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Hindustan Times reported on promises from COP26 by officials: India will step up efforts to curb emissions in agriculture within a national mission for sustainable agriculture, having stayed off a farm action agenda at the recent Glasgow COP26 climate summit. Globally, agriculture is responsible for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, three-quarters of them coming from […]

Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article stating that scarcity of work coupled with high food prices this year means that farm households are being forced to miss meals which results in reduced diet diversity and diet quality– a shocking scenario for pregnant women and young children’s nutritional needs. Farmers borrowing money from the informal lenders think that […]

The Nation (Malawi) reported on how Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) has increased the monthly rental for its houses nationwide in a move Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) says will hurt consumers currently grappling with the rising cost of living. Meanwhile, consumers keep paying for more as the retail price for maize, which contributes 42.5 percent to the inflation […]

Malawi Broadcasting Corporation published an article reporting that at a recent conference, President Dr Lazarus Chakwera said that despite Malawi’s economy being hit hard by local and foreign economic forces the gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow from 0.9% in 2020 to 3.8 percent in 2021 season. One of the presentations given at the conference was by […]

Stanford Social Innovation Review published an article on how small and medium NGOs and social enterprises can help the public sector successfully adopt and scale their innovations.  India’s adoption of a video-based, agricultural extension program pioneered by the NGO Digital Green is helping to achieve these goals. The study supports the idea that scaling through government is […]

Bistandsaktuelt (Norway) reported that damage to crops as a result of climate change means that 67,286 small farmers in Malawi have received insurance payments totaling $ 2.4 million. This is a new form of cooperation to strengthen farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change.  In a study from 2011, IFPRI-Malawi pointed out that since 2005 the World Bank has […]

The Nation (Malawi) published the latest findings from IFPRI from the October 2021 Monthly Maize Market Report. The report found that retail maize prices have remained highest in the southern region despite some notable price declines in October.  The Southern Region’s prices averaged K166 per kilogram, four percent higher than last year. 

Times of India published an article stating that food secure future is an important issue not only for the UAE but also for India. IFPRI, in fact, warns that changing climate, growing global population rising food prices, and environmental stressors will have significant and uncertain impacts on food security in the coming decades. However, industry experts and policymakers […]

MW Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that Malawians will from this month dig deep into their pockets to access tap water following a decision by the country’s water boards to raise tariffs by an average of 52 percent from November 1. While the increasing tariffs will add costs to consumers, the move will help improve the […]

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article about Dhaka’s development and associated challenges and how they should be a good example for growing cities that need to ensure sustainable urbanization. Planned development of secondary cities can salvage the capital from drowning from the effects of mass immigration and maintain its potential of offering a good quality of life to its […]