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Channel Africa, the radio arm of South Africa Broadcasting Corporation, interviewed Agriculture Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)’s Program Head, Nienke Beintema, on her latest research related to shrinking gender gap in agricultural research in Africa south of the Sahara. In the radio broadcast, Beintema explained despite improvement in number of women joining research in some countries, […]

Environmental Science Journal for Kids, an initiative to make climate change and environmental science research accessible to kids and teens, adapted IFPRI’s latest research by Keith Wiebe and Daniel Mason-D’Croz.

Pakistan’s The News published a feature on rising air pollution in Lahore, referring to Xiaobo Zhang’s latest research “Happiness in the Air: How a Dirty Sky Affects Mental Health and Subjective Well-being”.

Myanmar Times published an article on the country’s emerging aquaculture economy, on the back of rising fish demand.

The Indian Express published an article based on latest IFPRI research, “Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Mental Health and Subjective Well-being”.

India’s The Hindu has published an Op-Ed coauthored by IFPRI researcher, Anjani Kumar. The article discusses the serious debate on whether providing loans to farmers at a subsidised rate of interest or their waiver would accelerate farmers’ welfare. At the global level, studies indicate that access to formal credit contributes to an increase in agricultural productivity […]

India’s The Hindu published an op-ed co-authored by Research Fellow Anjani Kumar on agricultural credit policy.

Anjani Kumar argues in the Hindu that farmer credit expansion in India should focus on boosting banks and financial institutions' outreach. 

East Asia Forum published an article co-authored by IFPRI-China’s Xiaobo Zhang analyzing prospects of Chinese economy’s transition to an innovation-based economy. 

The Hill published an op-ed authored by Joseph Glauber on reforming the US crop insurance program, especially the harvest price option, to reduce burden on the country’s taxpayers.