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Ghana Business News reported on GSMA Mobile’s initiative to develop a mobile industry climate action roadmap in line with the Paris Agreement. An IFPRI study’s findings on climate change stating a predicted increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) could significantly reduce the availability of critical nutrients such as protein, iron, and zinc.  

In an op-ed, Danielle Resnick stated that vendors must contend with volatile policies that, at best, lead to poor working conditions, and at worst, harassment and confiscation of merchandise. Are informal traders being used as political pawns?

The Rappler (Philippines) wrote an article on yam jam and climate change. Data linking climate change specifically to ube (yam) production are scarce. But the indicators of the impact can be seen in some reports pertaining  to the change in rainfall pattern & mean temperature of the area. Agriculture, in general, is severely impacted by […]

In a Reuters op-ed, Division Director Channing Arndt, Director General Shenggen Fan, and Gates Foundation’s Nick Austin explain how growth in food demand over the next 40 years will concentrate in Africa and South Asia. Unprecedented challenges will face food systems, including ways of increasing production while keeping the climate stable, requiring not only enhanced investments in […]

NewsLive.com (USA) in an article on pollution and clean air referenced an IFPRI study. Every year, farmers in Northwest India burn 39 million tons of rice straw residue on their farms in order to clear the field for the next harvest. This open burning is one of the root causes of the air pollution in […]

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 […]