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In a report on higher-than expected economic growth in India’s agriculture sector, the Business Standard quoted IFPRI South Asia Office Director PK Joshi for analysis. “I feel [the Central Statistics Office] might have been slightly cautious in estimating full-year agriculture GDP growth, as the situation on the ground is good, which will be positive for […]

In an opinion piece on the importance of infrastructure improvements for rural economic growth and development, Professor of Economics at Jahangirnagar University Abdul Bayes cites the importance of research from IFPRI, and quotes former IFPRI Director General John Mellor.

In an interview with Devex, new IFPRI board member Marcos Jank spoke about how the development community can support agricultural-product exporting countries to address the growing challenge of protectionism.

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay are growing food exporters that have an important role to play in global food security, says a Devex report on a recent IFPRI seminar. The seminar featured experts from IFPRI, the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock, Institute for International Agricultural Negotiations, and others, who cautioned against the negative impacts […]

An investigative piece published in India’s Business Insider refers to the Global Hunger Index to demonstrate the country’s poor performance in reducing hunger and malnutrition. The author argues hunger in India “needs crisis management and a long term vision.”

With the UN declaring some three million people in East Africa on the verge of famine, Voice of America’s “Africa 54” spoke with Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya about how African nations can avoid such acute food crises. Nkonya explains how stable governance, diversifying incomes, and empowering women can help create an environment capable of […]

A groundbreaking paper based on a collaborative project between IFPRI and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign finds hydropower and irrigation often come into direct competition. 

Overlapping responsibilities between Nigeria’s federal and state government levels has led to poor coordination in public spending, according to a report of a lecture by IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Tewodaj Mogues. She acknowledged current efforts to strengthen inter-governmental coordination in agricultural spending, but emphasized that obstacles like weakened local legislatures remain. 

India is forecasting record wheat production in 2016 and 2017, according to a report in the Business Standard newspaper. IFPRI South Asia Director P.K. Joshi says that the reason for this record production despite demonetization is that 80 per cent of India’s rural economy ran on credit, and that sowing had begun before the controversial […]

Poor working conditions and unsafe practices were common at slaughterhouses in Western Kenyan according to new research covered by All Africa. Veterinary Epidemiologist Elizabeth Cook  says that these hygiene practices increase the risk of disease transmission from animals to humans. IFPRI supported this research through a grant.