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  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 […]

Cost of climate change in the Philippines expected to be Php 145 billion (around $3 billion USD) per year November 21, 2016, Washington, DC—Climate change will put an additional 2 million people in the Philippines at risk of hunger by 2050 and cost about Php 145 billion annually over that time span, according to a […]

The Global Hunger Index was mentioned in an op-ed in Kenya’s Daily Nation, the country’s largest newspaper. The author, Nelson Maina, wrote how Kenya is among 50 countries where hunger levels remain “serious” or “alarming.” Maina emphasized that the duty of feeding Kenyans falls on everyone–producer and consumer alike. Read the full op-ed on The […]

A study co-authored by IFPRI’s Research Fellow Mateusz Filipski on the economic impact of refugees was covered by Voice of America. The study found that refugees can actually have a positive economic impact on their host communities. According to the article, “While many think of refugees as a drag on a nation’s economy, a United […]