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Washington, D.C.:Bangladesh’s recent aquaculture growth has defied predictions so much that it deserves to be called a “Blue Revolution.”  Even though aquaculture has enabled over 2 million Bangladeshis to escape poverty from 2000-2010, the country’s fisheries policy has yet to adapt to these changes. Creating greater access to fish as a source of nutrition among […]

Popular Science (USA) reported on meat consumption in the United States. Research Fellow Emeritus, Mark Rosegrant stated, “In the U.S., total meat consumption is still going up very slightly, but there’s a change in the U.S. in the composition of meat.” Since 2015 Americans have eaten more poultry than red meat each year.

Daily Sun (Bangladesh) published an article on the seminar and book The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh. IFPRI Director of the South Asia Region Shahidur Rashid stated at the seminar, “Contrary to assumption that nutrient-rich foods will remain out of reach for the poor, the story of fish aquaculture in Bangladesh shows how […]

Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh) reported on  The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh, a new IFPRI book. IFPRI Director for South Asia and co-editor of the book, Shahidur Rashid, said Bangladesh is an excellent case study for the role of fisheries in food security. Xiaobo Zhang, co-editor stated that aquaculture could achieve a twelve-fold increase if […]

Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on an IFPRI study and book, “The Making of the ‘Blue Revolution’ in Bangladesh” that more than 20 lakh of the 1.80 crore Bangladeshis who escaped poverty between 2000 and 2010 managed to do so because of aquaculture, raising the need for the government to give this area of agriculture special […]

EthioSun (Ethiopia) published an article on an IFPRI study. Senior Research Fellow and coauthor Derek Headey stated, “Despite some improvements in recent years, the quality of child diets in rural Ethiopia is still shockingly poor, especially in our survey areas where most children just eat basic staples and not much else. But the touted solution […]

The Lancet (USA) reported on the Modi government’s first 100 days of his second term. The article reviewed the National Nutrition Mission (the Poshan Abhiyan), a reform to counter the malnutrition crisis in India. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon stated “Previous governments had acknowledged the problem but hadn’t given it as much visibility from a […]

Inter Press News Agency (Ghana/Zimbabwe) reported on nutrition in Africa. Derek Headey, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, said poor diets, largely defined in terms of excess consumption of unhealthy foods as well as under-consumption of protective foods are now the leading risk factor in the global burden of disease. […]

Washington, D.C.: The rural poor in Ethiopia tend to live near lower-quality markets that sell fewer food groups at high prices, adversely impacting the health of children in these communities, a new study from researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has found. The findings, drawn from data from rural Ethiopia, mark the […]

The Medical News (USA) reported on a recent IFPRI study, “Rural Food Markets and Child Nutrition,” coauthored by IFPRI authors, Senior Research Fellows Derek Headey and Kalle Hirvonen, along with John Hoddinott and David Stifel. The study examined how rural markets vary in their diversity, competitiveness, frequency, and food affordability, and how these characteristics are […]