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Food News International reported on a study where IFPRI provided funding to Tufts University Researchers who found that premixed infant cereals  – otherwise known as complementary foods – are inconsistent in meeting nutritional standards, with some providing the right ingredients to stave off malnutrition and stunting and others falling short. The study included locally produced complementary […]

The Iranian Financial Tribune used IFPRI’s 2016 Global Hunger Index to report that malnutrition in that country had dropped to 3.2% in 2016 compared with 5.1% in 1990, an improvement that, coupled with a GHI score that fell from 18.5% to 6.7% over the same period, shows that Iran has made major progress in fighting […]

The Hindustan Times published a commentary piece by research fellow Devesh Roy on five potential consequences for farmers of India’s new demonistisation policy. Roy examines some surprising impacts of this new policy as the farmers’ movement pursues budget consultations with the government.

  Energy Bangala reported that Dr. Ahmad Kaikus, former Deputy Chief of Party of the Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), has been made acting Power Secretary of Bangladesh. Dr. Kaikaus published research reports for IFPRI covering interdisciplinary subjects such as governance, poverty, development, labor markets, and migration. He […]

December 13, 2016, Washington, DC — Several studies have shown the global increase in food demand by 2050 can be met by increasing yields on existing cropland, but a new study finds that countries in Africa south of the Sahara likely will be unable to meet growing cereal demand through yield increases alone. An anticipated […]

All Africa quoted IFPRI’s Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane from his keynote speech at The 2016 African Economic Conference in Nigeria this week. The article featured highlights from Badiane’s speech including his ideas on the market’s relationship with agro-allied industrialization, as well as the continent’s profitable future if it harnesses the use of information communication technology (ICT). “We need integrated solutions. […]

Five-year research program integrates all aspects of food policy to enhance food security across Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 6, 2016 – The Ministry of Food announced Tuesday a new comprehensive food security research program, together with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About 150 […]

Yahoo! News republished a feature article from Take Part.com on the future of agriculture, quoting IFPRI Senior Researcher David Spielman. The article weighs the implementation of technology in farming, which has proven successful on large farms, but could do more harm than good on small farms. Spielman was quoted saying, “[w]e need to be looking at new technologies on a case-by-case basis to understand their productivity and welfare effects on society and environment[.]”

IFPRI’s Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) was the main source in a front page article as well as an opinion piece in Bangladesh’s highest circulation English-language daily, The Daily Star. The articles used the survey data to highlight the stubbornly high rate of childhood marriage in Bangladesh while the government is in the midst of […]

IFPRI Senior Researchers Keith Wiebe and Sherman Robinson, and IFPRI Scientist Daniel Mason-D’Croz authored an op-ed arguing that a carbon tax could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save lives by promoting better nutrition. They used IFPRI’s IMPACT model to estimate the cost of levying a carbon tax on food and found that such a […]