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Nutrition Insight (USA) featured an article on how experts are tackling obesity and malnutrition through agriculture. IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report showed that a revitalization of rural areas is urgently needed to stop rising malnutrition rates. Such revitalization could address the multiple crises facing rural areas.

The Hindu published an opinion piece written by Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon and Soumya Swaminathan on the importance of using evidence to inform policy in nutrition in India. Coherence is needed in areas of public policy across multiple ministries – incentivizing the cultivation and consumption of a range of food commodities; using the levers of government financing […]

Gidahatti (Turkey) reported on foods of the near future. There may be restrictions on agricultural production brought about by climate change & other shifts in consumption. IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report 2019 looked toward the 2050s and the scenarios found that the amount of food consumed today must be increased by 70% (80% for meat and […]

WOUB interviewed farmers and experts on the US-China trade war and subsidies to US farmers.  Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber was quoted during the discussion regarding the amount of the bailout. “I was surprised that it didn’t attract more attention. The decision to start the trade war was costly, he says, and the Trump administration, […]

The Financial Express (India) published an opinion by Research Fellow Anjani Kumar and Niraj Kumar on biofortification, an easy and economically sound way to mitigate malnutrition and hidden hunger that benefits farmers and consumers. Biofortification mainly targets poor and rural households by enriching staple crops with required micronutrients reducing people’s nutritional vulnerability.

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on the cost of rice paddy and the effect it has on struggling farmers. Senior Research Fellow and Bangladesh Country Representative, Akhter Ahmed said, “It appears that falling price of Boro paddy hampers farmers’ wellbeing. But there had been major setback except for the price of Boro paddy. Overall, the […]

The Nation Newspaper (Nigeria) reported that Nigerian farmers and agribusinesses could create a N200 billion food exports market by 2030, but the government must work with the private sector to create a seamless transportation infrastructure to support the nation’s growing agro-exports sector. IFPRI researchers stated that in Africa south of the Sahara, weak infrastructure, such as […]

The Telegraph (UK) published an opinion by Kalle Hirvonen, a Senior Research Fellow and co-author  (with Derek Headey) of the study, Affordability of the EAT-Lancet reference diet: A global analysis. Hirvonen writes that after using the cheapest locally available items in each food group in each country, the study found that at least 1.58 billion […]

Xinhua (China) reported on the Malabo Montpellier Panel (MaMo) on Africa’s transformation of its agriculture and food system. “Access to reliable, affordable and sustainable sources of energy to prepare land, plant, harvest, process, distribute and cook food will ensure that Africa’s agricultural sector can respond to this demand, all within the context of climate change and scarce natural […]

Africa Business Communities published an article on the new IFPRI program, the Rwanda Agricultural Policy Analysis and Capacity Development Program. Rwanda is accelerating its agenda for sustainable development and inclusive growth by reinforcing its emphasis on agriculture, nutrition, and rural transformation. Senior Research Fellow and Head of the new Program, David Spielman said, “The Rwanda […]