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In an op-ed published in Devex, David Laborde and Will Martin argue open trade is crucial for food security and development.

China’s Sohu published an interview with IFPRI’s senior research fellow in Beijing, Kevin Chen on issues related to global food security, China’s domestic food security policies, and emerging challenges. “China has proved to the world that we can support ourselves in the short term, but whether we can maintain it in the long run will also be […]

Bangladesh’s The Daily Star reported on the launch of the 2018 Global Food Policy Report in Dhaka. The article quoted IFPRI director general Shenggen Fan who said that rise of anti-globalization and protectionism threatens progress toward food security. The report also quoted  IFPRI’s country representative, Akhter Ahmad, who added that changes in international migration policies […]

India’s Hindustan Times published an op-ed co-authored by Senior Research Fellow at A4NH, Devesh Roy. In the article, Roy argued that one policy may work in one region and fail in another, therefore, in the food-versus-nutrition debate — whether with respect to dietary supplementation or fortification — taste, accessibility, trust and pricing issues need to be […]

Increased restrictions on international migration by the primary host countries may exacerbate food insecurity in high-migrant source countries like Bangladesh, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute’s 2018 GFPR.

Washington, D.C.: The pilot version of a new index for measuring the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agriculture sector, the Project-Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (Pro-WEAI), was launched today. Developed jointly by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), and thirteen partner projects, the […]

The Economist argues that most ‘abundant’ land available in Africa is concentrated in a few countries, & in the hands of big businesses elsewhere. But IFPRI's Ephraim Nkonya is optimistic.

CNBC published an article assessing the implications of the NAFTA renegotiations on the United States’ agricultural industry. The article has expert commentary from IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow, Joseph Glauber, who warns that pulling out of NAFTA would be a grave mistake for the United States. “There are some improvements that can be made in this […]

The Philippines could supplement 57-60 percent of its energy needs with renewables by 2040, according to a new study from researchers at IFPRI.

El Financiero published an article in which IFPRI's Director for the Latin America and the Caribbean Program, Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, posits that investments in science can support sustainable agricultural production in the region.