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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.

Shenggen Fan, IFPRI director general was awarded the 2017 Fudan Management Excellence Award.

Quartz published an article by Channing Arndt on the renewable energy revolution’s benefits for the developing world.

An op-ed by Ousmane Badiane and Katrin Glatzel discussing the seven-country case study from the Malabo Montpeiller Panel’s report.

India’s Business Standard, published an op-ed co-authored by P K Joshi on the role of private sector in bringing the next revolution in the country’s agricultural sector.

Washington Post’s Monkey Cage published an opinion piece based on a latest study by IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow Katrina Kosec on long-term damage to disaster survivors and communities.