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India’s nutrition programme excludes poorest households: Study (The Indian Express)
February 28, 2019
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.
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NEW STUDY: India’s child nutrition program shows strides in utilization, but fewer gains in high malnutrition states
February 28, 2019
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 […]
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A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t on the agenda (Spore)
February 28, 2019
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.
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UPDATE: The agriculture secretary is wrong: There is no looming farm crisis (Morningstar)
February 27, 2019
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.
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Modi’s $10.6 Billion Bounty Seen Giving Little Relief to Farmers (Bloomberg Quint)
February 26, 2019
Bloomberg Quint wrote a piece examining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s annual plan to provide cash to small farmers. IFPRI’s Director for South Asia PK Joshi was quoted in the article as a proponent of income support.
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How healthy diets can help to combat malnutrition (CNBC Africa)
February 22, 2019
Director General Shenggen Fan explains on CNBC Africa why healthy diets are key to fighting malnutrition & climate change.
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A new research partnership to tackle the global problem of antimicrobial resistance
February 22, 2019
Washington DC: To tackle a growing problem of rising antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries, CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, is forming an international hub to help integrate and channel research and development efforts. The hub to be launched 21–22 February 2019, in Kenya, will be led and hosted by […]
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Agri-tech will be the next boom industry as climate warriors turn on Big Food (The Telegraph)
February 21, 2019
The Telegraph released an article highlighting agriculture and Big Food as an industry that produces large amounts of greenhouse emissions. Channing Arndt was quoted in the article calling for reforms on meat production.
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Don’t condemn processed food producers, work with them: IFPRI (DownToEarth)
February 21, 2019
DownToEarth published an article highlighting call-to-actions emphasized in the new book Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum, edited by Director General Shenggen Fan, Senior Program Manager Sivan Yosef, and Director of Communications Rajul Pandya-Lorch.
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Is India ready for choice-based PDS? (Hindustan Times)
February 20, 2019
Hindustan Times published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Harold Alderman regarding the effects of introducing choice–selecting the option of food or cash–to India’s Public Distribution System.