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CIMMYT posted an article stating that Integrated initiative launches in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. Purnima Menon, TAFSSA co-lead and senior research fellow presented the project in India on June 15. “The research portfolio and engagement plan we’re proposing is really intending to cut across the food system,” said Menon. “We want to engage people in production […]

Phys.org published an article stating that fixing hunger is as challenging as ever. Many food producers, including farmers, hunters and fishers are food-insecure; meaning they’re not always sure where their next meal will come from. More than 50% of the roughly 600 million who are food insecure live in conflict zones. The risk that multiple […]

Ag Info published an article on the Florida Congressional members requesting an investigation into the flood of imported seasonal and perishable ag products from Mexico. Florida’s Department of Agriculture documents show the decades-long economic harm to Florida growers, causing estimated lost sales of 10-20 percent, 17-34,000 lost jobs, and billions in negative impact on the […]

UN Dispatch published an article on the UN General Assembly meeting where the key focus is on food security and food access.  Rob Vos, director for Markets, Trade, and Institutions discussed the speeches and comments made at the opening session of the food security summit. Vos said of the speeches, “There was a very strong […]

The News International published an op-ed by Mohsin Hafeez, Wajid Rana, and Deputy division director Claudia Ringler discuss the climate change disaster in Pakistan. Following the extreme heatwave of May – the city of Jacobabad hit 51 degrees C on May 14 – Pakistanis are now experiencing the most extreme flooding of their lifetime. These […]

Daiji World (India) published an article on how the demand for better air pollution management is gaining ground, Punjab and Haryana, both prominent granaries, stare at crop residue burning with the onset of the winter season when air quality levels in Delhi and other northern areas in India touch hazardous limits. Well ahead of the […]

Voice of America published an article stating that one of the sessions at the UN meeting was the U.S. convened a Global Food Security Summit co-chaired by Secretary of State Antony Blinken with the leaders of the European Union, African Union, and Spain, and hosted by Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Beyond aid, the world […]

Voice of America News (VOA) published an article on President Biden’s upcoming address to the UN where he is expected to highlight U.S. efforts to strengthen global food security and replenish the Global Fund to fight AIDS and other pandemics. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, exports of food and fertilizer from the region have been […]

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Virtual Event: October 13, 2022 – 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM CEST. This side event will involve a panel discussion focused on new directions for research and policy to create the evidence base to inform transformative changes in food markets and deliver on the promise of the SDGs.

Washington, D.C.:  IFPRI Director General Jo Swinnen announced today the appointment of two new Senior Directors, as part of a reorganization of IFPRI’s structure to match that of the CGIAR Systems Transformation group. Purnima Menon was named the Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy and Channing Arndt was named Senior Director for Systems Transformation Strategies. […]

Agri-Pulse published an article stating that the potential for increased trade with India is substantial, but the country has refused to commit to the trade pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, leaving some in the U.S. ag sector pessimistic about changing the country’s direction. India is the only nation of 14 in the Indo-Pacific Economic […]

African Business published an article on how experts are warning that pursuing continental self-sufficiency may not be an appropriate remedy for Africa’s weak position in agricultural supply chains.  “The greatest problem facing African farmers is not that they are too connected to global supply chains, but that their connections to those supply chains are not […]

Successful Farming published an article stating that Ukrainian farmers may reduce plantings of wheat and other crops for harvest in 2023 because warfare has cut their income at the same time they face high fuel and fertilizer costs, said two IFPRI analysts during a briefing on Tuesday. A small crop in Ukraine, usually a leading […]

The Fence Post published an article on an IFPRI event where two senior economists said that six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the continuing uncertainties in the Black Sea region led to questions about next year’s crop sizes. The Black Sea agreement that allows the grain to leave Ukraine “has always been tenuous,” Joseph Glauber, […]

CGTN produced a YouTube video, panelists discuss rising food prices, the potential global hunger crisis, top U.S. grain giants have reportedly reaped record profits, raising concerns of profiteering and speculation. Markets, Trade, and Institutions division director, Rob Vos, states, “The big A, B, C, D companies (Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, and Cargill, the Louis-Dreyfus Group) […]

Virtual Event: September 27, 2022 – 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM EDT. This session will explore the extent to which major producing countries of key food commodities will be able to respond to the high food prices and compensate for the export gap created by shortfalls in supplies from Ukraine.

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