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MSN (Singapore) published an article stating that food insecurity and its impacts have been exacerbated in part by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study from the UN. Markets, Trade, and Institutions division director Rob Vos said, “[The pandemic] is a compounding factor that has seriously worsened the crisis in Syria and other countries.” Reach 42M) Republished in MSN […]

6060 News published an overview history of IFPRI as part of its coverage of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report.

Al-Sharorouk News published a blurb on the 2021 GFPR. The information stated that the 2021 Global Food Policy Report revealed that the size of the disruptions resulting from the Corona pandemic differed between economies in the Middle East and North Africa region, as agri-food systems showed relative flexibility in the Middle East region, where the percentage of decline in agricultural […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article quoting an IFPRI study, Malawi’s slowly changing employment landscape and its implications for youth is characterized by a scarcity of jobs outside agriculture and insufficient work hours within agriculture. Using three rounds of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) done by IFPRI, the study has since tipped government to design programs and incentives to supply […]

Unimondo (Italy) published a UN report on how after a year of the pandemic has set global efforts to end hunger and poverty back decades, thus pushing away the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda. In this dossier, we report some data provided by international organizations, a survey that involved thousands of families in difficulty, an appeal […]

Business AM (the Netherlands) published a report on new findings from Lancaster University and IFPRI. The study, Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa (co-authored by Kalle Hirvonen) published in the professional journal BMJ Global Health, shows that mistrust in local authorities, government, courts, or the electoral system play an important role in whether or not parents have their […]

Daily FT (Sri Lanka) published an op-ed by Jeevika Weerahewa and senior research fellow Devesh Roy. In the op-ed, the authors state that recent agriculture policies proposed by the Government of Sri Lanka can best be described as a bogie in a large and speeding ‘ban wagon’. In a bid to control and command the agri-food sector, particularly as a post-COVID response, […]

Child vaccination rates in African countries were significantly lower in regions where people did not trust the courts, parliament, the head of state, and local government. (BMG Global Health)

Medical Press reported on the new journal article, Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa by senior research fellow Kalle Hirvonen and coauthors. Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa—the continent home to half of the world’s unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children, new research reveals. Hirvonen stated, “Lessons from successful […]

Espresso (Brazil) published an article stating that reducing the carbon footprint has become a priority for companies. It means reducing the environmental impact of human activities to try to reverse the devastating effects of global warming. Research by IFPRI suggests that, by 2050, arable land for the world’s major commodities will change dramatically. Many of the crops […]