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Politico published an article on the latest news in agriculture. While the current crop of lawmakers and White House officials wrap up their work, much of the agricultural policy world’s attention is already turning to 2021. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber, in a recent paper (US Trade aid payments and the WTO), writes that Trump’s farm relief payments […]

Business World (The Philippines) published an article about a recent online meeting of experts. The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have spread across many industries and demographics. At the same time, it has brought about accelerated disruptions that are expected to benefit many in the long term. One of the issues the pandemic further stressed is food […]

Daily Hunt published an article describing the thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana who are protesting at Delhi borders against the recently enacted farm laws.  Former IFPRI-South Asia office director PK Joshi who has followed the protests, said, “I for one have failed to figure out why the farmers are agitating! All three bills are very sound, very good […]

NNI Asia (Japan) published an information blurb stating that the number of poor households is rapidly increasing in Myanmar, where the spread of the new coronavirus continues. According to IFPRI, (Poverty, food insecurity, and social protection during COVID-19 in Myanmar: Combined evidence from a household telephone survey and micro-simulations), poor households with daily household income of less than US $ 1.9 (about 198 yen) reached […]

Nueva Tribune (Japan) published an article stating that the number of poor households is rapidly increasing in Myanmar, where the spread of the new coronavirus continues. According to IFPRI, (Poverty, food insecurity, and social protection during COVID-19 in Myanmar: Combined evidence from a household telephone survey and micro-simulations), poor households with a daily household income of less than US$ 1.9 (about 198 yen) reached […]

Poshan Outlook (India) published an op-ed by Poverty, Heath, and Nutrition Division Director Marie Ruel and Senior Research Fellow, Jef Leroy that stated one of the key objectives of India’s Covid-19 mitigation efforts is to prevent child undernutrition now rather than to treat it later, without compromising on maternal, child health and nutrition services. What started as a health crisis has developed into a […]

Al Mal (Egypt) published an article about the IFPRI symposium (in partnership with USAID) where Dr. Hala Al-Saeed, Minister of Planning, said that the structural reform program includes diversifying the production structure of the Egyptian economy, strengthening the role of the private sector, enhancing the flexibility and effectiveness of the labor market through advanced technical […]

Akbar al Youm (Egypt) published an article describing comments made by Dr, Hala Al-Saeed, Egypt’s minister of Planning and Economic Development. Dr. Al-Saeed said, at the virtual seminar sponsored by IFPRI, in partnership with USAID, that this year is an exceptional year. She presented a number of lessons learned by policymakers, which can be summarized […]

MW Times published an article stating that economic reforms planned by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, fresh from a landslide election victory, offer long-term liberalization, but are thin on immediate help for those worst hit by the pandemic. According to IFPRI, (Poverty, food insecurity, and social protection during COVID-19 in Myanmar: Combined evidence from a household telephone survey and micro-simulations), Myanmar’s poverty rate skyrocketed […]

Yahoo Finance republished an article from Bloomberg (Reach 513K) stating that the U.S.-China relationship has never been stronger. Through the trade war and open hostilities at the highest political levels, pig farmers in China and crop farmers in the U.S. have become increasingly interdependent. Already America’s biggest customer of soybeans and sorghum, for this season China bought an unprecedented 11.2 […]