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The Conversation published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen and co-authors on the importance of child vaccinations. What was found in their research, Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa, is that although immunization saves millions of lives each year, progress in vaccine coverage remains highly uneven, both between and within countries. Despite considerable progress over the past two decades, the situation is particularly […]

Ngoho News reported on a wide-reaching address by Minister Thoko Didiza who spoke on women’s empowerment, land reform, agricultural research among other topics. She mentioned IFPRI research that found that “Extensive empirical evidence demonstrates that agricultural research and development investments have greatly contributed to economic growth, agricultural development, and poverty reduction in developing regions over the past five decades.” […]

Efe Agro (Spain) published an article that stated, the agri-food systems of America are in a profound transition towards more sustainable models despite the difficulties caused by the covid-19 pandemic. Eugenio Díaz Bonilla, urged countries to work together to transform the agri-food sectors and warned that the results of this transformation will have global implications. due to the importance of […]

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.