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Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article on how adequate and effective water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) measures have always been considered crucial for public health and the COVID-19 pandemic has yet again reinforced this reality. It is now common knowledge that handwashing is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and other […]

Paepard published an article about the release of the 50/50 Global Health and IFPRI Report. The establishment of the Global Food 50/50 initiative is a response to broad stakeholder demands for a global food system that is accountable for progress towards gender equality. The event launch of the report featured Director General Johan Swinnen, and Head, Africa Region, Jemimah Njuki. 

Observer (Bangladesh) published an article on the cost of onion. According to the government’s marketing agency, Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the price of local onion has gone up by 41.30 percent and imported onion by 29.41 percent in the last month. However, a study by IFPRI identified Indian dependence on onions as a major problem for […]

Roayah News published an article on ways to address current nutrition issues and advance the nutrition agenda for 2021 and beyond, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing conflicts, and other problems and crises have made 2020 a difficult year for global nutrition. According to IFPRI, the main objective of the project is to support effective policies, program decisions, […]

Voice of America published an article on the export situation in Myanmar. We need to increase exports more but is that possible? In agriculture, inputs such as fertilizers prices have risen sharply. They are also published by IFPRI. According to research, the increase will significantly reduce the number of fertilizers. If sales fall, so will the output […]

Asian Farmers reported that the Asia-Pacific Association of Agriculture Research Institutions (APAARI) and CoSAI hosted the first dialogue, in an ongoing series, focused on the innovation investment landscape and future food systems in the Asia-Pacific. The Asian Farmers Association Secretary General quoted findings from CERES 2030: Sustainable solutions to end hunger (Cornell University, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, […]

The News Chronicle published an article stating that in the next 29 years, the world will require $10 trillion, a colossal amount that cannot be easily measured with the current state of the naira, Nigeria’s currency, to feed an additional two billion people. How we finance food systems – from both public and private sources of capital […]

Witchita Eagle published an article stating that Kansas stands to benefit substantially when the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act becomes law. The White House projects over $3 billion will come to Kansas through the improvement of roads, bridges, electric vehicle charging stations, and the expansion of high-speed internet. IFPRI projects that by 2050, the effects of […]

Indian Express published an article about a new program in collaboration with IFPRI, the Indian Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), UNICEF and the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) that NITI Aayog has launched– ‘The State Nutrition Profiles’ for 19 States and Union Territories in the country. As per the data of the profile released on Friday, a […]

The Wire (India) reported that the government has approved the ‘National Scheme for PM Poshan’ in schools. From the details of the scheme and financial outlays, it seems that this is just a repackaging of the school mid-day meal program with a new name and some window dressing. The article states the importance of the mid-day meal […]