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Blueprint (Nigeria) published an article stating that the Covid-19 pandemic is certainly a global challenge that negatively affects productivity and retards economic growth. This is in addition to the growing fatality, which the world counts every day. In Nigeria, the situation is worst. Our system is so defective and allows some people to take advantage of every […]

E15.cz (Czechoslovakia) published an article on China’s recent growth while other nations are experiencing loss during the COVID-19 crisis. The growth of the Asian power was driven mainly by government investment in infrastructure and efforts to encourage industry. The corona crisis mainly affected around 300 million workers migrating from rural to urban areas. The measures have paralyzed […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that the Ministry of Trade says it plans to lift the maize export ban to allow traders to sell the staple grain to neighboring countries. IFPRI found that on average, maize price is at K205 per kilogramme (kg), Mhango said one kg is being sold at K160 as the highest retail price […]

Times Malawi published an article that discussed the January Monthly Maize Market Report from IFPRI-Malawi. The report showed that Prices of maize, Malawi’s staple commodity, went down by an average of 4 percent during the last weeks of January, defying lean season odds where, traditionally, they skyrocket due to scarcity. In a separate interview, Farmers Union of Malawi President Fryton Njolomole said the […]

Reliefweb published key highlights regarding Malawi’s response and status of the agriculture sector: 1) In the month of December 2020, the proportion of households relying on food purchase as the main source of food increased; 2) Nearly 20.0 percent of the households that owned livestock reported some suspected livestock diseases slightly down; 3) Nearly 2.3 percent of the […]

Deutsche Welle published an article on the latest news in Myanmar. The protests have not yet escalated, but the situation in Myanmar is extremely tense. The Tatmadaw, as the military is called in Myanmar, has so far mainly disrupted communication in order to make it difficult to organize protests. The pandemic has already caused serious damage to […]

New York Times published an opinion piece stating that more than politics, Myanmar needs a fresh path to democracy. Free and fair elections (and respect for the results) are essential. But also essential is the transformation of a society shaped by decades of dictatorship, international isolation, brutal armed conflict, racial and religious discrimination, extreme poverty, […]

Nigeria Communications Week published an article stating that a report from Nigeria’s Statistics Bureau showed that the economy contracted by 6.1% year on year by Quarter 2 of 2020 alone. This decline is Nigeria’s steepest recorded in the past decade. In addition, a report from IFPRI, Coronavirus: Lockdowns across Africa creating major economic loss showed that during the lockdown […]

Successful Farming published an article stating that The Biden administration’s plan to enlist American agriculture in mitigating climate change through cover crops and carbon trading could pay dividends in another field entirely — negotiations for freer agriculture trade. “A reduction in U.S. trade-distorting supports would better position the United States in multilateral trade negotiations in which trade-offs between […]

Modern Diplomacy published an article stating that young champions from Brazil to India, Cameroon to Fiji, and more than 100 countries around the world have been engaging in public debates across the five priority areas or Action Tracks, which include food security and nutrition, sustainable consumption, environmental protection, poverty, and resilience. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa at International Food […]