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Domestic migrants experience a substantial decline in mental and physical health, despite a significant increase in their incomes at destination, according to a new study from researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Thomson Reuters Foundation News published an op-ed by several IFPRI researchers including Gashaw Tadesse Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Alan de Brauw, and Nicholas Minot, who examined the impact of Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative on farmers’ yields to understand how programs can boost wheat yields in underperforming areas. 

October 5, Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a five-year extension of the Innovation Laboratory for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI), which will continue critical research from IFPRI and partners on improving small scale irrigation in the developing world. ILSSI is currently conducting small scale irrigation research in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and […]

The Colombo Gazette reported on a recent meeting between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan, who discussed formulating a policy to mitigate malnutrition and food crop destruction. 

CNBC Africa conducted a live interview with Research Fellow Dr. Getaw Tadesse Gebreyohanes about the continent’s most recent agriculture trade monitor report.  Dr. gebreyohanes highlighted trends and factors that affect Africa’s exports including institutional inefficiencies that increase trade costs across borders.

Cargill and The Economist outlined the necessary transformations to Asia’s food system in order to produce more while ensuring the highest safety standards.  Director General Shenggen Fan was quoted in the report calling for institutions, governments, and enterprises to apply economic and health lenses to to the food system problems to accelerate progress. 

The Financial Times included research from IFPRI and the Food and Agriculture Organization in an op-ed about the greatest displacements of people coming from areas experiencing conflict and high levels of food insecurity.  In places like Africa where two-thirds of the working population depends on agriculture, investments that create vibrant rural economies, improve access to […]

Vanguard quoted Senior Research Fellow and Head of Capacity Strengthening at IFPRI, Suresh Babu, in an article that called for total overhaul of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria because of ineffective governance, lack of funding, low human capacity, and poor communication and distribution of research findings.  Babu highlighted several solutions including strengthening human resources […]

Economist published an article on a new study from China that highlights air-pollution concerns. Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang was quoted.  

CNN has amplified data examined by IFPRI researcher Xiaobo Zhang in a news feature that argues accumulative exposure to air pollutants significantly impacts cognitive abilities.  As a result, dirty air also imposes substantial health and economic costs, particularly for the elderly who rely on cognitive functioning to run daily errands and make high-stake economic decisions.