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New Kerala.com (India) published an article on the new IFPRI study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. The study provides new insight into the relationship between altitude and undernutrition and the additional efforts needed to ensure policy interventions are appropriately tailored to high altitude contexts. Senior Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen stated, “More than 800 million people live at 1,500 meters […]

Mirage News (Australia) published an article on a new AI project. With a $1.2 million grant, an international team of researchers will assess the feasibility of creating and launching a global-scale artificial-intelligence (AI) app for mobile devices that diagnoses diet-related problems and offers nutritional advice to adolescent girls living in urban settings in Ghana and Vietnam. Senior Research Fellow Aulo Gelli said, […]

MSN News US published a video (from CBS Denver, Colorado on the recent study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes published in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. The study found that 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. Katie Johnston reports. Also, […]

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 […]