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The Nation (Malawi) in an article on maize prices, referenced IFPRI’s  Maize Market Report from the Food Security Portal.  According to IFPRI’s October Maize Market Report, the average retail maize price of K235 per kilogram (kg) was 88 percent higher than in October 2018, although prices peaked at K300 per kg or K15 000 per […]

National Tribune published an article on the EAT-Lancet diet, meant to improve both human and planetary health, would be unaffordable for at least 1.58 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the new study, Affordability of the EAT-Lancet reference diet: a global analysis estimates.

Daily Hunt (UK) reported on new research on recommendations from the EAT-Lancet diet to save our health and the planet. The recommendations may have some flaws – affordability for one, according to the new study, Affordability of the EAT-Lancet reference diet: a global analysis. Research fellow and lead author of the study,  Kalle Hirvonen, stated, […]

Hindustan Times published an article on the Eat-Lancet diet recommendations and the latest findings. Nearly one One in four people in the world can’t afford the planetary diet that was recommended by the EAT-Lancet Commission last January. According to Affordability of the EAT-Lancet reference diet: a global analysis, a new study co-authored by IFPRI, a […]

Outlook – The News Scroll reported on air pollution and how Haryana is addressing it. The article provided information from an IFPRI study on how the burning of crop residue, a common practice by Punjab and Haryana growers, leads to an estimated economic loss of over $30 billion annually, as well as being a leading […]

Daily Hunt (UK) reported on new proposals from The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The Authority has proposed that schools not sell and serve junk food containing high amounts of salt, fat, and sugar in their canteens. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon said, “This is a really good start – the new […]

D + C – Development and Cooperation (Germany) wrote a press release about policy recommendations from The 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). According to the GFPR, it is possible not only to end hunger and malnutrition but also to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to protect the climate. Rural revitalization is essential for transforming […]

D + C – Development and Cooperation published an op-ed on “Rurbanomics” from Director General Shenggen Fan and Director of IFPRI’s Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane. Rurbanomics is an approach that emphasizes the interrelatedness and interdependency of rural and urban economies. Rural and urban areas must be partners, and rural areas can do much more than […]

International Business Times (Singapore) published an article on the economic impact of stubble burning, an estimated economic loss of more than $30 billion, according to an IFPRI study, The study, Risk of acute respiratory infection from crop burning in India: estimating disease burden and economic welfare from satellite and national health survey data for 250,000 […]

Outlook – The News Scroll reported on air pollution and how Haryana is addressing it. The article provided information from an IFPRI study on how the burning of crop residue, a common practice by Punjab and Haryana growers, leads to an estimated economic loss of over $30 billion annually, as well as being a leading […]