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Bangkok Post writes in an article that while it is too soon to assess the full impact of lockdowns and other virus-containment measures, the report estimates that between 83 million and 132 million more people may go hungry in 2020 as a result of the recession triggered by Covid-19. According to IFPRI and partners, addressing the impact of […]

Inter Press Service published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow/Head of Capacity Suresh Babu and Vaishali Dassani. COVID-19 has hit the most vulnerable population the hardest, especially in the informal sector. In addition, infrastructure and transportation challenges disrupted the supply of food. In response, Indian policymakers have embarked on major policy reforms and have broken down regulatory challenges in food and agricultural markets […]

Muslim Times published an article on hunger, malnutrition, starvation, and death. Approximately 9 million people die every year of hunger and hunger-related diseases. According to a report by IFPRI, agricultural technologies will have the greatest impact on food production and fighting hunger if adopted in combination with each other. Using a model that assessed how eleven technologies could impact agricultural productivity, […]

Oxford Business Group published an article on how Myanmar is using mechanization to increase crop production. The article quoted an IFPRI study that found most farmers in the area used mechanical land preparation techniques. However, the report also found that harvesting and threshing are still carried out manually, so the mechanization process is far from complete. Nevertheless, the […]

Dhaka Tribune reported on the launch of IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). The Report highlights the central role that inclusive food systems play in meeting global goals to end poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, and offers recommendations for making food systems more inclusive for four marginalized groups – smallholders, women, youth, and conflict-affected people. Director General Johan Swinnen stated, “Food […]

Food Tank published a list of how experts in food systems are looking at what is next and how to work within the challenges to create healthy food systems. Senior Research Fellow Ruben Echeverria said, “One of the forgotten links in all these food systems, connections between agriculture, nutrition, and health, is that you need knowledge. You need to do some […]

Sowetan Live published an article about how the continent has flocked together to manage the health crisis, but it remains to be seen if this will translate to preventing a food crisis. Over the past 15 years, several African countries have reduced malnutrition significantly. Some by as much as 50%, according to IFPRI. However, Covid-19 threatens to reverse […]

Lite Rock 97.3 reported on a new report by IFPRI, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Cornell University, as part of the Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger project. Experts at Cornell say $10 billion is needed to stave off a potential worldwide hunger crisis caused by the pandemic and IFPRI states there’s an urgent need for additional […]

Financial Express published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Smriti Verma. She states that the coronavirus-induced lockdown in India created significant difficulties for the migrant, informal, and daily wage workers who became desperate to return home. MSMEs also suffered a setback from the lockdown—the over 63 million unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises engage over 111 million workers. Against this backdrop came […]

Medium (USA) published an article from “The Good Men Project” about the Eat-Lancet diet. The article referenced the study Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: A global analysis by Senior Research Fellows Kalle Hirvonen and Derek Headey, with Yan Bai and William Masters that found variations in food prices around the world may help explain regional differences in malnutrition and obesity, with poorer […]