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News Cham Net (South Korea published an article stating that COVID-19 particularly revealed the contradiction of the Myanmar industry, which is subject to foreign capital. Investments and orders plummeted, and job closures and firings, wage cuts, and union crackdowns became more frequent. At the same time, poverty among the working class rapidly deepened, which was more severe for […]

The New Times (Rwanda) published an article stating that experts in the agriculture sector have called for robust efforts to increase production and availability of nutritious food following revelations that over 18 percent of the country’s households face food insecurity. The solutions, experts say, could help to eliminate the stunting rate and achieve zero hunger by 2025 in […]

Agri-pulse published an article on the current status of US-China ag trade. In the article, Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber stated, “The (USTR) is doing the right thing, it’s going around to all these other countries and saying, ‘OK, how do we best engage China and how do we get back to a more normal relationship?’ But in the meantime, […]

Eve (Kenya) published an article announcing that eight Kenyan women were named by Apolitical as some of the 100 Most Influential Women in Gender Policy. Dr. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa was honored in this list Njuki oversees IFPRI’s programs including Gender Equality in Food Systems in the Africa Region.  

India Express announced an important live interview with research fellow Sudha Narayanan. She will appear at the Live Explained session conducted by The Indian Express to clear the fog on the provisions of the farm bills, and suggest the possible ways forward to break the current deadlock. 

Financial Express (India) published an op-ed by research analyst Ruchira Boss, senior research fellow Devesh Roy, senior research analyst Sunil Saroj & Mamata Pradhan. The authors state that possibly even more than a public health crisis, Covid-19 is an economic crisis manifested most severely in the labor market. In the face of the pandemic, the structure of the labor market typifies the extreme […]

Yahoo News reported on climate change and what can be done today to soften the effects of a damaged planet. the UN’s landmark IPCC report, which stated that the world had just over a decade to change its trajectory in order to stay within the limits of 1.5C global heating. Once critical tipping points are exceeded, irreversible […]

Business Day (Nigeria) published an article stating that the agriculture sector in Nigeria remains a major contributor to GDP compared to other sectors of the economy. In 2020, the sector contributed 26.95 percent to Nigeria’s nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to IFPRI, the agriculture contribution to GDP contracted by -14 percent in April/May 2020. Export crops such as […]

CGTN interviewed senior research fellow Joseph Glauber on Mexico’s mission to become self-sufficient in terms of food. Glauber discusses the importance of corn to the Mexican diet. The new directive is about the #2 yellow corn fed to livestock. The directive reads that GMO crops that go for human consumption are banned, but the food that is consumed by livestock […]

Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article on the changes Bangladesh has made over the years. It has survived disasters and been the victim of disasters. Bangladesh began to turn itself around with transformations in infrastructure, communications, and social safety nets. In 2001, IFPRI published a book titled Out of the shadow of Famine. The title itself was a signal […]