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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 […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on how Low access to input and output markets for legumes has been outlined as one of the major issues hindering the growth of the trade. An IFPRI report (see the recorded brown bag: Understanding the factors that influence cereal-legume adoption amongst smallholder farmers in Malawi) shows that limited access to output […]

Papua New Guinea National published an op-ed by IFPRI staff—Research fellow Emily Schmidt, Senior Research Fellow Xinshen Diao, and Division Director Paul Dorosh (Development Strategy and Governance Division)– on ways COVID-19 has impacted urban and rural households throughout Papua New Guinea (PNG). Looking ahead, policymakers and development practitioners must continue to mitigate COVID-19 impacts on PNG households, as well as monitor other potential agricultural […]

Economist published an article on the status of the manufacturing sector in Africa. Young Africans are optimistic about the future as they turn to manufacturing to create and produce much-needed products. (One man has created inexpensive ventilators to treat COVID-19 and is the recipient of awards for that work). This optimism cuts against established wisdom, where researchers have suggested that […]

Business Wire has published an article on how healthcare markets look for poultry in a global setting. Poultry production is not only an important source of subsidiary income but also provides nutritional security to the people. The government, recognizing the significance of the poultry sector, is taking efforts for the betterment of this sector and to deal […]