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Agri-pulse published an article on how the U.S. was one of nine countries critical of the European Union last year when it unveiled a plan to tax imports based on their carbon footprint, but that was under the Trump administration. Now the Biden administration is signaling a stronger kinship to the EU’s push to reduce greenhouse gas […]

The News (Pakistan) published an article stating that Ahmad Jawad, VP of Pakistan’s Businesses Forum urged the government to take notice of Pakistan Horticulture Development Export Company’s failure to play its due role in enhancing this sector’s exports and decide if it’s worth it. Jawad said according to 2015 IFPRI IMPACT projections, Russia’s demand for fruit would the fastest-growing […]

The Nation (Malawi) published the March 2021 findings from IFPRI’s Monthly Maize Market Report. The findings include the following highlights: 

Financial Express published an article stating that in a major policy shift, the government is planning to purchase Boro harvest directly from the farmers this season to help ensure a fair price for the latter and boost its own stock. The cabinet division recommended that the food ministry take necessary steps to this effect, an official said. IFPRI, in a recent […]

My Joy Online (Nigeria) published an article on the 2021 Global Food Policy Report that stated that the severe health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted food systems and upended livelihoods. The report provides lessons drawn from the current crisis that can help us transform food systems to reduce the impact of the ongoing pandemic, better prepare for […]

Rolling Stone Magazine published an article on how food is an entrenched part of any culture. In America, we associate peaches with Georgia and shellfish with New England; we go to Napa for wine tasting, and sing songs about the heartland’s amber waves of grain. But in a few short decades, rising sea levels and […]

The Hill published an op-ed by senior research fellow Joseph Glauber on a recent House hearing where U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that USDA would terminate the Farmers to Family Food Box program. The food box program was created during the early phase of the pandemic when processing bottlenecks caused by lockdowns and COVID-19 outbreaks had upended […]

Down to Earth published an article on how poverty has increased across the world, more in developing and emerging economies. But, as Sukru’s experience explains, food insecurity is getting more pronounced. And to adapt to such a situation, millions of already poor and malnourished people are further compromising on the quality of food. According to IFPRI’s 2021 Global […]

Youth Kiawaaz (YKA) (India) published an article on child marriage and very young women having children. Shivanim a seventeen-year-old, desiring to remain in school, but the social stigma of being unmarried and the constant pressure from family members, neighbors and acquaintances is strong. In Bihar, where Shivanim lives, 42.5 percent of girls are married before the age of 18 – that is, before […]

Investing.com (Spain) published an article on some of the findings of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report. According to the Report, digital innovations have accelerated during the pandemic in the world of food, although it is necessary to reduce the gap between large multinationals and small and medium-sized companies. At the same time, trends have accelerated that have […]