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Outlook POSHAN published an op-ed by Senior Communications Specialist Pratima Mathews. She writes that a diverse group of nutrition stakeholders have joined hands to ensure that COVID-19 does not derail the government’s malnutrition program. A global call for action to protect children’s right to nutrition in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic has come from the UN and others. This call […]

Reliefweb published the preface to the IFPRI book COVID-19 and global food security by Director General Johan Swinnen and the Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Director John McDermott. The book is a compendium of earlier published blog pieces that provide key insights and analysis on how the global pandemic is affecting global poverty and food security and nutrition, food trade and […]

SW Iowa News published an article about U.S. subsidies to farmers. The article writes that with the amount of spending, stimulus, and relief, why should you worry about a relatively puny congressional request to raise the annual spending authority of the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) from $30 billion a year to $68 billion? Because in both principle […]

Ecoticias (Spain) published an article on the Science Magazine article, COVID-19 risks to global food security by IFPRI researchers David Laborde, Will Martin, Johan Swinnen, and Rob Vos. The journal articles warns consequences of the coronavirus crisis on food worldwide: rising prices of fruits and vegetables, queues of people in food banks. The solutions are to ensure the production and distribution of food, guaranteeing […]

Qianzhan published a brief announcement about the new Science magazine article COVID-19 risks to global food security by IFPRI researchers David Laborde, Will Martin, Johan Swinnen, and Rob Vos. This summary quotes Director General Johan Swinnen who said, “The most important impact of the epidemic on food security is that the decline in income it causes puts food supplies at risk. This is especially true for extremely […]

The Counter (USA) published an article on farm subsidies in the US stating that when the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools, restaurants, and many distributors in March, the disruption dealt a huge blow to farmers, who lost contracts overnight and were forced to let produce rot in the field. Congress allocated funding for agriculture through the Coronavirus Food Assistance […]

Paepard published an announcement on IFPRI’s July 28, 2020 virtual event, Evolving effects of COVID-19 on poverty and food security. The announcement provided details about the event and included the video.   

Reliefweb published the monthly report for the maize market. Results and highlights for July include that retail maize prices remained stable; prices in the South were higher than in the Central and North; and maize prices in Malawi were lower than in other eastern African markets. The Monthly Maize Market Report was developed by IFPRI-Malawi researchers to provide accurate information on the variation […]

Diario Rotativo (Mexico) published an article on the campaign to recognize rural women, on July 30 the campaign #RuralWomen, Women with Rights. Rural women,  breadwinners during the health crisis, have added to their productive activities, the care, and attention to children who do not go to school, a gigantic overload of unpaid work. IFPRI along with many NGOs and […]

Paepard published an announcement on IFPRI’s July 23, 2020 virtual event, The European Green Deal: The Force of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy and Biodiversity strategy to build healthy and sustainable food systems. The announcement provided details about the event and included the video.