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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 […]

India Spend published an article writing that stunting among children aged below five has increased in four northeastern Indian states, a trend not observed in the region over the last 15 years, according to the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, 2019-20, released in December 2020. Causes for the varying performance in addressing stunting will […]

Ethiopia Herald published an article on agricultural production and its relation and impacts to climate change. The role of market adaptation during massive levels of catastrophe like climate change should not be underestimated as they can play a big role. For example, an IFRPI study, Survey: Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia indicates that the food […]

Market Screener published an article stating that four decades of strong growth and increases in per capita income have lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty and improved food security, nutrition, and human development. But there has been a palpable drain on rural towns, whose populations are projected to drop from 40% of China’s total […]

Commod Africa published an article stating that the Lacuna Fund will implement a series of projects in the field of artificial intelligence and the agricultural sector on the African continent, which will make it possible to assess yields and detect diseases in several types. essential crops in the diet of many Africans. Among the projects that have already […]