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Business News This Week (India) published an article that announced that RAHI has launched projects aimed at eradication of malnutrition through farm-based micro-projects in hunger hotspots of India, as part of its SAMBAL initiative launched on World Food Day 2020.  The projects shall work exclusively with women farmers to improve food security and food diversity in chosen areas […]

The Guardian (Nigeria) published an article in the business section provided comments from experts at the International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD-Africa) that tougher times await developing economies if policymakers fail to design and implement friendly, environmental economic recovery plans. In Nigeria, according to IFPRI, the lockdown alone caused Nigeria’s GDP to suffer a 34.1 percent […]

El Mercurio published an article on how women in the agriculture sector can improve food security for all. “The empowerment of women is one of the four levels that have the power to make a change in food systems,” according to world expert, Jemimah Njuki, Head of IFPRI’s Africa Region. She added that to ensure that the Summit […]

Global Diaspora News published an article stating that the role of women in agriculture places them at the heart of climate impact. The connection begins on the farm. Farming is the main source of livelihood for people living in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the lower-income countries of Latin America and Southeast Asia. In […]

Revista Rural published an article on what motivates farmers. In the policy brief, Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes, in the long run, to adopt sustainable practices is the positive results in their cultivated lands and in the environment, which is of fundamental importance achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes, in […]

Reliefweb published highlights from the latest IFPRI Maize Market Report. The article wrote that retail maize prices declined by 7 percent in February; prices in the South remained higher than in the Centre and North of the country; ADMARC sales were reported in all of the 26 markets monitored by IFPRI

Grupo La Provincia.com published an article regarding a recent study, Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes. The positive results on their farmland and the environment are what motivate farmers, in the long term, to adopt sustainable practices, which are important for the health of the food systems of Latin America and the Caribbean. The study […]

Pakistan Observer published an article on gender. Attaining gender equality has now been placed on the top-most pedestal of global priorities. Yet the agricultural sector, the backbone of the country, has perhaps one of the worst scenarios of gender disparity in the world? These issues include recognition, income, access to machinery, training, investing, and land ownership. […]

Food Tank published an article listing more than two dozen women working in international development and helping to transform food systems. IFPRI Director for Africa, Jemimah Njuki appears on this list. The UN Food Systems Summit identified four levers of change that have the power to bring about change and achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One of […]

Express Press Release published a press release from the EPR Network that states the global crop protection chemicals market size is estimated to be valued USD 63.7 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach a value of USD 74.1 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 3.1% during the forecast period. The growth of this market […]