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Reuters published an article that stated that according to government figures, there are about 4.5 million small-scale farmers in Kenya and their collective output accounts for more than 60 percent of the country’s food. Across sub-Saharan Africa, people are using more than 400 apps and digital platforms for everything from accessing financial services and planting advice to […]

Yahoo News published a blog post stating that Biden wants to pay farmers to grow carbon capturing crops. but it’s complicated. farmers are a crucial part of Biden’s plan to address climate change, but the economics behind paying them to capture greenhouse gases are complex. even persuading more farmers and ranchers to participate in existing conservation programs is […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that the Ministry of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare has rolled out the third phase of emergency cash transfers under the Covid-19 urban cash transfer intervention targeting 74 150 urban beneficiaries. The initiative targets low-income semi-urban locations based on assessment of the cities’ socio-economic profiles and household vulnerability levels. […]

Grupo Cultivar (Brazil) published an article on Bayer, IFPRI, and the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) announcing the development of a collaborative study aimed at helping agriculture to develop and implement new solutions to reduce impacts on biodiversity. This is the first global partnership to focus on large-scale crops such as wheat, corn, and soybeans. Senior research fellow Wei […]

International Center for Investigative Reporting published an article on how the biting effects of climate change on the global community took a bad twist for the smallholder women farmers in the state with a sudden stop in rainfall in 2020, leading to poor harvest for many of them. In an AGRODEP project paper, The potential […]

Politico published an article on how high temperatures can hurt the economy. In addition to the health costs, fires, and stress on crops, heat makes workers less productive. One study found that factory employees in India were less likely to show up for work when it’s unusually hot. The big takeaway: Output falls by more than 2 […]

Bloomberg News produced a video that featured senior research fellow, Joseph Glauber. In the video, Glauber states that the USDA funnels billions to the agriculture industry with few strings attached. Money could benefit the environment — if the government can get the subsidies right. Agriculture has been outside regulations particularly with GHG emissions. The agriculture sector receives many […]

UN Dispatch (US) blog produced a podcast on how climate variability is causing massive numbers of people around the world to move–both across borders and within borders. The author poses a series of questions on the relationship between migration and climate. Senior Research Fellow Alan de Brauw participated as a panelist on a special episode of the Global Dispatches […]

 Washington, DC: In order to prevent the impacts of climate change from pushing an additional 78 million people into chronic hunger by 2050, annual global investments in agricultural research and development will need to increase by US $2 billion (or by 120%) between 2015 and 2050, according to a new study from researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The study provides new insights into the costs of a […]

Masress (Egypt) published an article that discussed a high-level dialogue on food security, the COVID-19 crisis, and pathways to recovery. The conference was attended by many experts including Johan Swinnen, division director. (Reach 4.8K) Also published in Zawya (Egypt), and Egypt Today.