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The Financial Express (India) published an article on the IFPRI and Friedman School (Tufts) report on the Affordability of the EAT-Lancet reference diet: a global analysis. The report notes that at $2.84 per day with the minimum costs globally for the recommended healthy diet, around 1.58 billion people worldwide will not be able to afford […]

Daily Hunt wrote an article on the feasibility of maintaining the recommended EAT-Lancet diet globally. IFPRI researchers Kalle Hiroven and Derek Headey, partnering with Tufts University found in their journal article, Affordability of the EAT-Lancet reference diet: a global analysis that in India, the recommended diet that includes poultry, eggs, fish, fruits, and legumes and […]

National Public Radio (USA) published an article on ways to fortify foods with enough nutrients to make a difference and a taste that consumers would like. According to Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon, a new product, a microparticle packet of nutrients, might be effective, but the true cost is an unknown issue. “There’s no way to […]

AgFax (USA) reported on a recent meeting of agribusiness groups. In the meeting, Deputy Division Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division Claudia Ringler discussed the ongoing Amazon fires and climate change. She stated, “That’s where no one is really fully prepared for what climate change brings. The Amazon is a big fuel source […]

India Times reported that Indian children are already exposed to bad air and are vulnerable to malnutrition and infectious diseases. Climate change will lead to greater impacts on their health. According to IFPRI, climate change is lowering India’s agricultural output. Changing weather is causing easy outbreaks of diseases such as dengue and diarrheal diseases. 

La Nación (Argentina) published an op-ed by Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla. Díaz-Bonilla suggests that economists take a broader view of the global macroeconomic context, and, in particular, of the cycle of “commodities,” and how these cycles impact unequal and unjust societies such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

LiveMint (India) published an article on the importance of the Mid-Day Meal in diets for Indian children. According to IFPRI, this policy has contributed to the gradual improvement in child malnutrition indicators. The Mid-Day Meal scheme explained at least one-tenth of the total reduction in stunting in India between 2006 and 2016.

The Opinion Express (India) published an article on air quality in India. The article referenced a study by IFPRI (Avinash Kishore and Samuel Scott) and partners that losses from stubble are more than $30 billion, including the economic loss and associated health costs. Researchers estimate that living in areas where there is intensive crop burning […]

DTN (USA) reported on Brazil’s response to recent Amazon fires. Deputy Director in the Environment and Production Technology Division and Senior Research Fellow, Claudia Ringler voiced concern and stated, “…No one is really fully prepared for what climate change brings. The Amazon is a big fuel source and we have to do a lot more […]

Global Times (China) published an article on aquaculture (fish value chain) in Bangladesh. 20 million people having been lifted out of poverty during 2000-2010,  aquaculture alone accounted for an estimated 2.0 million. Shahidur Rashid, IFPRI Director for South Asia and co-author of the IFPRI book, The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, Impacts, […]