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Daily Trust (Nigeria) reported that for more than 60 years, Nigeria has been importing tractors yet less than 30 percent of farmers in the country have access to mechanization. The story cites an IFPRI study in which Senior Research Fellow, Hiroyuki Takeshima finds government programs designed to bring in more tractors “are rarely effective, and government […]

BMJ Journals reported on the dangers and ways to prevent aflatoxin poisoning. The findings from two IFPRI studies were referenced in the article, the first by Research Fellows Vivian Hoffmann and Jef Leroy and Kelly Jones, The impact of reducing dietary aflatoxin exposure on child linear growth: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Kenya, and […]

Reuters reported on a new program training African scientists to be leaders in their field, with a focus on meeting the needs of women farmers in adapting to a warming climate. Research Fellow Katrin Glatzel explains, “As forest loss and climate change make resources scarcer, women have to go longer distances to gather fuel-wood, which […]

Daily News (Tanzania) profiled Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya. The profile highlights Tanzanian-born Nkonya’s years of work and research in agricultural development. The article also discusses his life and education from childhood to university, leading to his career.

Relief Web reported on the IFPRI Malawi Monthly Maize Market Report: December 2019. The Monthly Maize Market Report was developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi with the goal of providing clear and accurate information on the variation of daily maize prices in selected markets throughout Malawi. Republished in Nigeria News.

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.