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Murcia Economia (Spain) published an opinion piece on the possibility of a food crisis. The crisis could arise despite plenty of food for an agri-food market with a demand broken by rising unemployment, by protectionism in advanced economies and by the collapse of supply chains. Head of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Program at IFPRI, Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla said, “LAC […]

Relief Web posted the Monthly Maize Market Report with highlights. IFPRI-Malawi compiles the information monthly. In June, retail maize prices fell marginally by 0.4 percent in the second week of June and remained stable afterwards; prices in the South were higher than in the Centre and North; ADMARC purchases and sales were reported in 15 of the 26 markets monitored; and […]

TN.com (Argentina) published an article on the Maizar Congress where specialists indicated that globally it is necessary to meet the food demands of the most vulnerable populations and increase production efficiency. Senior Research Coordinator Valeria Piñeiro who participated in the virtual event, focused on Latin America and the impact of COVID-19. She described three stages: the short term, with logistical restrictions; the medium term, in […]

ReliefWeb published an assessment report on the minimum expenditure basket in urban areas, rural North and Rural Centre of Malawi. As the pandemic is still gathering pace in the country, so too is the continued contracting of the economy. Initial estimates from IFPRI point to a decrease in domestic revenues in 2020 by 3.5 to 4.5 percent due to […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article on how households are coping with income losses. According to IFPRI research, COVID-19 social distancing measures effected in April, have reduced household incomes by an average of 11.4 percent, with the urban household losing an estimated 12.8 percent while the rural household losses stand at 10.2 percent. This has pushed the poverty rate by 5.8 percentage […]

Global Diaspora News wrote an article stating that the prices of grain in Malawi have been lowering significantly owing to subdued demand amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and increased availability of the commodity across the country. IFPRI-Malawi data indicate that prices fell in 13 markets and stayed constant in four of 26 markets sampled. IFPRI-Malawi rated retail maize prices in […]

Bangladesh Post published an editorial that referenced IFPRI’s prediction of a food crisis in the aftermath of COVID-19’s health crisis. The earlier initiative to give directives to the several ministers connected with food and agriculture used IFPRI’s predictions to design policy. This emphasis on food stocks in the country goes hand in hand with the Prime Minister’s idea of […]

Antara News published an article stating that agricultural economics experts are encouraging young people to conduct food research to help overcome the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article references IFPRI’s research that warns of a food crisis that could occur, not because of a food prices crisis, but because the economy had plummeted and purchasing power is […]

Global Coffee Review published an article on why coronavirus has shocked the supply chain, how to build market resilience, and the next steps to recovery. A recently published report, Volatile coffee prices: Covid-19 and market fundamentals from the ICO and IFPRI has attributed the increased volatility to significant disruptions in the coffee supply chain, at least in the first months of […]

Financial Express published an op-ed by Abhishek K Jha & Research Fellow Anjani Kumar write that in 2019, India imported products from China worth approximately $68.2 billion and exported merchandise worth approximately $17 billion.  With ongoing conflict some suggest India boycott goods from China. If that happens, where does that leave India? The authors suggest the better approach would be to start […]