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Prokerala published an article on the new study,  A comparison of the Indian diet with the EAT-Lancet reference diet,.from the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH). One of the authors, A4NH Program Manager Manika Sharma stated, “The EAT-Lancet diet is not a silver bullet for the myriad nutrition and environmental challenges food systems currently present, but it does […]

Live Mint (India) published an article on the IFPRI study, A comparison of the Indian diet with the EAT-Lancet reference diet. The findings applied across all states and income levels, underline the challenges many Indians face in obtaining healthy diets. The study recommends increasing production of healthy crops and address malnutrition.

MaNews.com (Rwanda News Agency) published an article based on the framework of the implementation of the Voice for Change Partnership Project (V4CP) with the financial support of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs via SNV-RWANDA and IFPRI. The article states that the Covid-19 pandemic has had negative effects on the nutrition of households in Rwanda, especially the less […]

Farm Policy News reported on the Bloomberg article that  “China plans to accelerate purchases of American farm goods to comply with the phase one trade deal with the U.S. following talks in Hawaii this week. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber’s tweet was quoted, ” To get back to 2017 levels is a reasonable target given current pace. But it won’t […]

Kapitalis (Tunisia) published an article stating that the latest study on COVID-19 and developing countries measures the impacts of COVID-19, particularly in terms of recession, poverty, and unemployment. The study is rather conservative in its estimates and minimalists in its explanations. IFPRI provided a study that contradicts the UNDP study. The IFPRI study, 2015 regionalized social accounting matrix for Tunisia: A […]

Kapitalis (Tunisia) published an article stating that the latest study on COVID-19 and developing countries measures the impacts of COVID-19, particularly in terms of recession, poverty, and unemployment. The study is rather conservative in its estimates and minimalist in its explanations. IFPRI provided a study that contradicts the UNDP study. The IFPRI study, 2015 regionalized […]

FinNewsAfrica (South Africa) published an article on grain prices in Malawi. 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 indicated that prices fell in 13 markets and stayed constant in four of 26 markets sampled. IFPRI Malawi rated retail maize prices in Malawi […]

The Wire (India) published an op-ed by Research Fellow Avinash Kishore who wrote about irrigation issues in the Eastern India state of Bihar. It is the first time agricultural needs have placed as a top concern in an election. He stated, “The state must also combine the provision of irrigation with public procurement of rice and wheat and improved access to […]

Faz.net (Frankfurter Allgemeine [Germany]) interviewed Director General Johan Swinnen on the predicted global food crisis as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis. Swinnen said, “IFPRI models show that the economic recession and lockdowns without intervention could cause 150 million people to become extremely poor– 80 million in Africa, 40 million in Asia. I’m not talking about poverty, I’m talking about extreme poverty, poverty affects a […]

Daily Trust (Nigeria) reported on COVID-19, nutrition, and pregnancy. Poor diet is a common experience of low-income households during the lockdown. IFPRI said poor households in low and middle-Income Countries, like Nigeria, would have dramatic income effects due to “widespread unemployment resulting from COVID-19 mitigation measures” (see blogpost, COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa by James Thurlow).  Also reflecting both […]