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Eagles in the Sun Blog published a blog post on how continued economic development is constrained by the lack of economic freedoms. Economic liberalization includes extending property rights, especially to land, to the poor, and making financial services, notably savings, accessible. Inefficient institutions, corruption, and political instability can also discourage investment. Aid and government support in health, […]

Channel 24 (South Africa) posted an article on disparities between developing and developed countries with gathering data. The uncounted, the unsurveyed, the undocumented, and unresearched have many different faces, but often include materially poor communities, socially marginalized individuals such as migrants and the homeless, and residents in war-torn areas. Kalle Hirvonen reports that there were more articles published in the […]

The Guardian published an article on how food prices have increased in developing countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The world must keep food exports flowing freely to ease shortages and mitigate price spikes. The article quoted from IFPRI research, COVID-19 and food security in Ethiopia: Do social protection programs protect?  

Ground Reality published a blog post by Devinder Sharma who writes farmers in the United States and Europe are facing a severe agrarian crisis similar to the one in India. They are being driven out of agriculture despite getting huge subsidies. This is happening in rich countries that had adopted market-oriented agricultural reforms some six to seven […]

‘Mondiale Nieuws published an op-ed stating that there is no doubt that the devastation that COVID-19 indirectly wreaks will be great. Senior research fellow Jef Leroy writes that acute malnutrition is a life-threatening condition that makes children 3 to 12 times more likely to die than healthy-weight children. Essential health and nutrition services for mothers and children must continue […]

Kapital Afrik has published an article stating that more than 500 participants from academia, research, the private sector, African national public institutions, and many others, from over 30 countries, are expected to connect remotely or be present in Dakar, to exchange on the evolution of knowledge and practices of horticultural actors in Africa at the 4th All Africa Horticultural […]

Mirage (Australia) published an article explaining that a team of researchers has devised a method using smartphones to measure food consumption–an approach that also offers new ways to predict physical well-being. The study was supported by the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) of the CGIAR, with funding provided by USAID, BMGF, IFPRI, and CGIAR’s Policies […]

Adams on Agriculture (Podcast) presented a podcast interview with senior Research fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber. Glauber explains how reports are put together for the USDA Outlook Forum. Republished by KICD-AM (Sioux City), WRAM (Davenport, IA). 

Ahram Online (Egypt) published an article on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global economy and labor markets.  According to an IFPRI report, “Covid-19 could reduce national GDP by between 0.7 and 0.8 percent (LE36 to LE41 billion) for each month that the global crisis continues. Similarly, household consumption and expenditure are estimated to decline on […]

Outlook India published an article stating that today, over 800 million people face chronic undernourishment and over 100 million people are in need of life-saving food assistance. Former IFPRI director general, Shenggen Fan, said “COVID-19 is a health crisis. But it could also lead to a food security crisis if proper measures are not taken.” With more than 1.2 […]