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Live Mint published an article on how undernutrition in children is an urgent issue to address. In mid-December, the government released results from the 2019-20 National Family Health Survey (NFHS)for 10 major states, and in many ways, the picture that emerges is not so encouraging. Why, in spite of healthy economic growth, do we see so […]

Roznamasahara (India) published an article on the enactment of the three agricultural laws by the government, some sections of the media, right or wrong, have joined hands with Punjab and Haryana to prove that they are villains. This propaganda has made a significant number of people think that the farmers of Punjab have been exploiting the purchasing system […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on how technology and extension programs are working for Malawi. Using a macro-investment technology under the Sustainable Food Systems for Rural Resilience and Transformation (Transform) Programme, the farmers are using drip irrigation, because of its water efficiency and low labor intensity, in their farming activities. Horticultural crops, especially vegetables, score highly on the IFPRI model […]

VB Profiles published an article on the AAEA conference that features Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division director Rob Vos speaking about his upcoming session. AAEA members and researchers will examine food insecurity with new technology, the poverty and malnutrition indicators, whether or not cell phone metadata can predict food security, and the vegetation index. Vos says, “Even before COVID-19, […]

Indian Express published an article on the farm protests. The farmer protests in the national capital refuse to weaken and with each passing day more and more people in the country seem to be growing curious about the wisdom behind the government’s new farm laws. China followed a radically different approach by creating incentives and institutions needed […]

Audio Boom presented a podcast on how child malnutrition has worsened in many states, how strict anti-cattle slaughter laws can be disastrous for dairy farmers (16:16), and why IIT-Madras is going under a temporary lockdown (27:02). Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon was interviewed about findings of the phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) that reveals that several […]

Paraiba Total (Brazil) published an article on livestock success depending on good pasture. The importance of choosing a quality seed is extremely important, allowing many advantages for rural entrepreneurs. An IFPRI survey shows that in developed countries meat and milk consumption had stability in the 1980s and 1990s, with a tendency to maintain this stability until 2020. On […]

The Print’s (India) editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta discussed in an article the data from the first phase of the National Family Health Survey 5 (NFHS 5), released last week which found a massive increase in malnutrition among children in the 22 surveyed states and Union Territories. The survey highlights some worrying trends that have emerged since 2015. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon is quoted as saying, “that this is […]

Market Watch published an article on how the global volute pump market growth is expected to be driven by the exponentially increasing world population. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), by 2030, the global population will have reached 8.3 billion, with the majority of the people being in the working-age bracket of 15 to […]

Business Standard published an article stating that India could be seeing an increase in child undernutrition, reversing decades of gains. If the all-India rates of child stunting were to rise, as the Phase-I data indicate, this would represent the first increase in child stunting since 1998-99. Variables including mother’s nutrition, sanitation, child’s weight at birth, and infant […]