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Atlanta Journal & Constitution published an article on the USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue’s tenure in the Trump Cabinet.  Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber discussed what may be one of the most enduring parts of Perdue’s legacy, Perdue’s decision to relocate two USDA research branches from Washington to Kansas City. He argued the move would cut costs and bring government […]

The IFPRI community is saddened by the passing of Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, a Ugandan agricultural economist, politician, and academic, on January 7, 2021.

Business Day published an article on the shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Nigeria when its shock absorbers were at their weakest. COVID-19 worsened the country’s economy. According to IFPRI, COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa, the Nigerian Agriculture GDP contracted by -14 percent in April/May 2020. Export crops such as sugarcane, […]

Environ News Nigeria published an article on the history of acceptance of genetically modified crops in Nigeria and the benefits of these crops–in terms of pests, yield, and other concerns. The article suggests that Nigeria mustn’t miss out on the genetically modified crop revolution. The IFPRI book, Genetically Modified Crops in Africa, looked at the economic and policy lessons from […]

Business Standard India published an article stating that Covid-19 demanded the single-minded focus of India’s entire healthcare infrastructure all through 2020. In fact, the pandemic hogged so much attention across all aspects of our lives that most other issues of public health were put on the back-burner. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon said that India’s progress in […]

Trade Beta Blog published an article on lessons from the pandemic for WTO work on agricultural trade and support. IFPRI’s COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker and an IFPRI blog post, COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security. 

Rio Negro (Argentina) published an article on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nutrition.  The article discussed findings from an IFPRI paper, Reflections on Argentina’s food-nutritional policies, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic that presented worrying data–a study based on surveys was carried out with 3,500 people, and it was shown that 70 percent reported a poor-quality diet during these months.

NPR interviewed Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber on farm subsidies that are part of the COVID-19 relief bill. Glauber finds the subsidies a little disturbing because by the time farmers got a bunch of those payments in the summer and fall the problems were going away. “”You almost lose track of how much money is going out.” According to USDA estimates, total […]

Daily News (Sri Lanka) published an article that showed the decline in economic growth could reach an average of 8.8% per year by 2100. By 2050, countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka are expected to experience a drop in gross domestic product (GDP) growth. IFPRI stated in Study suggests that climate-smart agriculture can boost […]

Relief Web published an article stating that the persistent and worsening effects of the COVID-19 crisis on rural household incomes are alarming. The onset of the second wave of infections and mitigation measures in Myanmar is continuing to depress household incomes. Government transfer programs reached 99 percent of households in the study area, mostly in the form of […]