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Reuters reported on the  Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC), an insurance scheme that provides security for a farmer’s loan by paying it down if the harvest is damaged by extreme weather. Senior Research Fellow  Liangzhi You, a scientist with tIFPRI, which co-led and designed the RCC project explained, “If the droughts come, it takes much more resources […]

Washington Post featured an analysis by former IFPRI staff Jordan Kyle on the role played by local governments in shaping resistance to reforming fiscally and environmentally disastrous fuel subsidies.  Jordan points to recent IFPRI research in this analysis. Republished by NPR.

Agrilinks reported on an IFPRI study. The authors identify three policy-relevant knowledge gaps related to the potential of transfer programs to reduce intimate partner violence, drawing on case studies from Bangladesh, Ecuador, and Mali.

AgriLinks (USA) published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Akhter Ahmed outlining the results from an independent impact evaluation, Impacts of Bt Brinjal (Eggplant) Technology in Bangladesh, to determine the impacts of Bt brinjal on pest infestation, pesticide use, crop yields, costs, revenues, and self-reported health outcomes. The study shows exciting results of how Bt […]

Nyasa Times (Malawi) reported on a value-chain analysis conducted by IFPRI – Malawi that identified legumes as making good business sense with the greatest potential for nutrition and gender benefits and best opportunity for innovation.

Daily Hunt (Nepal) announced that Nepali Grace Tiwari, an undergraduate agricultural science student from Kathmandu, Nepal, has placed second in the IFPRI international short video competition,  “My Food, Our Future.” The announcement came on World Food Day.

Arabic News reported on Johan Sanju Sebastian, one of the winners of the IFPRI Video Contest, “My Food, Our Future.” The announcement came on World Food Day.

FeedStuffs (USA), in an article, discussed the recently released report, How the United States benefits from agricultural and food security investments in developing countries. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan states, “Research is at the core of innovations in agriculture that benefit both recipient countries and those in the U.S. Continued American investment in foreign agriculture […]

Washington, D.C.: An undergraduate agricultural science student from Kathmandu, Nepal, won the international short video competition, “My Food, Our Future”, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to mark the World Food Day on October 16. Grace Tiwari (22), currently a final year undergraduate student at the Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, was […]

Washington, D.C.: Four university students from the city of Monterrey, Mexico won an international short video competition, “My Food, Our Future”, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to mark the World Food Day on October 16. Alicia Mattenberger (22), Mariana Cortes(22), Claudia Garcia (23), and Frida Garza (23), currently studying for a […]