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Agriculture remains in neglect (The Daily Star)
June 30, 2019
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 […]
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The Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim (The Telegraph)
June 25, 2019
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 […]
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How digitization could transform rural farming in Africa (CNBC Africa)
June 24, 2019
In a CNBC Africa interview, Ousmane Badiane discusses the 2019 Malabo Montpelier Forum: Digitalization in African Agriculture & how governments can facilitate transformative digital services.
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Biometrics disagreement leads to food aid suspension in Yemen (Devex)
June 24, 2019
Devex reported on the World Food Programme’s partial suspension of food aid in Yemen due to disagreement over the use of biometric data to track distribution. Associate Research Fellow Sikandra Kurdi was quoted in the article saying that using biometrics makes sense in a context like Yemen where many people lack national identification cards that […]
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Stopping Muzaffarpur Child Deaths Will Require a Gender-Sensitive Social Analysis (The Wire)
June 20, 2019
India’s The Wire published an opinion piece by Purnima Menon, in which she argued that stopping Muzaffarpur child deaths will require a gender-sensitive social analysis. Menon described the situation in Muzzafarpur as one emblematic of undernutrition issues in India and argued that the families doing seasonal work in the litchi orders will continue to be most affected […]
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Only 23% of Indian toddlers and infants get a balanced diet. Educating women can help change that (Scroll.in)
June 19, 2019
India’s Scroll.in reported on the state of child malnutrition in India, with an emphasis on mothers’ educational attainment as a key determinant of their children’s diets. The article cited a study by Research Fellow Phuong Hong Nguyen, Senior Research Fellows Derek Headey and Purnima Menon and Director of the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division (PHND) Marie Ruel that recommended […]
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Don’t miss the BIMSTEC bus (Business Standard)
June 16, 2019
In a new op-ed, IFPRI researchers argue that a prompt Free Trade Agreement with the BIMSTEC bloc could improve food security and build resilience in the region. (Business Standard)
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Rural Communities Trapped in Poverty: Survey (Post-Courier)
June 13, 2019
Recent findings from an IFPRI survey on food consumption in Papua New Guinea found poor households were not getting enough food. Researcher Emily Schmidt calls for increased access to education to improve rural families' predicaments.
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International Food Policy Research Needs New Partnerships (China Science Daily)
June 11, 2019
China Science Daily reported on IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Liangzhi You’s call for more partnerships between international agricultural research organizations—including IFPRI—to build partnerships with China in a recent blog. The article also noted one such partnership at the Macro Agricultural Research Institute (MARI), an international interdisciplinary research institute established jointly by IFPRI and Huazhong Agricultural […]
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Less government loans push farmers to high-interest public loans (Prothom Alo)
June 11, 2019
Bangladesh’s Daily Prothom Alo reported on the finding that the country’s farmers take out higher-interest loans from the private sector because few low-interest government loans are available. The article drew from a 2015 IFPRI assessment quoting Akhter Ahmed, who said farmers take out loans to buy agricultural inputs, so if rates were lowered, production costs would go […]