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The Nation (Malawi) published an article about an IFPRI survey, The short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy 2020-2021, that finds that half of the rural population in the country has experienced an increase in food prices for their regular purchases in the past three months. The report, COVID-19 in rural Malawi: Perceived risks and economic impacts, states […]

Bloomberg Government published an article discussing the relocation of several government agencies to the Midwest. Now, there is a problem with recruitment. Some hope that President-elect Joe Biden will reverse this relocation once he is in office. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber disagreed with the Trump Administration’s decision to move the agencies. Much of the agency’s work is used by […]

Agriculture Online published an article on how exports from the U.S. are rising as China has returned as a top purchaser. China was forecast to import a record $27 billion in fiscal 2021, ending the agricultural estrangement of the trade war and regaining its rank as the top foreign market for American farm products. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, […]

Mel Magazine published an article on the tobacco industry in the United States. The article states Capitalism, corruption and exploitation created the broken system of ‘insurance farming’ — and the biggest loser is the American taxpayer. Year after year, then, a bundle of farmers scam the government. That’s because the system, per Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow […]

ReliefWeb published an article providing several key highlights from Malawi’s latest survey including IFPRI research that found In October 2020, the average price of maize per kg increased by 4.3 percent from MK180/kg in September 2020 to MK187.78. The average maize prices are lower than MK193/kg reported by the IFPRI for the month of October 2020. The southern […]

Bangkok Post published an article that discussed ways in which Myanmar can learn from its western counterparts on promoting humanitarian and charitable work to support food security & battle climate change. Supply chain disruptions and panic buying are driving up food prices in Myanmar. On top of that, loss of jobs, incomes, and a decline in […]

The Hindu published an article stating that the National Nutrition Mission or the Poshan Abhiyaan — the world’s largest nutrition programme for children and mothers — must be stepped up in order to meet the targets set by the Centre to reduce stunting, wasting, and anaemia by 2022 with only a little over a year left to reach its goals. Senior Research Fellow Purnima […]

News Chronicle (Nigeria) published an article on the status of food prices in Nigeria. Nigeria is still vulnerable to increases in food prices as well as shortages that are likely to occur in the long run. This is largely because the country still depends on food imports to address gaps. Initial estimates from the IFPRI and the Central […]

Live Mint published an article on how supply chain disruption in poultry continues, further hurting the nutritional standards of poorer households. An IFPRI study found high prices of eggs, in particular, also threaten to worsen the nutritional standards of poorer households. Cereals constitute about 47% of the average Indian diet and 70% of the calorie consumed by the poorest […]

El Pais published an article about how millions will be affected by the pandemic that turns into a food security crisis. There is no crisis without a good dose of euphemisms. “Austerity” is equal to cuts in public services, “negative growth” equals recession and if people don’t have food there’s talk of “food insecurity.” Senior Research Fellow David Laborde is quoted […]