Latin America) published an article on the gloomy future for small island developing states (SIDS). Senior Research Fellow David Laborde said, “Based on their size, they could not mitigate internally a drought or a cyclone,” unlike a destination such as Mozambique or Brazil, where only a part of the country is disrupted when a disaster or disruptive event […]

Relief Web reported on the latest Malawi Monthly Maize Market, developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi with the goal of providing clear and accurate information on the variation of daily maize prices in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural […]

The Westerner published an article on the possibility of a COVID-19 virus and epidemic happening to crops. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber states that we wouldn’t be thinking about a crop plague but for COVID-19. The impact on the health of farm labor and workers in the meatpacking plants rises to the top. Then there is the disruption of supply chains causing rising retail […]

The New Humanitarian published an article on eight takeaways from 25 years of reporting on global health crises. The article referenced the IFPRI book, HIV/AIDs and food and nutrition security by Senior Research Fellow Stuart Gillespie and Suneetha Kadiyala on how the “destructive relationship” between HIV/AIDS and hunger became clear. IFPRI measured the impact of the disease on household-level income, especially for those who depended on farming. 

51Zhujia.com (China) published an article on the release of IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report and its findings as they pertain to China and the global food supply. The Report uses the Chinese social accounting matrix multiplier analysis method of 149 departments in 2017 to comprehensively simulate and evaluate the potential impact of the epidemic on agriculture and related industries and […]

Zook News summarized the week of educational information in China and included a short review of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report. It stated that the food supply is expected to reach 670 million tons which can provide strong support for winning the epidemic prevention and control battle, and achieving the year’s economic and social development goals and tasks.

Easy Money (China) published an article on the release of IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) and its findings as they pertain to global and China’s food supply. The Report believes that keeping the strategic bottom line of “absolute food security and basic grain self-sufficiency” is the most fundamental competitiveness goal of China’s grain industry.  The Report also covers […]

Fact Check reported on a claim made by US Presidential Candidate Joe Biden that farm bankruptcies increased last year “due largely to Trump’s unmitigated disaster of a tariff war.” Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said it was impossible to know what caused the bankruptcies because so little information about those farm operations is publicly available. “I don’t think it […]

B&FT Online published an editorial on data produced by Burkina Faso. Data show West African traders of perishable produce and livestock have seen losses of 10 – 30% since health restrictions took effect, resulting in disruptions of transportation and closure of markets. According to the IFPRI blogpost, COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade, by Senior Research Fellow Danielle […]

Citizen TV (Kenya) published an article on the improvement of the environment. The earth is breathing again and its link to the ongoing global health emergency is no coincidence or stuff of fate. IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) was referenced. The article stated warnings from the GFPR of irreversible ecosystem losses should climate change, deforestation, land degradation and water pollution becomes the […]

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the government’s plan to buy food grains to shield the poor against hunger amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior Research Fellow and country representative in Bangladesh, Akhter Ahmed said the government should focus more on providing food for free instead of selling foodgrains at subsidized rates. This is because programs like OMS and FFP are prone […]

Zimbabwe Herald published an article on the Covid-19 pandemic and how the global lockdowns pose a serious threat to food security across the entire Southern Africa region which is already battling a drought caused by poor rains in the just ended cropping season. Director General Johan Swinnen stated countries that rely heavily on imported food to meet demand are at risk from supply chain failures, especially in […]

Breakdowns in public confidence can endanger public health.

Sohu.com reported on reported on the Beijing launch of IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report. Director General Johan Swinnen was quoted in the article. He stated that as the COVID-19 epidemic and its economic impact sweep across the world’s poorest regions, more people will fall into poverty and food crises. In a new scenario analysis, without intervention, by the end of 2020, more […]

Business Standard (India) published an article stating that economic recovery needs to be the government’s immediate concern or social issues could arise following the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the livelihood of the poor. Director General Johan Swinnen was quoted, that IFPRI’s “analysis shows that almost 150 million people globally might fall into extreme poverty due to the COVID crisis […]