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Does growth in pulses output mean India has reached self-sufficiency? (The Indian Express)
May 31, 2018
The Indian Express reported on IFPRI’s research on pulses in India assessing if India has reached self-sufficiency in pulses. The article, based on PK Joshi’s co-authored chapter in the Pulses book, argues that the country may transition from a pulses importing nation to an exporting one, if the current growth trends in pulses production continue.
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Strengthen markets to aid farmers (Mint)
May 31, 2018
India’s Mint published an op-ed by Avinash Kishore assessing the Indian government’s agrarian policies intended to double farmers’ incomes. In the article, Kishore argues that various government schemes to augment farmers’ incomes have had little impact on ground, and agriculture continues to be a high-risk, low-return enterprise. “Experience shows that what hurts farmers today, almost […]
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Russia’s Economic Recovery to Improve Food Security in Eurasia through Trade and Investment
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018, Washington, D.C.: Economic recovery in Russia supported by the significant upturns in energy and metal prices is positively affecting the prospects for growth, household welfare, and food security in Eurasia, according to the 2018 Global Food Policy Report released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) at a conference in Moscow. […]
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New Study: Status of Child Stunting in India
May 25, 2018
Key findings Top 10 districts – lowest stunting ratesErnakulam (KL) 12.4%Pathanamthitta (KL) 13.3%Kollam (KL) 14.4%Alappuzha (KL) 14.5%Idukki (KL) 15.1%Cuttack (OR) 15.3%Hyderabad (TG) […]
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India’s district-focused strategy to reduce childhood stunting must also address women’s wellbeing and poverty reduction, finds new study
May 25, 2018
New Delhi – Addressing women’s well-being and education are critical to any strategy focused on reducing child stunting in India, as nearly three-fourth of the differences in childhood stunting between low and high burden Indian districts can be explained by differences in women’s low body mass index (19%) and education (12%), according to a new study […]
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Why lower socio-economic inequality holds key to reducing malnutrition (The Indian Express)
May 25, 2018
IFPRI-SAR's Purnima Menon, in an interview with The Indian Express, emphasizes on addressing gender-related inequlities to reduce child stunting in India.
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How farmers can use smartphones to make crop loss assessment (The Indian Express)
May 24, 2018
In an interview with The Indian Express, Berber Kramer explains the comparative advantages of picture-based crop insurance.
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Rebooting food: Finding New Ways to Feed the Future (Reuters)
May 24, 2018
Reuters published a feature on innovative ways to produce food by overcoming threats posed by climate change and water scarcity to meet demand in the future. The article interviewed IFPRI’s Director General Shenggen Fan who said innovations are key to rebooting the food system. “Innvoations in policies, innovations in institutions, innovations in even new thinking, […]
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From ‘Look East’ and ‘Act East’, India must ‘think big’ and ‘act big’ (The Week)
May 23, 2018
Manmeet Ajmani and Devesh Roy argue in an oped that India has the potential to up its exports within the ASEAN region.
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Africa’s green revolution stumbles at Congo project to solve food shortages (Reuters)
May 23, 2018
Exploring reasons behind failure of a Congolese agro-industrial project, Reuters interviews John Ulimwengu.