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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 […]

SciDev.Net reported on the stagnation of progress towards achieving the sustainable development goal of zero hunger (SDG 2) in the Asia Pacific region and FAO’s assessment of the problem based on its June conference. The article described the range of challenges for improving food security and nutrition in the region and quoted IFPRI Director General […]

Uzbekistan’s Kun.uz conducted an interview with Director General Shenggen Fan on the occasion of his visit to Tashkent for the 2019 Global Food Policy Report launch. Fan outlined the purpose of his visit to Uzbekistan, namely to create opportunities for IFPRI to support the government in its development and implementation of an agricultural strategy as […]

India’s Business Standard reported on the potential for investing in women’s nutrition to boost the country’s economy by up to $46 billion. The article described the state of women’s, and consequently children’s, malnourishment in India and referenced an IFPRI study by Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon and Research Fellows Rasmi Avula and Samuel Scott that […]

Bangladesh’s Daily Star reported on the country’s shrinking public investment in the agricultural sector based on the proposed 2019-2020 budget. The article quoted Senior Research Fellow and Bangladesh Country Representative Akhter Ahmed explaining that the pace of poverty reduction is slowing because of falling agricultural growth, and that new investments are needed—especially in crop improvement […]

The UK’s Telegraph published an opinion piece by Director of Development Strategy and Governance (DSGD) Paul Dorosh and Nonesident Fellow in the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division (PHND) John Hoddinott on the status of Rohingya refugees almost two years after 671,000 fled violence and persecution in Myanmar. Dorosh and Hoddinott described the success of Bangladeshi […]