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Project to Improve Tilapia Seed Launched in Accra
March 02, 2019
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 […]
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3 takeaways for impact in agriculture and development (Devex)
March 01, 2019
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.
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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.