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Adolescent mothers and their babies face increased health risks in Bangladesh, according to a new study from researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

EU’s Vox published a commentary by Senior Research Fellows, Antoine Bouët and David Laborde, on US trade wars. 

Ghana Business News covered an IFPRI workshop held in Accra on the importance of timely and high-quality data.  

Singapore’s Food Navigator-Asia, a web-based news service, published an article on the recent IFPRI study on aquaculture in Bangladesh. The study, “The ‘quiet revolution’ in the aquaculture value chain in Bangladesh“, led by Research Coordinator Ricardo Hernandez found that the market for farmed fish grew 25 times over three decades. Dr. Hernandez explained the benefits […]

Bangladesh’s The Daily Star covered an IFPRI workshop held on Wednesday on “Developing the Seed Sector in Bangladesh: What Role for Policy.” Senior research fellow and head of IFPRI’s Dhaka office Akhter Ahmed spoke at the workshop on the need to focus on agricultural growth, and the ways technology, agricultural investments, and agri-land protections can […]

Devex published an article on key messages from the Global Hunger Index: Africa edition. Contributing to the article, Research Fellow John Ulimwengu provided analysis to guide the author’s three takeaways: Improved data collection is essential to assess hunger problems and develop a solution; mobile phones can build stronger datasets; and success requires political will, not […]

Research Fellow Devesh Roy from IFPRI’s South Asia Office authored an op-ed in India’s Hindustan Times. The article looks at two of India’s food subsidy programs: Public distribution system and state-run canteens, and questions to what extent the government should be providing subsidies. Roy argues that once subsidies are implemented, they can be difficult to […]

Malawi’s The Nation published an article on the benefits contract farming is providing tobacco farmers in Malawi, citing a working paper from the Malawi Strategy Support Program. The study found contract farming led to better quality control and reduced transfer costs and rejection rates from buyers, as it encouraged farmers to monitor each other’s activities. 

Bloomberg published an article evaluating the success and failure of Nafta as renegotiations begin this week. The article quotes Senior Research Fellow Sherman Robinson, who stated that the trade agreement “held up” the conclusion of many economists that predicted only modest benefits to the US. The article goes on to look at how Nafta has […]

Malawi’s The Nation wrote an article on maize prices, citing monthly price monitoring conducted by IFPRI. The article explains the benefits of decreasing maize prices on the cost of living and bringing down a high inflation rate. The monthly IFPRI report tracks maize prices in more than a dozen markets around the country.