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Zodiak TV in its daily news show reported on fertilizer prices at a recent conference on the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) (beginning at 4:56) in Malawi. Jan Duchoslav, a researcher fellow (IFPRI-Malawi) challenges the government to come up with long-term plans. He stated that the government needs good policies. It’s a problem that is there and there’s little that can be done in […]

Economic & Political Weekly published an op-ed by research fellow, Rasmi Avula. Avula writes, “Research in most cases begins with a quest to close a gap in the existing scientific literature, to inform a policy dialogue, and/or to inform programmatic decisions. Investigators identify a topic for research and set the research process in motion. Regardless of the […]

Ground Views (Sri Lanka) published an article that references an IFPRI survey that found that farmers faced food insecurity as a result of the measures that had been put into place to curb the spread of Covid-19. The report said that “High levels of food insecurity and disruptions across domains such as income, asset ownership, and agriculture could have short- […]

MSN published an article stating that dollar stores in the US are likely to see a sales and earnings boost from the Biden administration’s plan to hike food stamp benefits. With the additional $36, senior research fellow, Joseph Glauber stated that “you would expect they would buy more things like meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables because those are […]

Food News- Latam.com published a summary of the FAO online conference. It is no longer just a question of the degree of access to food, but of the way it is produced, processed, transported, traded, and consumed, and its planetary effects. All this ends up composing a new notion of food security in the XXI century. High-level experts […]

Ag Health published a blog post on how the world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR, is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched in early 2021. The development of the One Health initiative is being led by a team of scientists from four CGIAR research […]

Islamabad Post published an article on how stakeholders on Tuesday urged the federal government to take notice of Pakistan Horticulture Development Export Company’s (PHDEC) failure to play its due role in enhancing this sector’s exports and decide if it’s worth it. Talking to media, Vice President of Pakistan Businesses Forum and former FPCCI Chief on Agriculture, Ch Ahmad Jawad said […]

Hindu Business Line published an op-ed by senior research fellow, Anjani Kumar and Abhishek Jha on how South Asia’s produce must appeal to foreign consumers. Livestock and its produce constitute one of the most promising commodities in the primary and processed food sector. Worldwide consumption has doubled since 1995; trade grew from $77.18 billion in 2000 to $233.7 […]

Hindu Business Line published an op-ed by senior research fellow, Anjani Kumar and Abhishek Jha on how South Asia’s produce must appeal to foreign consumers. Livestock and its produce constitute one of the most promising commodities in the primary and processed food sector. Worldwide consumption has doubled since 1995; trade grew from $77.18 billion in 2000 to $233.7 billion […]

Global Citizen published an article on how local food systems can ensure healthy diets everywhere by growing nutritious and diverse crops. Millions of people experience food insecurity, with estimates that over 800 million go to bed hungry each night. And yet, we constantly hear that we produce enough food to feed every person in the world. How […]