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Exporting avocados to the high-value European market can raise incomes of smallholder avocado farmers in Kenya by nearly 39 percent, according to a new study.

AllAfrica reported on the study, The impact of the smallholder farmers’ participation in avocado export markets on the labor market, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes in Kenya. Senior Research Fellow and lead author Mulubrhan Amare stated, “International agricultural markets generally offer higher price and demand higher quality as compared to the local markets in […]

Project Syndicate published an opinion piece co-authored by Senior Research Fellow, Katrina Kosec. In the article, Kosec argues information could help to improve governance, infrastructure, and service delivery, but to do so, it must meet a few conditions. (Underlying paper: World development special issue: Information, governance, and rural service delivery.

The Jordan Times published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Katrina Kosec and Leonard Wantchekon on getting needed services and information to rural areas. “Government has the power to make information work for development or to stop it. Non-state actors, including development practitioners, as well as media, civil-society groups, and researchers, can also play a […]

Business Daily Africa published an article on the Malabo Montpellier Panel report. The Report states that African governments should step up investments in energy innovations. Director of IFPRI’s Africa Region Ousmane Badiane said, “As demand for food continues to grow globally, universal access to energy will become an urgent necessity, both for the production, processing, and […]

IT Business Direct (Africa) reported on findings from the Malabo Montpellier (MaMo) Panel on renewable energy and new technologies in Africa. Director of IFPRI’s Africa Region and co-chair of the Panel Ousmane Badiane said, “As demand for food continues to grow globally, universal access to energy will become an urgent necessity, both for the production, […]

Washington Post reported on the latest trade deal negotiations between the United States and China. The U.S. belief is that China will buy $40 billion to $50 billion in U.S. agricultural products annually — more than double the level in 2017 ($19.6 billion). Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber stated Chinese soybean imports are down 10 percent from […]

Successful Farming reported on the US-China trade negotiations. The White House says the agreement calls for “substantial purchases” of farm exports. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber expressed doubt about forecasts leaping overnight to the $40-billion-a-year level. “Getting back to 2017 levels is not trivial after the past 2 years of poor exports. Hopefully, there are […]

Trade for Development News published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow David Laborde on trade tensions and what to expect. Laborde said, “In order to understand the dilemma around food security, we have to think on the one hand that it’s about people’s income and on the other hand, it’s how international markets and food […]

WHO reported on the Lancet journal article, Double-duty actions: Seizing programme and policy opportunities to address malnutrition in all its forms, by Corinna Hawkes, IFPRI Division Director Marie Ruel and coauthors explain key findings including exposure to undernutrition early in life followed by becoming overweight from childhood onwards increases the risk of a range of non-communicable […]