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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 […]

Bloomberg published an article informing the public that the U.S. Coast Guard has reopened the Mississippi River to maritime traffic, ending a shutdown that stranded more than 1,000 barges on the key conduit for agriculture exports. Delays are expected when repairs begin on the bridge for highway travel.” “Hopefully the repair efforts will not cause restrictions in barge traffic,” said senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. […]

East African Standard published an article stating that enforcement of food safety regulations is necessary but insufficient to solve this problem. Aflatoxin contamination must be addressed at its root, during production, and on-farm storage. Research by IFPRI and others points to some solutions including education, incentivizing farmers, and removing the middleman. Educating farmers about how to prevent aflatoxin leads to […]

Development and Cooperation published an article on smallholder farmers in Africa face many risks – some of which are related to climate change. Specific weather forecasts and crop insurance can help reduce losses and improve food security. Combining both is particularly useful. Droughts, storms, and floods pose a threat to farmers around the world. But accurate weather forecasts […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on the status of maize prices in April. The article uses the IFPRI-Malawi data that show that the retail price of maize decreased by 4.7 percent in April.  This comes as the country is projected to have a bumper yield this year, thanks to the good rainfall pattern and the Affordable Input Programme implementation.  This trend […]