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The Times (Malawi) published an article on how traders are buying grain below K150 per kg (the government set minimum price). ADMARC recently asked the government to reduce the K150 maize farm gate price per kg in order to export its surplus maize. These developments have left the poor farmers with no option but to sell their […]

Agro World Dergisi published an article stating that Donald Trump’s trade war with China left American farmers dependent on government handouts to survive. But China is now at the heart of a reversal in farmers’ fortunes, as booming exports and soaring food prices fuel a recovery in the US agricultural economy.  The US is on course to ship a record […]

Relief Web published the latest numbers from the Emergency Agriculture Surveillance project. One highlight included In April 2021, the price of maize per kilogram recorded a 16.6 percentage point drop from MK162.90 in March to MK135.94. The maize prices are lower than the MK171/kg reported by IFPRI for the month of April 2021. The northern region recorded the […]

MSN published an article on China’s various types of rice and Yuan Longping, the Chinese agronomist who became a national hero by developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. Suresh Babu, director of the Capacity Strengthening Program remains in awe of Yuan’s achievements and how he “made a worldwide impact in understanding hybridization technology in crops […]

Netherlands Food Partnership published an article on the 50th anniversary of the founding of CGIAR. In those 50 years, CGIAR has grown from its original mission – to solve hunger – to its current mission that addresses wider 21st century challenges, with the aim of transforming the world’s food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. […]

AZoCleanTech published an article on a new report that is part of a special edition of Ecological Restoration titled “Restoration by Whom, for Whom.” Authors conclude that restoration projects already underway across the globe, a group of scientists has found that restoration action is at risk of failure if it doesn’t make social and political considerations at the […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article about how IFPRI urged Malawi to consider coming up with long-term solutions to the food insecurity challenge. The Institute has said this in its statement detailing how the country can improve water security and food systems. IFPRI has outlined seven solutions which include strengthening efforts to preserve water-based ecosystems and their functions, improving agriculture […]

Financial Times (UK) published an article on U.S.-China trade. China’s agricultural imports are expected to further support U.S. farmers who had to survive on governmental assistance due to the trade war between the world’s two largest economies and the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s forecasters expect healthy crops, so farmers can enjoy the benefits of selling soybeans for […]

Daily Asian Age published an article on how Bangladeshi farmers are obtaining loans. According to a 2019 study by IFPRI, Bangladeshi farmers typically borrow more than 81 percent of loans from various private sources, including NGOs, relatives, private banks, and moneylenders. The interest rate of these loans is 19 to 63 percent while the interest rate is nine percent […]

Inclusive Media for Change republished an updated article from January 2005. The article writes that an IFPRI report states that the countrywide lockdown imposed on March 25, 2020, which was extended for nearly two months in phases, affected the food and nutritional status of vulnerable sections of the Indian population. The 2021 Global Food Policy Report has cited a […]