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Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency (China Daily)
March 06, 2020
China Daily published an op-ed by former IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan on the latest trend and threat from COVID-19. Fan stated that presently COVID-19 is a health crisis, but it could become a food security crisis as the epidemic grows and lingers. He suggests ways to address the possibility of a food security crisis […]
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Tackling the root causes of gender inequality through research (Modern Ghana)
March 06, 2020
Modern Ghana reported on what role research can play in accelerating progress on gender equality. Research, such as Feed the Future, IFPRI, and the OPHI Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) can support the development of metrics to measure change in gender equality and the empowerment of women. WEAI measures different aspects of empowerment including changes […]
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It’s time to zero in on the gender gap in livestock data (Livestock Data for Decisions)
March 06, 2020
Livestock Data for Decisions published an article on research, data collection, and the gender gap. The livestock data gap is slowly narrowing, but an enormous chasm still exists for data around women in livestock that has hindered essential progress. An innovative tool, developed by USAID (Feed the Future), the International Food Policy Research Institute, and OPHI, […]
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The Millennium Challenge Corporation (AgriPulse)
March 05, 2020
AgriPulse reported on The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s collaboration with IFPRI as part of its “AgReboot” commitment to innovation and learning.
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The Coronavirus is hammering China’s economic outlook (Wall Street Journal)
March 03, 2020
Wall Street Journal reported on the fate of China’s economy which is of crucial importance to a world with few solid drivers of growth. Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang was quoted.
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A new global foresight tool hopes to predict the future of agriculture (FoodTank)
March 02, 2020
FoodTank reported on IFPRI’s new Global Foresight for Food and Agriculture tool that predicts the future effects of today’s development investments in the food system. Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division Director Rob Vos and Senior Research Fellow Keith Wiebe explain the tool, “Foresight tools like this allow us to explore a wide range of possible […]
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US supports regional forum in Yangon to promote food security in Asia
March 02, 2020
Mizzima published an article on a two-day conference that was held in Yangon, Myanmar to share knowledge & more rapidly reduce hunger and malnutrition in that country & throughout Asia. Xinshen Diao, co-leader of ReSAKSS-Asia, a regional knowledge-sharing network facilitated by IFPRI said, “We have examples of policies and programs from throughout Asia that have […]
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Agriculture in FY21 budget: Paying farmers keeps them poor (Financial Express)
February 29, 2020
Financial Express published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Avinash Kishore. The op-ed analyzes the 16-point agenda to kickstart growth in agriculture and farmers’ income. Kishore questions the viability of the scheme. “PM-Kisan is not an agricultural subsidy; it is an income support [subsidy]. I do not expect PM-Kisan to lead to agricultural intensification.” Republished […]
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Poultry industry faces jeopardy (Bangla Tribune)
February 28, 2020
Bangla Tribune reported on the poultry industry including production and consumption of eggs. Due to rise of the price of raw materials, advance income tax and corporate tax, the poultry industry is in jeopardy. Poultry businessmen have requested tax exemption till 2030. An IFPRI study about egg consumption stated that an adult person should consume […]
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Africa’s litigated democracy (Project Syndicate)
February 28, 2020
Restoring faith in the electoral process will be critical for young African democracies.
Here are four important lessons for success.