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ReliefWeb published an article with the most current situation report for Myanmar. IFPRI, in its latest research, estimates that food insecurity has risen in Yangon Region, despite Government’s cash transfers support. The proportion of mothers with inadequate diets has steadily increased from 30 percent in June/July 2020 to 53 percent in September/October 2020.  Republished in South Africa News Shafaqna, Nigeria News Shafaqna

Clarin published an op-ed by Eugenio Diaz Bonilla. The op-ed discusses the argument that to avoid devaluation, recession, and increased poverty one must step on the nominal exchange rate. Since we never control inflation with all the measures that would be necessary, invariably it would lead to an even larger devaluation, with much deeper recessions and huge jumps in inflation and poverty, which […]

Sunday Standard (Botswana) published an article on an IFPRI study, Relative caloric prices of healthy and unhealthy foods differ systematically across income levels and continents, which states high food prices could help explain why countries such as Botswana continue to struggle with a double burden of malnutrition extremes. Many people, according to the study, in developing countries do not only have low income but […]

Blueprint (Nigeria) published an article stating that it is no doubt regrettable that youth don’t often see a future in agriculture in Africa. This is even more so in Nigeria, where more than 65 percent of the population lives in rural areas, and more than 70 percent of rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture provides the single […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on the status of maize prices in Malawi. An agricultural expert, Tamani Nkhono Mvula, has projected continued stability in maize prices in the short-term as some vendors appear to have released the grain they were hoarding. Maize prices have been stable in most parts of the country the past two months, ranging between K10, […]

The Paper (China) published an article that referenced the IFPRI research on stunting in children, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes (Jama Pediatrics). The study analyzed the height and age data of more than 950,000 children from 59 countries and showed that the growth rate of children living in an ideal family environment is the same as that of […]

Infobae.com (Argentina) published an article about the coronavirus and the mental toll it is taking on Malawians. Malawi was already one of the poorest countries on the planet when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the African continent, further weakening its economy. Half of its 19 million people live below the poverty line and 1.1 million fell into this category this year, […]

Geoff Tansky Blog published a blogpost on how food security must remain a priority. As Covid-19 exacerbates inequalities nationally and globally, more and more people are becoming food insecure in both richer and poorer countries. Ceres2030, a research group headed by Cornell University, IFPRI, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), estimate that to reach the zero-hunger goal by 2030 […]

IISD published an article on the WTO’s need to reform agriculture subsidy rules and to clinch a deal that disciplines harmful fisheries subsidies. The latter agreement is now nearly within striking distance. It has been a recurring complaint in the WTO’s Committee on Agriculture, given that the organization’s Agreement on Agriculture sets out a series of disciplines on […]

AG Health republished a blog post from Steven Jaffee and Delia Grace. The authors stated that recent research has shown that the health and economic consequences of foodborne diseases in Africa are significant and growing, as urbanization and income growth prompt dietary changes that increasingly expose consumers to food safety hazards. A ‘business as usual’ approach to food […]