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“There is a need to invest beyond short-term fixes to build food systems that are more resilient and equitable,” writes Down to Earth in a story about IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report.  Johan Swinnen, director-general of IFPRI and managing director of the CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group reiterated, “We should better predict and prepare, […]

The Federal (India) writes in a piece that “workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are now required to mark attendance twice a day with onsite, geo-tagged photos through the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app.  Sudha Narayanan a researcher at IFPRI, has evaluated MGNREGA through studies and surveys since it […]

“According to IFPRI, while Uganda has one of the highest soil nutrient depletion rates in the world, it has one of the lowest rates of annual inorganic fertilizer application – only 1.8kg per hectare compared to 2.6kg/ha world average, writes The Monitor (Uganda).  Soil fertility decline is one of the binding constraints to agricultural growth […]

Washington, D.C. The 2023 Global Food Policy Report, released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today, offers critical evidence that can help policymakers, the private sector, and the international development community heed calls for a more proactive response to food system shocks. In 2022, the world faced multiple crises that added to the […]

Entrepreneur (Canada) stated in a story, “The sanctions implemented against Russia and Belarus in connection with the war against Ukraine have caused many nations to reconsider their supply chains. Potash, a key mineral in agriculture, is one of many resources impacted by this shakeup.”  The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has noted disruptions to […]

“Grants given to public schools in Pakistan increase test scores in both public and private schools as a result of increased competition,” writes IFPRI research fellow Naureen Karachiwalla and her co-authors in an article published by VoxDev.  The authors evaluate the LEAPS (Learning and Educational Achievement in Pakistan Schools) study which demonstrates the existence of a large […]

Climate crisis may undo last century’s achievement in curbing extreme hunger, writes Down to Earth (India).   “Besides the conflicts, climatic events and rising food prices have played a major role in pushing this population into this desperate situation. Food price rise has massive impacts. On average, “a 5 percent increase in the real price of food […]

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has projected that farmers should expect to pay as much as K37 000 to buy one bag of fertilizer under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in the 2023/24 farming season. The projection means the government will have to spend K238 billion on AIP to subsidize 1.7 million farming […]

The Nation (Nigeria), in a report about forecasts of severe food shortages due to shocks on food systems, writes that several multi-stakeholder dialogues have been convened to facilitate the sharing of good practices, innovations, and advocate actions to ensure smallholder farmers have access to fertilizer to safeguard their food and nutrition security. “The International Food Policy Research Institute […]

Outlook India cites reports that “the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a press release stating that the maximum temperatures are likely to be above normal by three to five degrees over much of India’s Northwest, Central, and Western parts in March.  IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report cautioned that 90 million Indians might be pushed towards hunger […]