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Nigerian Pilot News published an article on the recent report by Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2021) concerning Nigeria is quite predictable and alarming. In its 2021 Report, the GRFC stated that 13 million Nigerians risk acute hunger. Nigeria is grouped with six other countries in the negative hunger index. Other countries include Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Republic […]

This Day (Nigeria) published an article on how middlemen are taking advantage of peasant farmers by buying off their produce to hoard in a bid to create artificial scarcity for staple crops. Indeed, Nigeria has continued to witness the rising cost of staple food crops despite being the largest producer of staple crops in West Africa by a […]

Asian Farmers published a summary of the UNFSS pre-summit that recognized that there are a lot of stakeholders working towards achieving the SDG 2 target of eliminating hunger, and the UN Food Systems Summit provides an opportunity for coordinated action. In particular, several reports released in recent years such as Ceres2030, the SOFI, PARI 2020, and Foresight 2.0 highlight the […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on how the state-run grain trader, the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), has set aside over K62 billion for use in purchasing maize from farmers this season as it has now entered the market full-throttle. The June report from IFPRI-Malawi indicates that less than 10 percent of farmers who sold maize in June received a […]

Premium Times (Nigeria) published an article on the role gender plays in land ownership. While women farmers contribute about 70 percent of food production in the country, according to the FAO, land rights discrimination, fueled by social, economic, and cultural factors, affects their productivity.  Head, Africa Region, Jemimah Njuki stated, “It’s one of the key issues that we have to […]

Paepard published a summary report of the UNFSS Pre-Summit event. The event serves as the preparatory meeting for the UN Food Systems Summit in September by consolidating all the substantive work of the Summit into a common vision and setting a tone of bold ambition and commitment to action. Given the richness of ideas coming through the Summit’s workstreams and […]

Washington, D.C. – Researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) were recognized today with two prestigious awards from the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA).  Jo Swinnen was awarded the Quality of Communications Award for the book COVID-19 and Global Food Security (editors, Johan Swinnen and John McDermott) and the blog posts, events, […]

The Conversation published an article posing the question, “What will it take to build sustainable, resilient food systems in African countries? This was one of many questions considered at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in late July that aims to identify bold, innovative actions, with measurable outcomes. These actions are needed to achieve many of the […]

Economist published an article about how the reopening economy’s hunger for goods from China, and for the containers that carry them, has left importers of coffee and other crops, struggling to ship globally. And food prices are increasing. Transport logjams and paltry harvests in producing regions have conspired with surging demand to stoke food inflation across the […]

National Press Foundation published a summary, video, and transcript of a talk with senior research fellow Joseph Glauber and others on China’s new food security policies: Should Beijing’s 5-Year Plan For “Absolute” Food Security Worry Other Nations?” outlines a plan to counter food shortages in 2025. With one in six people in the world dependent on international trade for food, will massive Chinese […]