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GBC Ghana Online published an article that stated, Intra-African agricultural exports have grown faster than that of the rest of the world in the last decade, according to the African Agricultural Trade Monitor. This is especially true for many semi-processed and processed agricultural goods. The report says that African exports are now diversified and are expanding into emerging […]

Times Malawi published an article on maize prices in Malawi. It stated that the Malawi Monthly Maize Market Report for September indicates that prices of maize, the country’s staple crop, went up by six percent that month.

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) presents the Trade Winds virtual event with Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber, and Research Fellow Emeritus Sherman Robinson. The virtual event discusses the pandemic and its containment measures placed unprecedented stress on agriculture trade and raised the specter of a global food crisis. After the initial fears, how has COVID-19 affected the food system? […]

GBC Ghana Online published an article on the African Agriculture Trade Monitor, referencing the report and quoting Senior Research Fellow Antoine Bouet who said, the poor and incomplete nature of African trade data is likely to affect the collection and analysis of information to show the impact of Covid-19 on agricultural trade on the continent. He added that official databases of […]

World Bank Blogs published an article stating that although Malawi produced abundant maize in the past years (along with other crops), food insecurity continues to linger. In 2018, 3.3 million Malawians were food insecure, 1.8 million in 2019, and 2.6 million anticipated in 2020. Food security needs to be understood from its basic parameters of availability, access, utilization, […]

Welt (Germany) published an article stating that “the human costs of Covid-19 are immense.” For the first time in over 20 years, the number of poor will grow again worldwide. Large portions of Asia and Africa are threatened by hunger and resulting death.  In April, IFPRI stated that 35 to 65 million people who could slide into absolute […]

Economic Times (India) published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Devesh Roy and J.V. Meenakshi on the MSP (Minimum Support Price) System, in place since the mid-1960s, was part of the country’s drive to reduce dependence on food imports. It was an integral part of a package that included subsidized inputs meant to incentivize farmers to adopt new technologies and […]

Relief Web published the latest results of the Malawi Monthly Maize Market Report developed by researchers at IFPRI-Malawi with the goal of providing clear and accurate information on the variation of daily maize prices in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural stakeholders. […]

Bangladesh Post published an article on how the health pandemic is affecting the economy and resulting poverty according to experts at the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) conference. Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang presented a paper, “COVID-19 effects on SMEs in China,” discussed the conditions, productivity, optimism, and distribution of labor in Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Netherlands for the World Bank published an article stating that Yemen is one of the most food insecure countries in the world. About 20 million Yemenis—70% of the population—are facing hunger, a 13% increase from 2017.  An estimated 2 million children—about 50% of the children under the age of five—were suffering from acute malnutrition; 350,000 were severely malnourished. Research […]