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The study provides new insight into the relationship between altitude & undernutrition & the additional efforts needed to ensure policy interventions are appropriately tailored to high altitude contexts.

CNN Health 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 […]

Agro-Campana (Argentina) published an article on food security during COVID-19. The crisis has placed government officials in the difficult position of balancing restrictions on mobility with guaranteeing access to basic services. And while the world has not faced major food shortages, there have been disruptions to international food security. In the journal article COVID-19 risks to global food security by IFPRI researchers David Laborde, Will Martin, Johan Swinnen, and Rob […]

UNB (United News of Bangladesh) reported on the recent sea level rise. Researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ohio State University conducted the study, “Coastal climate change, soil salinity and human migration in Bangladesh.” The study examines, for the first time, the complex relationship between flooding, soil salinity, rural livelihoods and migration; as well […]

Express (Germany) published an article that stated tThe corona pandemic works like a fire accelerator for already existing crises. As a result, the number of hungry people threatens to rise to one billion due to climate change and global wars. In the Lancet, Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality, Senior Research Fellow Derek Headey and colleagues wrote, “every day 24,000 people die […]

Madrimasd.org published an article on what experts are predicting for food security in the wake of COVID-19. IFPRI researchers wrote in an article, COVID-19 risks to global food security in Science Magazine that  “At the moment there is not a major food shortage occurring. What we are seeing is a significant increase in food insecurity. The longer the crisis lasts, the more complicated the situation will […]

Spy Ghana published an article stating that the Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) project for making a compelling case to prioritise issues of food and nutrition security, renewable energy and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for the benefit of the citizenry. This project is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is being implemented by the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) in partnership […]

Warta Ekonomi published an article on Indonesia’s budget for food procurement. The government needs to have clear priorities for optimizing the use of the budget and needs to focus on improving food production. An IFPRI study, in collaboration with Bappenas and the Asian Development Bank (2019) assessed that spending on agricultural research and development will have multiple benefits. Meanwhile, spending on improving irrigation systems and fertilizer […]

DW Media produced an interview with a number of experts on how the global pandemic is adding to food insecurity. Division Director Rob Vos (Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division) spoke on food production, distribution, and disruption during COVID-19. Vos said, “There are two sides to it. Most food supply chains have been holding up in terms of basic staple foods. We have seen […]

The Borgen Project published an article, writing that the fact that both poverty and obesity simultaneously rose amid the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly tipping 130 million people into chronic malnutrition by the end of 2020, may initially come across as surprising. Yet, researchers have long documented the paradox of how impoverished individuals experiencing food insecurity are more likely to suffer […]