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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 […]

Head Topics (The Philippines) published an article on the laws governing rice production. The article asks if scarce government funds are being spent wisely, or if farmers could have been better off if the Department of Agriculture had simply given the support money to them as cash grants.   The total harvested area in 2020 grew by 1.7 […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on the need for strong economic inclusion programs to build on pre-existing government initiatives.  Such programs are indeed helping not only those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but also vulnerable groups trapped in poverty. However, whether these funds are not driven away toward the Covid-19 fight leaving vulnerable groups affected. According to […]

Nigeria Shafaqna published an article stating that the World Food Program and CGIAR are working together to combat hunger. A newly integrated leadership and Board put in place last year will support the level of collaboration required for an integrated global and country response. In addition to the new MoU, CGIAR and WFP already collaborate on several projects. WFP and CGIAR’s IFPRI […]

HK01 published an article looking back at the Arab Spring and the subsequent history of ups and downs, overthrows, new governments, and the economy. The article discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic changed tourism and the economy in places such as Egypt. An IFPRI report, COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: Estimating the impacts of expected reductions in tourism, Suez […]

Aishwarya Sandeep Blog published a post on how the government is stepping in to decide on the legal marriage age for men and women. Currently, women can marry at 18, whereas men aren’t allowed to marry until 21. The age of maturity is the same–eighteen years of age. To avoid sex discrimination, the same should be true for marriage. […]

Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh) published an article stating that the world has seen a rapid rise in the number of hungry people from a pre-Covid figure of 690 to 720 million in 2020, a year affected by Covid-19 induced lockdowns, food supply chain disruptions, and climate challenges. Small-scale farmers who grow much of the world’s food are left at the mercy of unpredictable […]

Naver (South Korea) published an article stating that last year, which was recorded as the warmest year of all time due to climate change, also saw an increase of the world’s hunger population, increasing by 130 million due to adverse events such as economic downturn due to the Corona 19 pandemic.  At the International Food and Agriculture Forum, deputy division director […]