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Voice of America (VOA) published an online feature story on a novel approach to funding small farmers called Risk Contingent Credit Scheme (RCC). Led by IFPRI’s Liangzhi You, RCC offers farmers insured loans that help them purchase farm inputs, while also cushioning them against potential losses accrued from crop failures. 

September 5, 2019, Washington, D.C. – The Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) announced today the appointment of Johan “Jo” Swinnen as the institute’s next Director General. Swinnen will begin his tenure on January 7, 2020, succeeding the current Director General, Shenggen Fan, who is completing his term. “Jo brings to […]

In 2001 when China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), NPR reports, one trade deal was that China purchase 5.3 million tons of rice from the US. According to IFPRI researcher, Joseph Glauber, “In the rice world, that’s a lot of rice. … China just wasn’t importing [it].” After several years and litigation with the WTO, US […]

Xinhuanet.com (China) published an article on an innovative program, Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC) that helps farmers by giving vouchers for high-quality inputs (seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides) and agronomic training. IFPRI researcher, Liangzhi You, explains that the project also incorporates an insurance firm and a banking institution to help farmers gain benefit from their farming activity.

Africa Business Insight reported on a new book, titled Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects, by Xinshen Diao, Danielle Resnick, Peter Hazell, and Shashidhara Kolavalli that integrates economic and political analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Africa’s transformation. The book examines Ghana’s overall economic performance and an in-depth empirical analysis of performance of the broader economy and […]

Germany’s D+C published a news feature on recent government initiatives to address gender inequalities in Zambia, referencing an IFPRI study that highlighted female education positively impacted farming practices, incomes, and health.

Washington, D.C.: Urbanization in Ghana has spurred growth in nonfarm jobs in rural areas with little impact on agricultural intensification, defined by higher land productivity. Simultaneously, neglect of public investments, low even by African standards, in the non-cocoa sector has stagnated agricultural growth in the country. These are some of the key findings of a […]

US’ Grist published a news feature on the issue of food waste across the globe. The article quoted Division Director, Rob Vos, who emphasized on developing food value chains to ensure that each step along the farm-to-table supply chain is profitable.

Financial Times reported on US growers’ reaction to the corn production forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture, predicting a minor drop from previous years. The article quoted Senior Research Fellow, Joseph Glauber, who said that there may be high price volatility over the next few months as more accurate estimates may not be available until October. 

Malawi’s The Nation published a news report on the market behavior of the maize market. The article referenced an IFPRI study that found that Malawi has the highest level of maize price volatility compared to other countries in Africa south of Sahara.