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The Telegraph (UK) reported on how technology can help to transform African agriculture. Ousmane Badiane, Director of Africa said, “Africa has huge problems of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. We can’t wait to solve them and we don’t have the money to go the traditional way of building major roads before we can communicate with a […]

The Print (India) reported on a recent study from IFPRI and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, a government agency, examined the impact of GM brinjals and found a 47 percent reduction — or $85.53 (approx. Rs 6,000)/hectare — in the expense incurred by farmers on pesticides. The quantity of pesticides used was also found to […]

The Asian Age discussed findings in the recently released Lancet Child and Adolescent Health report that indicated malnutrition still poses the underlying risk factor for 68 percent of the deaths in under-five children in India. IFPRI stated that “despite a four-fold increase in the number of women and children ICDS beneficiaries, there has been lower […]

Business Day (Nigeria) reported on African agriculture. Largely rain-fed, agriculture in Africa is currently the least productive in the world. According to IFPRI, only 4 percent of cultivated land in Africa south of the Sahara is irrigated, compared to 37 percent for Asia. Studies estimate that improved irrigation could boost agricultural. African farmers must adopt modern […]

The Times of India reported on a recent meeting on malnutrition in India and software that tackles malnutrition. With a long-term view of strengthening a data-focused environment for implementation of programs to realize the vision of a healthier and malnutrition-free India by 2022, Research Fellow, Purnima Menon said the research community must continue to share emerging […]

The Dhaka Tribune reported on IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan’s statement ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit. Fan states, “Agri-food systems have been central to recent unprecedented reductions in poverty, hunger, and undernutrition. Yet agri-food systems face mounting climate impacts that threaten their ability to feed a growing population.” Averting a global crisis is […]

The University World News reported on a new credit scheme that cushions smallholder farmers in Kenya’s dryland areas from frequent droughts. IFPRI researcher, Liangzhi You, stated the new program faces some impediments. “I would say the commercial bank still needs some kind of incentives from the government to lend to poor farmers.”

Mongabay (India) reported on children, resilience, and drought. Studying the linkage between climate and child growth is essential because regions and countries will experience more frequent and more severe droughts and floods in the coming years. Senior research fellow Liangzhi You stated that one way to curtail the detrimental effects of climate change  is “Nutritionally diverse […]

China Science Daily reported on a statement from IFPRI Director General, Shenggen Fan and EPTD Division Director, Channing Arndt. The statement underlined the vital role of CGIAR and IFPRI to confront climate change on the way to sustainable and safe agri-food systems.

Business A.M. Live (Nigeria), in an article addressing climate change, quoted IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan who stated agri-food systems have been central to recent unprecedented reductions in poverty, hunger, and undernutrition. Yet agri-food systems face mounting climate impacts. “Averting a global crisis is possible but the window is closing. Research to inform these policies and […]