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Devex published an article on the challenges of an accurate picture of the differences in food security between men and women when using typical household survey methods. Research Fellow Jessica Heckert stated that “countrywide surveys offer the advantage of gathering data on a wider variety of topics, but because of that breadth in a single […]

Ozy reported that Nigeria has built its economy around crude oil, which contributes 90 percent of the nation’s external earnings and 70 percent of its total revenues, but in the process, Africa’s largest economy neglected agribusiness and domestic food production. However, according to Nigeria Program Leader & Research Fellow Kwaw Andam, that is changing. He […]

The Financial Express (India) featured an op-ed by Research Analyst Sunil Saroj, Senior Research Fellow Devesh Roy, and Mamata Pradhan of Cornell University on India’s Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman’s plans for the agriculture sector. Throughout history, it has been shown that incentives create the jumping-off point for change. The authors provide multiple examples of […]

Unimondo reported on a study published in the Lancet. According to the study, “A new approach must be urgently defined to simultaneously reverse under-nutrition and obesity, because these problems are increasingly interconnected due to the rapid changes taking place in the food systems of the countries.” The research work, which is based on data collected in […]

South Africa Network reported on the “Cash for Nutrition” program. The Social Fund for Development in collaboration with IFPRI designed and initiated the impact evaluation of the program. The program provides beneficiary women with children under five with one year of monthly cash transfers and nutritional training sessions led by locally recruited Community Health Volunteers […]

Korean Economic Magazine published an article on structural change and economic growth. The article references the findings in the book Structural Change, Fundamentals and Growth coedited by IFPRI Research Fellow Margaret McMillan, Dani Rodrik, and Claudia Sepulveda. According to the book, investment in the basic conditions highlighted by the endogenous growth theory of macroeconomics and the structural changes that are important to […]

Africa Agribusiness reported on mechanization on a new small-scale agricultural machinery leasing scheme in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. A joint IFPRI and Ethiopia’s Central Statistical Agency 2015 survey shows that only 9% of farmers in Ethiopia use machine power to plow their land, harvest their output, or thresh their crops. This new scheme that offers farmers and […]

Ecofriend.com published an article on air pollution and cognitive abilities. An IFPRI study conducted by team head Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang discovered that the math and verbal scores declined with increasing exposure to pollution, and the decline was more pronounced in elderly, less educated men. Air pollution took a bigger toll on verbal scores […]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Philadelphia residents who receive annual checks, often based on nothing more than their family connections to farms in states far afield from Pennsylvania. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber asked, “Will we spend public dollars for poverty or some really large farm? I’m surprised this isn’t getting more attention.”

The Herald (Nigeria) published an article on the new partnership between the Delta government and IFPRI to create its new agricultural policy. IFPRI’s mandate is to work with key stakeholders to improve their service delivery, efficiency, and performance.Republished in Pointer News (Nigeria), Blueprint (Ngeria)