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MSN India published an article stating that an IFPRI study shows that women who received free meals in primary school have children with improved linear growth. According to Harold Alderman, a senior research fellow, “Findings from previous evaluations of India’s MDM scheme have shown a positive association with beneficiaries’ school attendance, learning achievement, hunger, and protein-energy malnutrition, and resilience to […]

The Nation published an article that stated Malawi’s farm inputs subsidies have come under fresh scrutiny in a book that laments the immense burden they exert on the country’s economy amid continued investment in relief food. In his new book titled Disentangling Food Security from Subsistence Agriculture in Malawi launched last week, senior research fellow Todd Benson observed that despite […]

La Nacion published an interview with senior research fellow and head of the Latin America and Caribbean Region, Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, who argues that joint initiatives should be promoted in the region to resolve urgent dilemmas such as growth, environmental sustainability, and job creation. The all-encompassing interview tackles problems and potential solutions, discusses where the international community was on issues in […]

New Delhi: Women who received free meals in primary school have children with improved linear growth, according to a new study by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).  India is home to the highest number of undernourished children and the largest school feeding program in the world—the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme—yet long-term program benefits on nutrition are unknown. […]

The Diplomat published an article stating that COVID-19 infections are spiking across the region and that young people are likely to be disproportionately affected over the long term. Other health issues are taking their toll, too. Unwanted pregnancies, especially in families that cannot afford to care for a child, could exacerbate other ongoing health challenges faced by […]

Big News Network published an article on nutrition and healthy diets globally. It stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused price spikes for corn, milk, beans, and other commodities, but even before the pandemic about 3 billion people could not afford even the cheapest options for a healthy diet. Distinguishing between affordability and other causes of unhealthy diets is a key step toward […]

Biovision (Germany) published an op-ed by Jemimah Njuki, head of the Africa Region and senior research fellow. In the op-ed, Njuki states that research paints a clear picture: in order to fight hunger and poverty effectively, we have to break the rigid division of roles between men and women – on the farms, in the processing plants, and at […]

Financial Express (India) published an article on the severe health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has disrupted food systems and upended livelihoods in South Asia, but has also led to policies aimed at building resilient food systems. According to IFPRI’s 2021 Global Food Policy Report. “The pandemic responses have demonstrated the power of well-crafted policies […]

Business Insider (Spain) published an article on the German-based market that has healthy options for consumers. The article quotes a study by IFPRI titled, The relative caloric prices of healthy and unhealthy foods differ systematically across income levels and continents that concluded that the high price of healthy foods has been proven to be a factor that determines the […]

MSN India published an article stating that providing free foodgrain to India’s poor has been the mainstay of the Narendra Modi government’s Covid-19 relief package for the vulnerable sections of Indian society and has seen multiple extensions as the pandemic continued its devastating spread across India. Yet this scheme has seen significant changes when it comes to the allocation […]