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Nature published an article on how what we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world. For researchers exploring future diets in some low- or middle-income nations, one hurdle is finding out what people are eating in the first place. “It’s literally like a black box […]

Scroll.in published an interview with research fellow Sudha Narayanan where she discussed what drives the demand for reforms, why the government failed to pass the farm laws, and why India needs to focus on the farmer every time it talks about changing Indian agriculture. It might be useful to think of reform as a process – something that we need […]

Eureka Alert published a press release about a new paper stating that as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins, almost 50 authors from diverse backgrounds set out 10 rules for addressing human and social dimensions of restoration currently overlooked in ecosystem restoration. Neglecting social and people-centered restoration models can result in land grabs, conflict, and further marginalization […]

Bernama (Malaysia) published an article describing comments from Minister, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Lingg (Nanta) about a sales promotion titled Jualan Keluarga Malaysia (Malaysian Family Sale) will be held in all of the 222 parliamentary constituencies twice a month on a monthly basis beginning December 4 as part of the government’s efforts to ensure consumers get necessities at […]

The Hindu published an op-ed from research fellow Sudha Narayanan. In the op-ed, Narayanan said that the challenge is that different States have different regulations and a different pace of reform in part due to the political stakes involved in tackling trader collusion in these markets. States need to go back to the basics and to the suggestions […]

Paepard published an announcement about the new PIM book Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future and CGIAR’s research on gender over the past decade. The book presents a shift away from a typical, instrumentalist outlook focused on how gender analysis can contribute to research objectives, such as improved productivity. Over 55 gender researchers who […]

Food for Mzansi (South Africa) published an article stating that global action to limit human-induced warming could give Mzansi enough time to secure enough water to sustain its people. Otherwise, according to researchers, climate shifts by the middle of the next decade may well make Day Zero situations more common. Researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the […]

Successful Farming published an article stating that China is buying less in U.S. crops and livestock than expected, particularly soybeans, and America’s ag exports are feeling the pinch. Sales are forecast at a record $175.5 billion this fiscal year, said the USDA on Tuesday, but just like the record set last year, the crest was not as high […]

Pro Kerala published an article on how IFPRI in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), and SAARC Development Fund (SDF) have launched a project for scaling up climate smart agriculture in South Asia. The consortium kicked-off with an initial pilot investment of about $3.1 million provided by IFAD, SAC, IFPRI and […]

Agency Cofin published an article stating that Rwanda is preparing, with the help of its partners, for post-covid economic recovery. As such, a number of sources of financing have been implemented in order to facilitate the recovery of the various key sectors of the economy. According to IFPRI, the lockdown has increased the poverty rate by 10.9 percentage […]