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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 […]

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 […]