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Rappler published an article on the RTL. For more than 30 years with the Quantitative Restrictions regime, the rice economy hardly developed despite the Department of Agriculture (DA) spending more than half of its budget to prop it up, Filipino consumers paying higher prices for rice than their ASEAN counterparts, and rent-seeking activities continuing to bedevil the implementation […]

Outlook (India) published an article stating that days after the fifth round of the national family health survey (NFHS-5) results showed reversal of the gains on most of the indicators of nutrition in 22 states and union territories in 2020-21, the government has recently announced the roll-out of Mission Poshan 2.0. The Finance Minister said, “supplementary nutrition program, one […]

Times of India reported in an article that the Finance Minister plans to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach, and outcome, by merging supplementary nutrition program and Poshan Abhiyaan and launch Mission Poshan 2.0. According to the district nutrition profile prepared by POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition of India), a knowledge initiative funded by BMGF […]

Military seizes power in Myanmar (World Socialist Web)  February 1  World Socialist Web published an article on the military coup in Myanmar. In the article, IFPRI research is mentioned. According to IFPRI, lockdowns have contributed to major job losses and a dramatic rise in poverty. A September IFPRI survey found that 59 percent of 1,000 households surveyed in […]

Food Business Africa published an article stating that the Government of New Zealand has joined in as the new partner of Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA), with its multi-year commitment of NZD 6.8 million (US$4.8m) to support smallholder farmers across Africa. The European Commission has provided EUR 1 million (US$1.2m) to IFPRI to support the Ministry of Agriculture […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article that states Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has indicated that domestic economic growth prospects remain uncertain in 2021 owing to the rising Covid-19 cases which have necessitated restrictions and new measures to contain the spread. According to IFPRI-Malawi, Poverty levels were projected to worsen in the just-ended year to 56.3 percent from […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article that states Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has indicated that domestic economic growth prospects remain uncertain in 2021 owing to the rising Covid-19 cases which have necessitated restrictions and new measures to contain the spread. According to IFPRI-Malawi, Poverty levels were projected to worsen in the just-ended year to 56.3 percent from […]

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 […]