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CNN reported on the findings of the 2019 IPCC report, which highlighted the vicious cycle of climate change and land degradation, with a focus on food production. The article quoted Deputy Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), Claudia Ringler, who noted that biofuels are not a scalable solution to reducing greenhouse gas […]

Reuters published an opinion piece in which the authors argued the current barriers to improving nutrition globally. The authors described factors contributing to global malnutrition, including relative caloric prices for different foods across countries. They cited Derek Headey and Harold Alderman’s innovative new study that compared relative caloric prices (RCPs) for different food categories across 176 […]

Nigeria’s Independent reported on Hosaena Ghebru’s remarks at the Nigeria State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The article quoted Ghebru saying that increased mechanization and commercialization of the agricultural sector could stem youth migration out of rural areas.

SciDev.Net reported on the findings of a study co-authored by Senior Research Fellows Derek Headey and Harold Alderman on the relative caloric prices of healthy and unhealthy foods across countries, which found that these relative prices are implicated in increased obesity rates and undernutrition. The article focused on the implications of the study for Ghana, […]

The Philippines’ Business Mirror reported on Derek Headey and Harold Alderman’s study on relative caloric pricing, with a focus the data in the Philippines, including the fact that milk is 4.37 times more expensive than the country’s staple food. The article included Headey and Alderman’s recommendation that countries create more nutrition-focused policies.

The Hill published an opinion piece by Joseph Glauber on how trade aid for US farmers undermines the country in global markets. Glauber argued that while the provision of aid may help farmers in the short run, the level of subsidies could provoke even more trade actions against US agricultural products as support levels approach […]

Brazil’s Estado de Minas reported on obstacles to healthier consumption and highlighted Senior Research Fellows Derek Headey and Harold Alderman’s relative caloric pricing research as evidence of economic barriers to better nutrition. The article quoted Headey, who emphasized that the poor often live in poor food systems, which limits access to nutrient-dense foods.

Mongabay reported on the findings of a study on the effects of climate change in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia, co-authored by Channing Arndt. The article described the study’s key takeaways, namely that if rich countries cut their emissions in half by 2050, reduced demand would lower prices in developing countries and consequently boost their economic growth. However, simultaneous increases to […]

Yahoo! Finance published an opinion piece by Research Fellow Anjani Kumar and Research Analyst Smriti Verma on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s creation of a separate ministerial portfolio for animal husbandry. The authors described the previous oversight landscape and argued that this move could be potentially beneficial to an industry that is one of the key drivers of growth in rural […]

Bloomberg News reported on the relative effects of the Trump administration’s new $16 billion round of trade-war aid on farmers estimated by Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber. The article described the analysis, which found that payments to cotton and corn growers will increase dramatically while soybean growers’ payments will decline. Glauber was quoted saying that […]