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Washington, D.C.: One of the biggest challenges to reducing hunger and undernutrition around the world is to produce foods that provide not only enough calories but also make enough necessary nutrients widely available. New research finds that, over the next 30 years, climate change and increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) could significantly reduce the availability of […]

Feeding the world in 2050 will require greater investments in agricultural production, more education on healthy diets, and new techniques to reduce food waste (NPR).

Live Mint published an overview article on crop insurance. The article highlighted an IFPRI study that demonstrates how to capitalize on the availability of low-cost internet and the rising use of smartphones. The novel picture-based insurance (PBI) product welds technology with weather index-based insurance (WBI).

The Financial Express ran an editorial titled “Why agriculture still matters” that mentions IFPRI research: “Agriculture deserves attention on other counts. Studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) indicate that a one percentage growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same rate […]

The Economist reported on the impact of domestic migration on urban and rural economies in Myanmar. The article described how the influx of migrants after a 2008 cyclone has spurred economic growth and the expansion of slums in urban, industrial areas and simultaneous changes to village life and agriculture as primarily working-age residents have left. […]

Devex reported on IFPRI’s new issue brief on the forcibly displaced Rohingya. The article described the key takeaways from the brief and policy seminar held on July 10th, including the degree of Cox’s Bazar’s dependency on food aid and child malnutrition, and quoted Nonresident Fellow John Hoddinott explaining that while nutrition has improved since 2017, […]

India’s Scroll.in reported on an IFPRI study that found child marriages and underage pregnancies contribute to the country’s malnourishment problem. The article quoted Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon who noted that babies born to teenage mothers are at a much greater risk of being malnourished, while their mothers were more likely to be underweight and […]

Asian News International (ANI) reported on the findings of a new study on the impact of climate fluctuations on global crop yields. The article described the key findings of the study, including projected variability in corn, wheat, and soy production, and quoted Senior Research Fellow Liangzhi You who noted that greater uncertainty in climate drivers means […]

Washington D.C.: The El Niño-Southern Oscillation has been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and other partners. This finding runs counter to a central pillar of the global […]

Reuters published an opinion piece by IFPRI Research Analyst Smriti Verma and Research Fellow Anjani Kumar in which the authors argued that biofortified staple crops may be key to ending rural malnutrition in India. Verma and Kumar described the severity of rural malnutrition and nutritional insecurity, including micronutrient deficiency resulting from low fruit, vegetable and […]