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Sitquije published an article on how agrifood systems must be improved, transformed, and strengthened to create a zero-hunger world. The region plays and will continue to play a central role in terms of domestic supply and food supply to the countries of the world. In the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, head of the Latin America & Caribbean region at IFPRI, wrote that this transformation should […]

Notimerica published an article about a new study by IFPRI, USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), and RTI that projects that chronic and hidden hunger globally will increase the years of life lost due to premature mortality and years lived with disability, also known as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), worldwide by more than 30 million by 2050 relative to 2010. The effects […]

Grupo Mundo Ejectuvio (Mexico) published an article on food systems and Latin America and the Caribbean. Within the framework of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), Víctor Villalobos Arámbula, called on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to design public policies of long-term to transform agri-food systems and address the vulnerability […]

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.