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 Rappler published an opinion  on the state of agriculture in the Philippines. The article reports that Philippine agriculture was not in the best of health when we entered the WTO in 1995, but the cure, import liberalization on our part as the rich countries maintained their highly subsidized trade structures was a cure far worse than the […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article stating that two think tanks, IFPRI and Akademiya2063, have urged Malawi to move towards a more comprehensive food systems approach by way of diversified production. The joint study found that dominated by few products, agriculture remains the main sector of Malawi’s economy, accounting for about 80 percent of total export earnings and labor […]

UN RIC published an article on the UNFSS Pre-Summit where more than 100 countries joined the conversation (an historic three-days in Rome) with an outcome of bold ideas and global actions ahead of the UNFSS Summit in September. The article highlights included a quote from Head, Africa Region, Jemimah Njuki who said, “It is very important that we give women voices and […]

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, […]