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Farm loan waivers are not the panacea (Hindu Business Line)
January 09, 2019
The Hindu Business Line published an op-ed by Anjani Kumar who explored the expensive scheme of loan waiver and its adverse effects on agriculture investments and rural credit delivery systems.
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A model for reaching poor farmers, reducing subsidy costs in Ghana (My Joy)
January 07, 2019
My Joy released an op-ed by Kwaw Andam about the growing popularity of fertilizer subsidies and their financial burden in Africa south of the Sahara as the tool for governments trying to boost incomes for poor smallholder farmers.
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Eradicating hunger: Possible in Nepal (The Himalayan Times)
January 05, 2019
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.
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Competitive elections are good for democracy–just not every democracy (The Conversation)
January 05, 2019
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.
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RECRUITMENT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL
January 04, 2019
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 […]
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Every diet comes like a cult, says Rujuta Diwekar (The Hindu)
January 04, 2019
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.
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Kids work to end hunger (Farmers’ Advance)
January 03, 2019
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.
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Concerns intensify over food producers’ impact on environment (Financial Times)
January 03, 2019
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 […]
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The global food problem isn’t what you think (Washington Post)
January 02, 2019
Simply producing enough calories won't meet 21st food security challenges, we need to produce more nutritious foods too (Washington Post).
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Da Yu Forum | The 2nd Da Yu Young Scholars Forum (China Agricultural University)
December 28, 2018
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.