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Outlook (India) reported on a new study from IFPRI researchers Purnima Menon, Phuong Hong Nguyen, and Samuel Scott and Sumanta Nupane and Lan Mai Tran. The study provides evidence of the dangerous link between adolescent pregnancy and undernutrition, a grave and urgent issue in the fight against malnutrition for India. Scott stated, “The strongest links between adolescent […]

The Guardian (UK), in an article on climate change and farm subsidies, detailed the results of a new report from the Food and Land Use Coalition. The subsidy analysis in the report was performed by IFPRI. The Report found that the cost of the damage currently caused by agriculture is greater than the value of […]

South Africa’s Daily Maverick published an opinion piece on the effects of rising protectionism on the agricultural sector, with a particular focus on South Africa. The author quoted Director General Shenggen Fan and Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane, who explained how the 2019 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor report provides policymakers with some of the tools […]

Ghana’s Business Week reported on the new IFPRI book, Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects, co-edited by Danielle Resnick, Xinshen Diao, Peter Hazell, and Shashdhara Kolavalli. The book showed that Ghana’s government spending in agriculture is lower than African standards and falls short of the 10 percent commitment made when Ghana signed its […]

Belgium’s Knack Weekend republished an opinion piece by Senior Researcher Fellows Derek Headey and Harold Alderman. Drawing on their recent study, the authors explained that as countries develop, their food systems get better at providing healthier foods cheaply, but they also get better at providing unhealthier foods cheaply. The authors offered Niger as a case […]

Financial Nigeria republished an opinion piece co-authored by Director General Shenggen Fan on the importance of rethinking the food system when tackling climate change. The article described how the food system is a key contributor to climate change, driven in large part by food waste and emissions from animal agriculture. Ultimately, the authors called for […]

Guatemala’s Prensa Libre reported on the recent finding that Guatemalan women’s average height has increased an average of one centimeter over the past fifty years, making them the shortest female population in the world. The article explained the connections between stature and other indicators of health and quality of life and quoted Senior Research Fellow […]

Navbharat Times (Lucknow, India) reported on the recent IFPRI-South Asia Region’s “Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on Million Farmers School in Uttar Pradesh: Evolution, Impact, and Way Forward” meeting. The workshop assessed the program and how well India’s Department of Agriculture makes farmers aware of their objectives. The workshop also examined differences in the cultivation of trained farmers […]

Nigeria’s Vanguard reported on the sixth annual Agricultural Policy Research Network (a program supported by IFPRI) forum in Abuja, where APRNet urged the federal government to invest in agricultural research through infrastructural development. The article described the recommendations outlined by the forum’s speakers, including the need for research institutes to deliver more innovative solutions. The […]

China’s Xinhua reported on the remarks of China Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow Kevin Chen at the recent Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). In the article, Chen noted that Africa could learn from China’s use of information and communication technology for agriculture. Chen added that political instability Africa’s biggest challenge to implementing policy reforms […]