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Thomson Reuters Foundation published an op-ed by IFPRI researchers Bart Minten and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse analyzing the current value chain of Ethiopia’s staple grain, teff.  Still a nascent cash crop, Minten and Taffesse list various challenges, and provide recommendations to increase production and marketability of teff drawing from their new book, The Economics of Teff: […]

IFPRI’s 2018 Global Food Policy Report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018 at the global and country levels. The specific focus of this year’s report is on the opportunities and challenges of globalization. While globalization has brought significant benefits in terms of poverty […]

A new IFPRI report outlines policy approaches to reform and boost the MENA region's agriculture and food systems.

India’s Financial Express published an editorial piece on the drivers and determinants of childhood stunting.  The article cited IFPRI research authored by Purnima Menon, Derek Headey, Rasmi Avula, and Phuong Nguyen that highlighted the two most influential factors of stunting, which are women’s Body Mass Index and their education attainment.  The publication suggests eradication can […]

China Science Daily amplified findings by IFPRI’s Research Fellow, Wei Zhang, regarding the economic benefit Ladybugs have on cotton farmers.  Zhang argued in her research paper that Ladybugs are a natural pest control, and that consistent use of pesticides undermine farmers’ profitability. 

World Water Week is the annual focal point of water issues across the globe, organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This year, World Water Week (August 26-31) will address the theme “Water, Ecosystems, and Human Development.”  Experts, practitioners, decision makers, business innovators, and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm to network, […]

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Claudia Ringler represents IFPRI at World Water Week 2018 participating in meetings on "Water, ecosystems, and human development."

Committing to work toward ending hunger, promoting sustainable agriculture, and ensuring a sustainable food future for all.

Unless the US-China conflicts are resolved, there will be major lose-lose outcomes for both parties–and for agricultural markets across the world.

Shenggen Fan, in an op-ed published in China Daily, highlights disastrous outcomes arising out of trade conflict between China and the United States. 

Wall Street Journal published a news feature on the US administration’s proposed tariffs on import of processed fish products from China and its impact on domestic companies. The article interviewed IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow, Joseph Glauber, who pointed out that the proposed tariffs could cut profits or boost prices throughout seafood supply chains, from fishermen […]

India’s Financial Express published an opinion piece co-authored by IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow, Will Martin, on five new insights that highlight agriculture remains the key to reducing poverty in developing countries. In the article, Martin, based on a new research paper, argued that growth in agriculture remains in general two to three times more effective […]

China’s Xinhua Outlook Weekly published an opinion article authored by IFPRI DG Shenggen Fan. In the op-ed, Fan suggests pathways in which China can reshape and harness the agri-food systems to improve food security and nutrition and achieve its ‘Healthy China 2030’ goals. It discusses China’s challenges on malnutrition, non-communicable diseases, and food safety scandals, and […]

To meet food security goals in today’s world, we must consider the stresses on food systems. Rising demand for food, driven by population growth, dietary change, and the effects of climate change and other environmental problems.

India’s The Hindu has published an Op-Ed coauthored by IFPRI researcher, Anjani Kumar. The article discusses the serious debate on whether providing loans to farmers at a subsidised rate of interest or their waiver would accelerate farmers’ welfare. At the global level, studies indicate that access to formal credit contributes to an increase in agricultural productivity […]

India’s Financial Express has published an Op-Ed by Anjani Kumar.  This Op-Ed looks at the success of India’s public distribution system (PDS) in Odisha, a state marred with a high incidence of poverty, hunger and malnutrition.  In 2004, Odisha began with a state-of-the-art PDS to cover the entire network for greater transparency and accountability. The PDS took into […]

Nepal’s The Himilayan published an Op-Ed by Anjani Kumar on food safety in the dairy industry.Food safety is a vital component of food security, however, in many developing countries, compliance to food safety measures (FSM) have remained elusive.  The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) undertook a comprehensive study on compliance with FSM in Nepal’s milk […]

India’s The Financial Express published a news story on how the country can double farmers’ incomes. The transformation of India from food deficiency to self-sufficiency and from a net importer to a net exporter of agricultural commodities are notable. The article highlights these successes, but also examines the trend of a deceleration in the rate […]