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Polity.org (South Africa) published an article on Tunisia being the only democratic success story in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Nearly a decade since the revolution though, the country still struggles with problems that include high unemployment particularly among the youth and women, rising inflation, porous borders, and violent extremism, a large informal economy, and political fragmentation. These constraints have been amplified […]

Pharma Biz published an article on the importance of health, particularly anemia in women and how a nation can’t move toward achieving the health goals laid out by the Sustainable Development Goals. Although Indian women suffer from anemia and deficiencies in iron levels, one must look at other factors. Studies conducted by IFPRI have also revealed that educating […]

Zawya published an article on the announcement by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) about the launch of Memory-Driven Computing Sandbox which can support the government in its journey to advance food security and agriculture in the country. Available through HPE Digital Life Garage in Dubai, HPE’s Memory-Driven Computing Sandbox will enable developers to drive rapid proofs-of-concept that will demonstrate […]

Sunday Standard (Botswana) published an article on Africa’s standing in agricultural production. Partly due to years of under-investment, Africa has yet to fully realize its agricultural potential. According to the IFPRI, Africa south of the Sahara has “significantly improved its agricultural performance since the mid-1990s,” but the continent is still lagging behind the rest of the world in terms […]

Eastday.com published an article on the 12th CAER-IFPRI conference.  The conference brought together internationally from 5 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Cameroon, and Eritrea, as well as 28 higher education institutions or research institutes including China Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Zhejiang University. Shenggen Fan believes that the entry of urban capital, technology, and resources […]

Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article stating that the prospect of meeting the just-announced procurement target for Aman this year remains somewhat clouded because of several factors. Notable among them are high prices of rice in the market, possible shortfall in production due to consecutive floods, and dwindling volume of rice stored in the public silos. An IFPRI study, Boro rice procurement in […]

Daily Sun (Bangladesh) published an article on the need for an agricultural commodity price commission to ensure a stable price environment for growers and farmers. Bumper production does not always bring benefits to the growers as bumper production has pushed down wholesale prices at the grower level below the production cost in Bangladesh. Akhter Ahmed, Country Representative for IFPRI-Bangladesh said, “The government […]

Chongqing Morning Post published an article on the 12th CAER-IFPRI International Academic Conference. The conference hopes that through in-depth academic exchanges, it can inject new vitality into the development of agricultural and forestry economics and management disciplines, provide new ideas for the construction of new agricultural sciences, bring new ideas to the deep integration of China’s urban and rural […]

Telegraph Online published an article writing that the prime minister, Narendra Modi, believes that the three bills on agricultural reform are essential for doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Some industrialists have compared the legislations with the liberalization of the Indian economy. However, any endorsement of liberalization must be accompanied by unbiased reflections on the cost of such ‘reforms.” […]

Reliefweb published an article on how ongoing floods in El Salvador are causing a loss of crops, particularly coffee in the country. One farmer said, “The landslides take away all the crops planted in that area, so you need to reinvest. It drains resources when resources are scarce, to begin with.” In recent years, climate change has made […]