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New Seeds Bill Can Change Indian Agriculture, But Speculation Looms Over Implementation
November 01, 2019
News18 (India) published an article on the implementation of a New Seeds Bill. Research Fellow Avinash Kishore stated that the bill “reverses” the provisions on self-certification or certification by accredited private agencies,” but he added, “agriculture in India is burdened by overregulation and the new Seed Bill is not going to reduce that problem.”
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New seeds bill can change Indian agriculture, but speculation looms over implementation (News18)
November 01, 2019
News18 (India) reported on the potential of a new bill to change the agriculture sector in India, but how it will be done is still in question. Research Fellow Avinash Kishore explained that the new bill reverses requirements for overcertification, however, agriculture in India is burdened by overregulation and the new Seed Bill is not […]
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Urban Food Insecurity (D + C = Development + Cooperation)
October 31, 2019
D + C = Development + Cooperation (Germany) reported that urban poverty tends to be underestimated. IFPRI found that in Kenya, urban areas have higher income inequality than rural areas, and that 1.3 million rural Kenyans and up to 4 million urban Kenyans were food insecure in 2008. Similar statistics are found in other African […]
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Yemen is among the world’s most threatened by climate disasters and a devastating cyclone within days (Egyp Saudi)
October 31, 2019
Egyp Saudi (Egypt) reported on an IFPRI’s study on climate change in Yemen. According to the study climate change will have a negative impact on Yemen’s future development, and the number of poor and food insecure people will increase, as climate change leads to higher food prices and a long-term decline in agricultural yields. Republished in […]
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Aquaculture contributes to BD poverty reduction: Study (Daily Observer)
October 31, 2019
Daily Observer (Bangladesh reported on the new IFPRI book, “The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh.” The book found that the growing aquaculture industry in Bangladesh was responsible for two million of the 18 million people who escaped poverty between 2000 and 2010.
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Plough $42b into farming by 2030: ADB urges Asia-Pacific economies (Financial Express)
October 30, 2019
Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article on investments will yield $1.1 trillion in economic output for the region, home to three-fifths of the world’s population, estimated in the reports jointly conducted by the Asian Development Bank and IFPRI.
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Study protocol to assess the impact of an integrated nutrition intervention on the growth and development of children under two in rural Bangladesh (Bio Med Centre – Public Health)
October 30, 2019
Bio Med Center (UK) published an article on the IFPRI study that showed cash transfers combined with nutrition behavior change communication (BCC) had the largest impact compared to any other transformation modalities of nutrition intervention, leading to a decrease in stunting of 7.3 percentage points.
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How do earthquakes shape economic behavior? (Vox China)
October 30, 2019
Research Fellows Kevin Chen, Mateusz Filipski, & Xiaobo Zhang found opposite results that differ from the common economic prediction theories of behavior after a disaster. They discuss their results in this blog post.
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U.S. supports regional forum in Yangon to promote food and nutrition security in Asia
October 30, 2019
Conference to share knowledge & evidence in support of effective agrifood system policies for healthier diets and optimal nutrition.
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40 years of poverty-reduction gains to be wiped out if farmers’ income stays stagnant–ADB (Business Mirror)
October 29, 2019
Business Mirror (Philippines) published an article on new reports from The Asian Development Bank and IFPRI. The reports underscore the compelling reason to improve farmers’ income in the Philippines and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, warning failure to improve farmers’ lot could wipe out the poverty reduction gains made in the past 40 years.