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Vice Versa Online (the Netherlands) published an article on nutrition and recovery from COVID-19.  One good reason to focus on nutrition, says Ruerd Ruben, is that every dollar invested in healthy nutrition will save 16 dollars spent on healthcare, as calculated by IFPRI. 

Control Risks published an article on how the health crisis is destroying the tourism industry in parts of the Middle East. The UN’s World Tourism Authority estimates that global tourist activity will decrease by up to 40% in 2020 and will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022 at the earliest. In the MENA region, this will be felt […]

Former IFPRI Board Member & Board Chair passed away on September 26. During her time on the Board, she was instrumental in establishing IFPRI’s South Asia Regional Office in New Delhi.

MWNation (Malawi) published an article on maize prices in the country. The government raised the maize buying prices for the country’s strategic grain reserves and it has fueled a rise in retail maize prices on the produce market. in the IFPRI-Malawi project note titled Can a maize price band work in Malawi?, the authors argue that price volatility together with operational challenges and high budgetary costs […]

Hindustan Times published an article stating that the MSP regime doesn’t benefit all farmers and it has not been effective in all states. Farmers blocked roads and railway tracks to protest three new pieces of legislation, which they claim could pave the way for the government to stop buying grains at fed Because costs of production vary widely […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on the MOU signing between the Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) and the Farmers Union of Malawi (Fum) aimed at ensuring that farmers have access to structured and profitable markets. Signers cite an IFPRI study indicating that more than 76 percent of maize farmers and 90 percent of soybean farmers have sold their produce at a price […]

Digital Journal republished a press release from Hewlett Packard announcing a partnership with the CGIAR. Researchers need to generate a timely, high-frequency picture of what is happening in “food basket” locations – or areas of significant food production – around the world. A complete picture often requires data from multiple sources including crop performance, weather records, economic activity, […]

Tribune (India) published an article on the new set of reforms that are encouraging corporatization, with big business moving into agriculture, storage, and marketing. As the experience of US/Europe shows, when unregulated markets become dominant, small farmers are the first to be pushed out of agriculture. IFPRI-South Asia Region states ‘move up or move out’. For several decades, mainline economists […]

Sohu.com published an article on about new research on stunting in higher altitudes. According to Senior Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen, “More than 800 million people live at altitudes of 1,500 meters or higher, and two-thirds of them live in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. These two regions have most of the stunted children in the world, so understand that altitude […]

Agri-pulse published an article on how either candidate, Donald Trump or Joseph Biden would conduct trade policies. Trump claims successes while Biden claims his opponent’s policies have hurt US farmers. A Trump representative said, “President Trump is delivering on his promises to America’s farmers and agriculture community, as he has taken unprecedented steps to modernize and improve trading practices and negotiate freer, […]