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Sohu (China) published an article stating that the G20 summit in 2021 will be held in Italy. On January 29th, the G20 Think Tank Summit (Think 20) 2021 Cloud Conference was officially launched. Representatives of multinational think tanks attended to discuss the relevant content and terms of the G20 Italy Summit policy recommendations. Director general Johan Swinnen will be present at […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that households in urban areas are spending an average of 56 percent of their expenditure on food, a development that shows that food prices are on the rise. According to IFPRI’s current research, in Malawi, poverty levels were projected to worsen in the just-ended year to 56.3 percent from 50.5 percent […]

Warta Ekonomi (Indonesia) wrote in an article that at a glance, the good intentions of the EU to question Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) emissions to reduce global emissions are very noble. Unfortunately, the EU is only eager to question palm oil emissions which are reducing world emissions. While the EU’s own emissions which include the top ten emitters of GHG […]

Rwanda News Agency reported that the European Commission has provided EUR 1 million to IFPRI to support the Ministry of Agriculture in Rwanda to enhance skills in the analysis of public investment priorities and policy options for the Covid-19 recovery period. This grant will support the Government of Rwanda to implement the agriculture sector strategy and in particular its contribution to the […]

Top Agrar (Germany) published an article about the future of agriculture during the Green Week activities. Director general Johan Swinnen emphasized that agricultural subsidies to be paid should always be in line with global climate targets, if possible. Otherwise, the number of starving people, which has stagnated for several years or in some cases even increased again, cannot be reduced. He also […]

Bloomberg BNA published an article on how lawmakers and food industry groups are jockeying to shape President Joe Biden‘s international trade policies, even as the administration sets priorities on the coronavirus pandemic, the vaccine rollout, and economic revitalization. According to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber, Trade “almost has to be a backburner issue to a degree.” Biden […]

National Observer (Canada) published an article stating that findings from Mapping U.S. food system localization potential: The impact of diet on foodsheds, a study by various researchers including research analyst Julie Kurtz showed that eating more plants is the key to eating local and sustainably, according to a recent study modelling how more than 350 major U.S. cities could feed […]

Vanguard published an article stating that various international development organizations and funders launched the Institutionalizing Monitoring of Crop Variety Adoption Using Genotyping program, IMAGE, to provide farmers quality and original seeds for cultivation. IFPRI is a partner in this venture. 

The European Commission has provided EUR 1 million to IFPRI to support the Ministry of Agriculture in Rwanda to enhance skills in the analysis of public investment priorities & policy options for the COVID-19 recovery period.

The Conversation published an op-ed by senior research fellow Katrina Kosec and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo. In the op-ed, the authors write, “Feeling poor relative to others can spur families to support women in pursuing work outside the household and to invest more in girls’ schooling, according to our new study (Perceptions of relative deprivation and women’s empowerment). But that does not mean women become […]