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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 […]

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 […]