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The Himalayan Times wrote an article about the levels of food insecurity and lack of irrigation in Nepal and how food deficits hinder peoples’ right to adequate food. The article mentioned IFPRI’s 2017 Global Hunger Index.

The Conversation released an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Katrina Kosec who detailed recent research regarding the change of government efficiency in developing countries when there are varying levels of political competition.

The Board of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a research center of CGIAR, is recruiting a new Director General to succeed Dr. Shenggen Fan at the conclusion of his successful tenure in the role (December 2019). Position description is found here. IFPRI (www.ifpri.org) believes that by working together the world can sustainably reduce poverty […]

The Hindu released a piece on changing diet preferences in India and the resulting negative health outcomes. The article included IFPRI research highlighting the nutrition transition that is occurring due to rising incomes and urbanization.

Farmers’ Advance published a news article summarizing the films of the winners and runners-up of IFPRI’s My Food, My Future short video contest that was held in cooperation with the Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition conference last November in Bangkok.

Financial Times wrote an article about the growing concerns of food producers’ impact on the global environment and more specifically greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and food production. IFPRI Director of Environment Channing Arndt was quoted in the article discussing some of the causes of large agriculture emissions and how food production companies can adapt […]

Simply producing enough calories won't meet 21st food security challenges, we need to produce more nutritious foods too (Washington Post). 

China Agricultural University published a summary of its recent speaker for its young scholars forum. Research Fellow Dr. Man Li was invited to speak to students about her latest research examining how data on irrigation water rights and water supply and agricultural land in eastern Idaho determines water shortage risks.

AllAfrica published a news article about the need for financial investment in the Yatta Furrow canal to sustain agricultural production by smallholder farmers. The Global Resilience Partnership, co-sponsored by IFPRI, was mentioned in the article as a vehicle to expedite grants to vulnerable people and regions in Kenya at high risk of climate threats and […]

Financial Express published a piece written by IFPRI Research Fellow Anjani Kumar about the effectiveness and efficiency of policy instruments in India subsidizing farm production.