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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 […]

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 […]