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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 […]

Temperature fluctuations spurred more migration among women than men Cold weather drove nearly three times as much migration as warm weather Drawing from over 21 million Census records, the study allows for interpretations at the national level and over broader periods of time November 16, 2015, Washington, DC—South Americans are migrating to urban areas due […]

Director General Shenggen Fan was interviewed on CCTV to discuss COP22, which is happening in Marrakesh, Morocco. “One is technology. New technologies, new varieties, crop varieties can enhance the yield and increase the yield, can reduce carbon emission, can also use less water less land,” he told CCTV reporter Miro Lu. “We mush reshape our agricultural and […]

  November 9, 2016, New Delhi— It is with a sense of urgency that more than 200 researchers, government officials, civil society partners and others will meet in New Delhi today and tomorrow at the conference “Delivering for Nutrition in India:  Learning from Implementation Research”. Participants in the conference will explore how to improve the […]

A report from Senior Research Analyst Daniel Mason-D’Cruz and Senior Research Fellows Sherman Robinson and Keith Wiebe on how a tax on meat and milk products would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save half a million lives was picked up by CNBC and dozens of other outlets. The article explains that “a 40 percent tax on beef would reduce consumption […]

A study by Deputy Division Director and Senior Research Fellow Xinshen Diao, Visiting Senior Research Fellow Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, and Senior Research Fellow Sherman Robinson, “How Much Does It Hurt?,” was mentioned in an opinion piece for Forbes. The op-ed examines how, with a few policy changes, the United States could improve lives in Latin America. […]

Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 24, 2016 – On Monday, the Ministry of Agriculture and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) jointly announced the inauguration of the IFPRI Bangladesh office at an event in Dhaka. Mr. Mohammad Nazmul Islam, Additional Secretary (PPC), Ministry of Agriculture and Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI signed the Memorandum of […]

Senior Research Fellow David Laborde, Research Assistant Tess Lallemant, and researchers from the International Institute for Sustainable Development penned a piece for The Huffington Post that aims to determine whether the global community can end hunger by the 2030 United Nations deadline. The op-ed mentions a new study by Laborde, Lallemant, and the IISD researchers that found it will cost $11 […]