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This project funded by the Mastercard Foundation, aims to provide tested options for creating innovative, digitally-savvy livelihood opportunities for youth, especially young women, while reducing post-harvest losses across agrifood systems in Africa

Hybrid Event: December 2, 2022 – 8:00 AM to December 3, 2022 – 6:00 PM HKT. This forum aims to bring together scientists, scholars and innovators from different subjects to discuss their research findings and exchange innovative ideas on all aspects of global food security.

Farmers’ Advance published an article on USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack’s COP27 comments. Vilsack highlighted the department’s initiatives and investments in climate-smart agriculture and forestry, noting that global food security depends upon the ability of farmers and producers worldwide to increase their productivity while strengthening their climate resilience and minimizing their climate impacts. “As we face […]

Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia extended the Black Sea Grain Initiative, according to a story in Respekt. The article reported that among other consequences, a possible end to the grain deal would further push prices higher. The grain agreement was signed in July, and in the following months, Ukraine exported eleven million tons of agricultural […]

The Dhaka Tribune published a review and comments from a roundtable on “Food Security for Sustainable Development” held in Bangladesh. Participants agreed that the double shocks of the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have drastically increased food prices, and immediate policy interventions are needed to keep food items affordable for people of lower income […]

The Nation (Malawi) writes in a report that consumers are hopeful that maize prices will begin to fall once the government reopens the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) scheme. Maize prices in most the markets have jumped. December 1, with this reopening, offers a remedy to those prices. According to IFPRI-Malawi, maize prices increased […]

Singapore Star published an article that explains a current India scheme (PM Kisan) that supports farmers. It is one of the finest examples of the use of digital public goods to reach out directly to beneficiaries without middlemen. According to ICAR and the International Food Policy Research Institute, the scheme has helped to address the […]

As COP27 ended, Packaging South Asia reported on the main takeaways from the days-long meeting. The article stated COP27 has been driven by two overriding themes: justice and ambition. The justice is for countries and populations who are dealing with the effects of climate change (flooding, droughts, etc., but not being the cause of climate […]

There are three well-known parameters for determining the nutritional status of children: stunting (height for age), wasting (weight for height), and underweight (weight for age). On these, Gujarat’s data is tragic as much as shocking, according to an article in News Click. District-wise estimates from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) based on its […]

Afro News writes that employment in Tanzania’s agriculture sector is said to be dropping while that in the manufacturing sector is on the rise, a change driven by agriculture mechanization. The article mentions the 2020 report by International Food Policy Research Institute, ‘Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania,’ which points to the success of this national development […]

Kenya News Agency reports on the recent workshop on innovation in Agricultural Risk Management in Kenya, quoting Peter Owoko, the Director of Agriculture Policy Research and Regulations at the Ministry of Agriculture, who underscored the need for innovations in product development and distribution. In the last three years, several Kenyan and international organizations have been […]

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), in an analysis of food price inflation, states that for decades globalization has increased the variety and reduced the cost of food. Now the pandemic, war in Ukraine and other global disruptions have shown how that complex supply chain can also result in more turbulent prices. Among the factors pushing up […]

Virtual Event: December 14, 2022 – 3:00 PM- 4:30 PM EST. This seminar will discuss the harmful environmental impacts of agricultural subsidies and how repurposing them could lead to policies that work better for people and the planet.

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Virtual Event: December 6, 2022 – 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM EST. This project, undertaken by ETH-Zurich and IFPRI and funded by Bayer, has consolidated and synthesized existing knowledge about farm and landscape practices designed to enhance biodiversity and resilience in intensive soybean, maize, and wheat production systems in Brazil, France, Germany, and the United States.

Event: May 25, 2022 – 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM CAT. This convening is organized by MINAGRI and IFPRI as a half-day event focusing on two specific themes and is designed to offer new insights and lessons learned in support of NAIS.

A tenuous food security situation faces shifting pressures.

Virtual Event: This Special Series of Coffee and Chai Chats with Experts spotlighting new #HiddenHunger global data and actions needed hosted by the Micronutrient Forum offers a deep-dive into selected key topics on micronutrient deficiencies worldwide in the light of these latest findings.

Food Ingredients First reports on how building upon research that supports plant-based diets and how they can dramatically reduce environmental impacts, may also help improve resilience in terms of these nations’ capacity to recover from food insecurity driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This past year has been turbulent in terms of food supply and food […]