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IFPRI senior research fellow Joseph Glauber was quoted in a story from Bloomberg about possible Nafta renegotiation. Dr. Glauber emphasized that Nafta is widely seen as a success in agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will meet with Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Mexican Agriculture Secretary Jose Calzada this summer.

Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber gave a comprehensive interview with U.S. News on the importance of NAFTA on the U.S. agriculture industry and how changes to the Agreement can hurt American farmers. According to Dr. Glauber, agricultural trade within NAFTA has seen remarkable growth. Total agricultural exports for 2016 were around an estimated $135 billion, […]

Suresh Babu, Head of Capacity Strengthening, appeared on CGTN’s The Heat for a special on World Hunger Day. Dr. Babu spoke about the significance of hidden hunger, inefficient micronutrient intake, and how diversifying the biodiversity of a food system can combat nutrient deficiencies.

An IPS article covered an IFPRI-facilitated seminar in Cairo on food security and rapid urbanization. Clemens Breisinger, senior research fellow, provided context on the challenges facing the region, which include food import dependency, population growth, and water scarcity.

Bloomberg quoted Director General Shenggen Fan in part two of their series on agriculture in China. The second article focused on China’s global food network, where Dr. Fan elaborated on China’s land acquisition investments in developing countries. The first article can be found here.

Suresh Babu, Head of Capacity Strengthening, authored an op-ed in Reuters about how robust food systems can improve access to food. The article explains that the resilience of food systems relies on political, institutional and agricultural capacities. The article is accompanied by a diagram that shows immediate and underlying factors for food security in three states: before, […]

Inside Sources published an op-ed by senior research fellow Joseph Glauber on the Food for Peace Reform Act, a bill introduced by Bob Corker and Christopher Coons of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Glauber argues that the Act will address two main flaws in US emergency aid policy: food sourcing and cargo preference.

Avinash Kishore, research fellow based in IFPRI’s South Asia Office, authored an op-ed in India’s Business Standard on Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee’s decision to approve Dhara Mustard Hybrid 11 for commercial use, and on the larger conversation of the commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops. Kishore argues in support of GM crop technologies and dispels […]

Informal markets and street vendors play a critical role in many African cities. In a study of 11 African cities, 70 percent of households regularly purchase their food from informal markets. Danielle Resnick, senior research fellow, appeared on Voice of America’s Africa 54 to discuss how governments can balance between a growing middle class interested […]

India’s Business World wrote an article on the role of agriculture in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The article quoted Director General Shenggen Fan and Director for South Asia P.K. Joshi’s comments that changes to the food system could provide not only greater food yields, but also could cut greenhouse gas emissions. The article […]