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Fox Business News published an article on how China’s is so desperate to rebuild pig herds after swine fever that its banks are experimenting with loans to farmers backed by a novel asset: their hogs. Senior Research Fellow Yanyan Liu says banks would face challenges both in valuing pigs and enforcing their rights if loans went bad. Hog prices are […]

El Intransigente (Argentina) published an article stating that the pandemic is helping to usher in a new era of food-production forecasts that rely more on satellite data and artificial intelligence and less on information gathered by people. Rather than sending people to visit things, the market is looking for remote sensing. Still, there are shortcomings in some satellite […]

The News Today (Bangladesh) published an article on the losses incurred by fish farmers in the central, north, and southern districts due to recurrent flooding. The loss in question may have a negative impact on the supply of the animal protein. Fish farming has flourished over the last two decades in the country, while farmed fish […]

Aquaculture Magazine published an article on how fish farmers in Ghana are being trained to improve the adoption of good aquaculture practices, including the use of high-quality fingerlings. “The training manuals and extension materials used in the training sessions were carefully crafted by 15 experts with diverse background and experience in aquaculture production including those in the Marine […]

Bangladesh Post published an article about the new research platform, the One CGIAR. Agriculture Minister Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said that to adapt to the changing world, agricultural countries like Bangladesh have to think about new research from now on. And global initiatives like ‘One CGIAR’ can help us take a few steps forward in this new way of thinking about research. IFPRI […]

Bebes y Mas (Spain) published an article that featured the study Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics, The researchers note that “stunting is unlikely to be due to common risk factors in child growth, such as poor diet and disease.” The results are the same, even if the newborns belong to what we could call an “ideal home,” with good […]

Church Times (United Kingdom) published an article on hunger and malnutrition specifically in children South of the Sahara. The article quoted IFPRI and its prediction that that food poverty will grow dramatically across the globe in 2020. Sub-Saharan African will be one of the hardest hit, with a 23 percent increase in those classed as falling into extreme poverty: […]

CNN Indonesia reported on the study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. According to the study, children born at 5,000 feet or more above sea level are typically smaller at birth and more likely to remain stunted than those born at lower altitudes. Senior Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen stated, “Pregnancies at high-altitudes are characterized by chronic hypoxia, or an […]

Aerzteblatte published an article on the findings from Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. The study shows that the disadvantage for children begins before birth. Republished on 9 News (Australia)

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on the purchase of maize by the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), the state produce trader. Admarc is banking on an K11 billion loan facility from commercial banks to buy 50 000 metric tonnes (MT), but is awaiting government’s nod. In August, IFPRI-Malawi said that maize prices dropped to K123 per kg. It said about 76 percent […]