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The Nation (Kenya) published an article on the latest findings from ICRISAT and IFPRI. The research was conducted in 11 countries and published in Frontiers in Nutrition. The research further shows that diabetic people who consumed millet as part of their daily diet their blood glucose levels drop by between 12-15 percent. “Millets are grown on all inhabited […]

Paepard published a summary and video of the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit (July 27 and 28) set the stage for the culminating global event in September by bringing together diverse actors from around the world to leverage the power of food systems to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Custodian, Gender and […]

Germanic News published an article stating that a recent analysis of changes in the nutritional value of foods and beverages sold in English supermarkets between 2015 and 2018 showed no change in calorie, sugar, or salt content of products.  Solutions are manifold, but Senior Research Fellow Stuart Gillespie says, “We need carrots as well as sticks when seeking to address […]

 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 […]