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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 […]

Philippines Government published an article stating that the Department of Agriculture (DA) said the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) has resulted in increased local production and yield, affordable and stable supply of rice, and more benefits for farmers. Studies by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), International Rice Research Institute, and IFPRI (Distributional impacts of the rice […]

Phys.org published an article on how researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, IFPRI, and CGIAR have produced modeled projections of 21st-century changes in seasonal surface air temperature and precipitation for South Africa that systematically and comprehensively account for uncertainties in how Earth and socioeconomic systems behave and co-evolve. Presented […]

MSN Canada published an article stating that US $6 billion from Elon Musk is not nearly enough to solve the problem of world hunger. The richest person in the world has conflated two issues — the immediate need of financial assistance for those on the brink of starvation, with the endemic problem of food security issues facing hundreds of […]

The American Enterprise Institute hosted a live stream webinar that discusses findings from the recent AEI report regarding the consequences of current cargo preference and US sourcing mandates on the scope and effectiveness of US emergency food aid programs. A panel discussion featured Dina Esposito of Mercy Corps, Stephanie Mercier of Agricultural Perspectives, and David Beckmann, a […]

Politico Pro published an article regarding food security in India. India’s efforts to get a permanent exemption from global agricultural subsidy rules for its domestic food security program is creating a huge rift ahead of the WTO meeting.  The concern is India could hold “hostage” other negotiations in areas such as fishing subsidies, vaccines, and public health if […]

E-Jewish Philanthropy published an article stating that the UN World Food Programme Exec Director David Beasley said he’s optimistic that the outcome of his Twitter exchange with billionaire Elon Musk might mean more help from the wealthy for the world’s poor, but experts are divided about the wisdom of having a policy debate in public and on social media, report Stephanie […]

NPR, on The Indicator Planet Money reported on how is the cost of solving world hunger calculated, and is solving world hunger as simple as a billionaire writing a check? Elon Musk tweeted a reply to the WFP: “If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla […]

Hindu Business Line published an op-ed on how modified rice can help combat anemia. n an ambitious attempt to combat the serious problem of anemia due to malnutrition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement to mandate rice fortification in all social safety net schemes by 2024. An analysis by IFPRI finds that nearly two-thirds of the […]