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Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the rice market and how the government plans to double Boro paddy procurement amid outbreak but farmers doubt if it will benefit all of them. The government has engaged IFPRI  to come up with the most effective ways of procuring paddy that will benefit farmers, said Akhter Ahmed, country representative of IFPRI-Bangladesh. 

Manila Times published an article on rice supplies in the Philippines. Rice is important for food security in the Asia-Pacific region and it behooves governments to remember the lessons from the 2007-2008 crisis and not indulge in panic reactions such as restricting exports or hoarding. IFPRI has projected sufficient rice stocks for the rest of 2020 even though the new […]

Radio Free Press (China) published an article about food security in China. Senior Research FellowJoseph Glauber was interviewed. He stated, “It is particularly important that countries should avoid formulating hostile trade policies, because the problems it creates may grow like snowballs. Everyone needs to sit down and deal with the current situation calmly, and this can be done by […]

La Gazette du Labortoire (France) published an article on resources on COVID-19 and its impact. Among those involved in compiling resources and representing various resources needed is Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang.

News Release from various senators including Senator Moran (Virginia) discuss the importance of funding global food programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The news release quotes IFPRI researchers, “estimating that this economic slowdown could force another 20 to 30 million people into extreme poverty. In the case of major disruptions to global trade, food export from sub-Saharan Africa may […]

Masress.com (Egypt) published an article based on Senior Research Fellow Clemens Breisinger et al.’s blog post, Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt. Lower tourist spending will affect not only hotels, restaurants, taxi enterprises, and tourist guides, but also food processing and agriculture. The expected reduction in tourism will have the strongest effect on households, making up more […]

Down To Earth (India) wrote an article about grain shortages in Chitrakoot, India. The blog post, How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown was quoted, “COVID-19 exposes a harsh reality: An inadequate and uneven safety net may leave many from these economically vulnerable groups without access to food and other services.” Republished in Daily Hunt (India) 

EAPN Portugal published an article on how COVID-19 will cause a rise in poverty and a possible global food crisis. Stocks are adequate for now, but bottlenecks in distribution are beginning to occur, while the shadow of protectionism looms over limits imposed on exports. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber, an associate researcher at IFPRI, said in this regard to Bloomberg: […]

Caijing (China) reported on the recent Group of Twenty (G20) emergency video conference to discuss food security issues under the epidemic. IFPRI described the current situation as potential for an artificial crisis to be created. According to the researcher’s statistics, as of now, in terms of calories, food export restrictions have affected about 1% of the world’s food […]

Reuters published an article that described how Kenyan farming families welcome help on the land from young people as schools close. In the 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), IFPRI highlights the key role of rural farming in tackling hunger, over 60% of people in low-income countries are employed in agriculture and more than 70% of farm units […]