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The Times (Malawi) published an article stating that farmers have sounded a fresh alarm over low prices some vendors are offering for maize in most markets in the country, where they are buying the commodity at as low as K50 per kilogramme (kg) or K2,500 per 50 kg bag. This also comes as a latest IFPRI-Malawi report shows that, […]

Paepard reported on the AGRF 2021 Summit. Pathways to recovery and resilient food systems pre-summit. One session during the pre-summit including “Building resilient food systems.: This session identified the role of the private sector, farmer organizations, government, and development partners in transforming the agriculture and food systems in Africa,” and featured Director for Africa, Jemimah Njuki. 

The Times (Malawi) published an article stating that some farmers in some parts of the country still feel duped by vendors who are still buying maize below the government set farmgate price, a latest report from IFPRI-Malawi shows. In its July report, the firm says maize prices were 13 percent lower than the government recommended price of K150 per kilogramme (kg). 

The Nation (Malawi) reported that the informal cross-border maize exports have increased by 125 percent from June to July. Since April, Mozambique maize was not coming into Malawi as it normally does during harvest. “Maize has been moving into Mozambique. Besides that, their prices as early as the end of May were already quite high trading at […]

All Africa published an article on the latest findings from ICRISAT and IFPRI stating that a millet-based diet could lower the risk of diabetes, a rapidly growing problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study, published in August in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, analyses millet consumption and its impact on cardiovascular health. It found that people with diabetes who consumed […]

Graphic Online (Ghana) published an article stating that the Fisheries Commission has developed a new requirement to regulate aquaculture in the country in order to help increase farm productivity and ensure safe and quality fish for the market. It is being spearheaded by IFPRI, the Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (WRI-CSIR), […]

Sunday Standard (Botswana) published an article on how Botswana policymakers will look to two major conferences on climate change to help transform Botswana. A report prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) entitled: 2021 Global Food Policy Report: Beyond the Pandemic Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19 states that the pandemic and associated policy responses “exposed […]

IFA Magazine reported that the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are now in real jeopardy of not meeting their 2030 deadline thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Sarvjeev S. Sidhu CFA, Head of Emerging Markets Strategy at Aegon Asset Management. According to IFPRI, “persons without social protection were particularly vulnerable to Covid-19. An additional 150 million people are […]

Smart Farmer published an article on IFPRI research that finds exporting avocados to high-value European markets can boost the income of Kenya’s smallholder farmers by 39 percent, a new report says. Research Fellow and lead author of the report, Mulubrhan Amare states that “International agricultural markets offer a higher price and also demand higher quality than the local market. Producing for […]

IPS published an op-ed by Jemimah Njuki, head of the Africa Region, and Elizabeth Nsimadala. The op-ed wrote that they believe the Food Systems Summit could provide a forum for a reset that seeks to find common ground for the increasingly fractious debate over food production in Africa. Most Africans—including up to 90% of people living in rural communities—still […]