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Forbes India wrote an article on India’s high rates of air pollution. Research conducted by Research Fellows Samuel Scott and Avinash Kishore as well as Senior Research Fellow Devesh Roy was included in the piece, referring to crop burning in North India that has negative health and financial outcomes for the country.

Finland’s YLE released an article highlighting the country’s gluten-free crop, teff, gaining traction as a superfood, essential ingredient, and top export. Senior Research Fellow Bart Minten and Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen were interviewed in the article, cautioning major exportation of the crop as it would increase domestic prices for Ethiopians.

Research fellow Anjani Kumar explains to Hindu Businessline why farmers with access to institutional credit earn more than farmers dependent on credit from informal sources such as loan sharks. 

The Hindu published an editorial about India’s Integrated Child Development Services intervention program. The article included research conducted by Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon and Research Fellow Kalyani Raghunathan that pointed to the country’s poorest sections of the population—including women—who were left out of the program.

The Daily Sun wrote an article about IFPRI’s policy workshop titled Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh: Evidence on Biotechnology and Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture. Senior Research Fellow Akhter Ahmed was present to share the impact of the BT Brinjal Technology in Bangladesh. The event was amplified by numerous Bangladeshi outlets.

Wei Zhang explains how and why researchers, development practitioners, and policy makers should act to stop dramatically declining insect numbers and protect natural habitats.

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 […]