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Inside Over reported on food prices and climate change. Worsening climate change is likely to push prices of staple foods much higher. Senior Research Fellows Kalle Hirvonen and Derek Headey along with colleagues released the study, Affordability of the EAT–Lancet  Reference Diet: A Global Analysis, showing that nearly 1.58 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa and […]

Mongbay (India) reported on a new food system sustainability indicator that can be used to track changes in sustainability over time. Director of Capacity Strengthening Suresh Babu stated, “This metric is more useful to compare the status of countries in their food systems. In the context of India, one could use this metric to compare […]

FAO News reported on the renewal of an MOU between FAO & IFPRI. FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan discussed the partnership between the two organizations. The meeting provided an opportunity for FAO and IFPRI to renew a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective to further strengthen the areas of common […]

AllAfrica published an article on the new Rwanda Strategic Support Program. The program seeks to leverage on evidence and policy analysis to accelerate agricultural transformation in Rwanda. Republished in the New Times (Rwanda).

Info 51 (Canada [China]) reported on the new food crisis in China – the autumn marching insect invasion. Senior Research Fellow David Laborde explained how combatting the pests and dealing with the food crisis are connected to climate change and the trade war. The changes in climate change show the need for technological innovation. “The trade war has increased uncertainty […]

MyJoyOnline (Ghana) reported on key findings in the book, Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects, co-edited by IFPRI Senior Researcher Fellows Danielle Resnick and Xinshen Diao; and independent researchers, Peter Hazell and Shashidhara Kolavalli. Resnick stated, “In order for the Ghanaian government and other African countries to harness the transformative potential of agriculture, more effort will be needed […]

Dhaka Tribune published an op-ed by IFPRI South Asia Region’s director Shahidur Rashid, Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang, and Research Analyst Sulin Chowdhury. They found that growth in aquaculture has had a large, positive welfare effect across all income levels in Bangladesh. Republished in Daily Sun (Bangladesh).

The New Times (Rwanda) reported on the new Rwanda Strategy Support Program (RSSP). Developed by IFPRI in collaboration with the government of Rwanda, the program seeks to leverage on evidence and policy analysis to accelerate agricultural transformation in Rwanda. Republished in Africa Business Communities.

Epoch Times (China) reported on the US-China trade wars and food prices. According to Senior Research Fellow David Laborde, the most serious consequences are that trade wars will cause instability and delay investment, including new farming technologies. “High food prices are not a problem for the rich, but a major problem for the poor, and […]

CNBC Africa interviewed Senior Research Fellow Derek Headey on his co-authored study Affordability of the EAT–Lancet  Reference Diet: A Global Analysis. Headey said, “For people in the world especially in Africa also in Asia, they just can’t afford this [Eat-Lancet Diet] diet at the moment. He recommends diversification in agriculture investment and policies.