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WRAL Techwire published an article on the study from Bayer, RTI, and IFPRI that projects global chronic hunger unless the policy is put in place to combat the negative effects that climate change could have on the availability and access to nutritious food. Study researcher and Senior Scientist, Timothy Sulser said, “Climate change exacerbates the pressures on food systems to deliver […]

EurekAlert published an announcement about a new study partnered by IFPRI, USAID, and RTI. The study shows that climate change will increase the challenge of meeting the nutrition and food needs of a growing population, especially in Africa south of the Sahara, but policy actions initiated now could help avert this additional burden.

Forbes Central America published an article that discussed the agrifood sector in LAC. Agri-food exports from Latin America and the Caribbean increased by 2.7% in 2020 and a food supply was generated with the capacity to reach 1,000 million inhabitants. There is a profound process of transition in the agri-food systems in the hemisphere, in the search for environmental, social, […]

A new study shows that climate change will increase the challenge of meeting nutrition and food needs of a growing population, especially in Africa south of the Sahara, but policy actions initiated now could help avert this additional burden.

WIS Business produced an interview/podcast with Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber who discussed trends in U.S.-China agricultural trade affecting the Midwest. Here the interview beginning at 01:14. It can also be found on YouTube here. Also published by WisPolitics (Wisconsin).

Parliamentary Monitoring Group (South Africa) published an article that released statements and responses by the Minister of Agriculture Land Reforms and Rural Development. In that address, agricultural research was discussed and a study by IFPRI was highlighted. In the study, IFPRI found “Extensive empirical evidence demonstrates that agricultural research and development investments have greatly contributed to economic growth, agricultural development, […]

Bayer, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and ETH Zurich (ETH) join forces to develop nature-based solutions that counteract biodiversity loss on farms.

Funcionace Nutroceuticos (Brazil) published an article announcing the partnership among Bayer, the IFPRI, and ETH Zurich. The organizations have joined forces to develop solutions based on nature that neutralize the loss of biodiversity on farms. The research collaboration is focused on a global scale and with a particular focus on large-scale plantations, such as wheat, corn, and soybeans, grown in simplified agricultural landscapes, such […]

Sunday Standard (Botswana) published an article on nutrition, child stunting and underweight, and other forms of malnutrition. IFPRI says high food prices could help explain why countries such as Botswana continue to struggle with a double burden of malnutrition extremes.  This includes diets that have too little nutrients or so many that the diet causes […]

Forbes published an article on Chin Yee Chan, a Malaysian scientist (at WorldFish) who is conducting foresight research into fisheries: how fish consumption and production trends can predict whether communities will have enough to eat in the future. “We collaborate with IFPRI to calibrate and improve the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) in Africa […]