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‘To Double Farm Incomes, India Must Get People Off Farms’ (India Spend)
April 23, 2018
India Spend published an article featuring IFPRI Director General, Shenggen Fan and his recommendations for bringing greater economic prosperity to Indian farmers.
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Will raising minimum support price necessarily lead to higher inflation? (Business Standard)
April 18, 2018
The Business Standard published an article evaluating the scope of the impact of increasing minimum support prices (MSP) on food prices in India. The article cites IFPRI’s South Asia Director, P.K. Joshi, who advised that increased MSP will have an inflationary impact on some crops. He added, “In wheat and rice, the public distribution system would support any inflationary impact, while in others […]
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US Politicians get China in Africa all wrong (The Washington Post)
April 18, 2018
The Washington Post published an op-ed in which Deborah Brautigam, Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, challenges the common rhetoric on Chinese investments in Africa, using findings from a joint study with IFPRI. The joint study investigated 57 cases where the Chinese government or private firms allegedly acquired sizeable amounts of African farmland. […]
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Climate Change Is Messing With Your Dinner (Bloomberg)
April 17, 2018
Projections from IFPRI's IMPACT model show climate change will likely have serious impacts on regional yeild patterns of crops such as corn, potatoes, rice, and wheat by 2050.
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Philippines could supplement 57%-60% of its energy needs with renewables by 2040 (Business Mirror)
April 16, 2018
The Business Mirror published an article on the findings of IFPRI's researchers Alam Mondal, Mark Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler, Angga Pradesha, Rowena Valmonte-Santos, which support renewable energy development in the Philippines.
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US think tank says trade protectionism harms poor the most, threatens food security (Business Today)
April 12, 2018
Business Fortnight published a feature on the 2018 Global Food Policy Report, with highlights of its major findings and recommendations.
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Norwegian firm builds Florida farm for cold-water fish (USA Today)
April 11, 2018
USA Today published an article quoting IFPRI's Senior Researcher, Siwa Msangi, on the favorable prospects of farming cold-water fish in Florida.
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Starvation Index Larger Than That Of Hunger In India (Outlook India)
April 11, 2018
Outlook India published an article on the role of reports such as the IFPRI Global Hunger Index (GHI) for providing holistic and inclusive data on the issue of hunger and malnutrition.
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President Trump’s efforts to placate the farm lobby misguided (Market Watch)
April 10, 2018
Market Watch published an op-ed in which IFPRI Senior Research Fellow, Joe Glauber, warns of the potential implications should President Trump compensate farmers to facilitate a trade war with China.
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Farmers to Trump: No trade war, please (Politico)
April 09, 2018
Politico published an article on President Trump's pledge to use resources to protect agricultural interests, amid rising trade tensions with China.