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Reuters wrote a story about the 2016 Global Hunger Index that quoted IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan. “Countries must accelerate the pace at which they are reducing hunger” if they are to meet the 2030 target. Ending global hunger is certainly possible, but it’s up to all of us … (to) set the priorities right to […]

BBC News published an article featuring the recent Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition report, Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century. The article quotes IFPRI Researcher Lawrence Haddad highlighting Guatemala, where more than 40% children have stunted growth. He said, “‘[p]eople on higher incomes have better food and very low rates of stunting. […]

An article at AllAfrica included IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan in a list of 29 appointed dignitaries leading the fight against malnutrition. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon selected Fan to be part of this team to help “support the efforts of countries to strengthen nutrition for girls, boys and their families and ensure a world free of malnutrition by 2030[.]”

The 2016 Global Nutrition Report Tanzania launch was the highlight of this AllAfrica article. IFPRI Researcher and report co-author, Lawrence Haddad made comment that, “[m]alnutrition isn’t destiny… it’s a political choice[,]” citing international governments’ action for change. 

The New York Times mentioned Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang’s work in a front page article on marriage in China. According to the article, fewer Chinese people are getting married, which can have a negative impact on the number of babies born and the amount of spending on family-related purchases such as homes and appliances. […]

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow David Laborde‘s study on the economic downturn’s impact on combatting poverty was picked up in several newspapers, including Pakistan’s oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper Dawn and Bangladesh’s Daily Sun. The study, released on Sept. 6, found that the global downturn may cause 38 million more people to remain in extreme […]

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Research Fellow Dawit Mekonnen were both mentioned in a Reuters article about irrigation. Published on the heels of World Water Week, the article was picked up by The Daily Mail and other outlets. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) estimates that more than a million hectares of […]

Global downturn to cause 38 million more people to remain in extreme poverty than previously thought, jeopardizing prospects for first UN Sustainable Development Goal September 6, 2016, Washington, DC — Robust economic growth in developing countries—which has far outpaced that of most high-income countries—contributed mightily to achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of cutting […]

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber, who previously served as the chief economist at the USDA, was quoted in a story from The Financial Times about the food vs. fuel argument surrounding corn and biofuels. Said Glauber: ““What strikes is how ethanol production has grown just when we thought it would be flat.” The story mentions that […]

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya was quoted in a story on PolitiFact about development work in Africa. According to the story: Ephraim Nkonya, a Tanzanian research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, said past efforts typically treated locals as subsistence farmers who grew food only to feed their families, rather than people […]