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Telegraph published an op-ed by Research Fellows Samuel Scott and Avinash Kishore as well as Senior Research Fellow Devesh Roy who called attention to respiratory infections being the leading cause of chronic disease in children globally and of death in developing countries. The article explored the first-of-its-kind study linking crop residue burning and acute respiratory infection, estimating its […]

Foodtank released an op-ed written by Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division Claudia Ringler who commented on the recent findings of the EAT-Lancet Report, calling for greater understanding the links between water and food.

VoxDev published an op-ed regarding primary education incentivez in Uganda by Deputy Division Director Daniel Gilligan and Research Fellow Naureen Karachiwalla. Their research found that incentivizing teachers for achievement can increase education attainment when paired with adequate instructional resources.

New Delhi: Living in districts with air pollution from intense crop residue burning (CRB) is a leading risk factor for acute respiratory infection (ARI), especially among children less than five years, in northern India. Additionally, CRB also leads to an estimated economic loss of over USD 1.5 billion over five years. These are the key findings […]

Washington, D.C.: Over the past decade, Ghana’s tilapia farming has experienced tremendous growth in production, contributing to improved incomes for the industry and animal protein for consumers (according to a 2018 study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)). But loses of over 100 tonnes of cage-farmed fish in the Lake Volta region in […]

Devex published an article highlighting takeaways from the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society’s 2019 conference about using technology and data to solve some of the sector’s problems. Senior Research Fellow Will Martin was quoted in the article calling for increased monitoring of the global value chains.

The Indian Express released an article about how India’s Integrated Child Development Services program excludes women with low education from the poorest households. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon and Research Fellow Kalyani Raghunathan were quoted in the article explaining how to improve the quality of the program’s services.

New Delhi: Expansion and utilization of one of India’s largest government-run community-based nutrition programs increased significantly between 2006 and 2016, especially among historically disadvantaged castes and tribes. But, women with low education and the poorest households are relatively more excluded from accessing program benefits. Among states too, while overall utilization has improved, high malnutrition states […]

Spore published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Ruth Meinzen-Dick about the progress of women’s empowerment in agriculture, highlighting IFPRI initiatives like ANGeL, WEAI, and pro-WEAI.

Morningstar published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber who debunked the looming financial crisis for farmers suggested by Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.