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Hindu Business Line published an article that stated while the farmers’ agitation is at its peak in India, IFPRI has advocated the entrepreneurship route to sustainable agriculture, youth empowerment and rural transformation. Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Capacity Strengthening at the IFPRI spoke at the seminar. Citing the comparative experience of India with that of smaller countries such […]

Star Kenya published an article stating that agriculture insurance comes with its own challenges, such as basic risks. The use of the weather index helps in addressing this. Village champions are provided with smartphones in which is installed an app called Seeitgrow. This is a new model and is being implemented by ACRE-Africa in partnership with Kalro, Wageningen University, and IFPRI. 

Democracy Now presented a video with P. Sainath, a longtime Indian journalist on various topics including farmers and legal recourse, and Indian diets along with other topics. P. Sainath mentioned findings from the IFPRI study, Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India. Sainath quoted the study saying that 76% of the rural population can’t afford a nutritious diet. 

El Watan News published an article on a policy paper issued by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, in cooperation with IFPRI. The paper, Alternative pathways for the recovery of the Egyptian economy and the impact on sectors, jobs, and households, assesses the impact of the gradual cancellation of precautionary measures and measures related to the Coronavirus on […]

Civil Eats (US) published an article on new research that shows that shifting to lower-meat diets would allow cities to source more—or all—of their food locally. Now, a new study from Tufts University provides the most comprehensive answers yet to an underlying, fundamental question: With the majority of people concentrated in cities, how possible is it to localize food production […]

Biz Community published an article on the African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA), the trading bloc is set to become operational in January 2021, and will significantly increase intra-African trade over time as it dismantles barriers to trade – including import tariffs and non-tariff barriers such as customs delays, restrictive licensing processes, and certification challenges. According to IFPRI in […]

Hindustan Times published an article on the ongoing stand-off between the Union government and protesting farmers that doesn’t appear to be letting up. Farmers, especially in Punjab and Haryana, have been protesting against the three agriculture laws enacted by the central government.   The roots of state intervention in agriculture, from government procurement to rationing and restrictions on private […]

Eurasia Review published an article stating that in September 2020, 59 percent of 1000 households surveyed in urban Yangon and 66 percent of 1000 households surveyed in the rural Dry Zone earned less than $1.90/day (a common measure of extreme poverty), according to a new IFPRI study, Poverty, food insecurity, and social protection during COVID-19 in Myanmar: Combined evidence […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on IFPRI’s estimation about the tax revenue and COVID-19. In its Short-Term Impacts of Covid-19 on the Malawian Economy 2020–2021, IFPRI estimates that government tax revenue would decline by between 4 and 8.4 percent in the faster and slower recovery scenarios.  This translates into $83.8 million [about K62 billion] to $178.1 million […]

Yahoo Finance published an article on a conference held in Tokyo on “Shaping the Future” is the overall theme for this annual international conference since last year. Under this grand theme, Tokyo Forum 2020 Online will be focusing on “Global Commons Stewardship in the Anthropocene.” Policymakers, thought leaders, scientists, business leaders, CSOs and others will assess the current […]