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Devesh Roy and PK Joshi authored an op-ed in India’s Financial Express about the need for new contract farming laws. Model contract farming law can benefit farmers and improve marketing efficiency, but has to be business-friendly. Roy and Joshi argue the main objective is to “assure procurement from farmers at remunerative prices, while mitigating risks […]

In an article for the Financial Times, Joe Glauber mentioned that world demand of soyabeans has been “phenomenal” in large part to dietary changes in China and Thailand. Glauber emphasized that China imports three-fifths of the world’s internationally traded soyabeans, and that domestic cultivation of soyabeans is used primarily for food such as tofu as […]

Reporting on maize production in Ghana, pan-African online publication Techmoran, cited research from IFPRI’s Ghana Strategy Support Program on the significance of maize as one of Ghana’s main staple crops.

Public interest news outlet India Spend ran a front page feature news story on IFPRI’s 2017 Global Food Policy Report. The story highlights the malnutrition challenges India faces as populations increasingly move from rural to urban areas in the coming decades.

India’s Business Standard reported on a chief ministerial candidate in Punjab’s promise of farm debt waivers for drought-stricken Punjabi farmers, quoting IFPRI South Asia Director PK Joshi for analysis. “Given that in the last two years there has been a drought in North India, the new state government should consider such a relief but should […]

In a story for NPR’s All Things Considered, Joe Glauber cautioned how dire and inaccurate warnings about the perils of trade can worry U.S. farmers who benefit from access to export markets. “They get concerned when they read reports that Mexico now is looking for potentially alternative sources of supply for soybeans and corn,” he […]

“India’s performance in the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) report is tragic,” writes the Hindustan Times in an analysis on hunger in India. The article cites the country’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index and the 2014 report theme of hidden hunger to call for “a shift in focus from approaches for tackling hunger […]

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.