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El Mercurio published an article about food systems, food security, and hunger & poverty in Latin America. Acute food insecurity in About 8 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, are going hungry in 2021, in a dilemma that has been fueled by extreme weather events and the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the […]

Agri-pulse published an article stating that the U.S. is seriously considering an effort to get back into the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but it won’t be easy or quick because the Biden administration wants to add new labor, environment, and possibly other provisions to the pact. The existing Trans-Pacific Partnership countries won’t likely rush to accept renegotiation after years […]

Agri-Pulse published an article stating that the Biden administration is following through on promises to amass the support of allies before it confronts China, which currently maintains billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs on U.S. agricultural commodities. Many of those tariffs are not currently in effect as a result of the “phase one” deal struck between the U.S. […]

KIJI.is (Japan) published an article on the effects of COVID-19’s lockdown on the country. The coronavirus pandemic forced thousands of small businesses across the country to close their doors and quarantine. Many have lost their investment, jobs, and their business. A year later, many businesses are still struggling to recover—some never reopened. The outbreak of COVID-19 and resultant […]

Times of India reported on a discussion at the International Growth Centre (IGC) and Asian Development Research Institute on Strengthening social protection. Noted economist Jean Drèze on Monday said undermining of child budget and ongoing economic crisis may have resulted in declining child nutrition. The panel was moderated by Priya Nanda from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Other panelists […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on fertilizer use and subsidies in Malawi. One fertilizer, ‘Bionitrate’ made from urine is starting to improve yields for farmers in Malawi who face high costs applying fertilizer to maize and other crops amid shifting weather patterns. Malawi has a largely agricultural economy, with more than 80 percent of its population in […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that the government of Malawi has started to disburse funds under the K19.5 billion Emergency Cash Transfer program to cushion vulnerable and low-income households from Covid-19 socio-economic impacts. Social cash transfers and social welfare services provided by the government and other non-State actors could help people escape extreme poverty, close the poverty gap, and […]

Radio One (News Talk Canada) interviewed senior research fellow Joseph Glauber on US trade in the Americas. “The US can now get fruit year-round. During winter, fruit comes from Mexico or Central America. In the summer, the U.S. eats local, in the winter we don’t.” The tension comes during, what Glauber calls the “Shoulder season” or Spring. “We […]

ReliefWeb published an article on the latest data from the COVID-19 Rapid Response Survey. The survey found that in the month of January, the proportion of households relying on food purchase as the main source of food and increased by 4.2 percent from 78.6 percent in December 2020 to 82.8 percent in January 2021. 

My Joy Online published an article which states that the Ghana Tomato Traders and Transporters Association is calling on government to implement a framework that would modernize activities of tomato trading, and would immediately coordinate those activities. “Between Ghana and Burkina Faso, there’s an existing framework for tomato production. An IFPRI study gave birth to that framework. The Ghana […]