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The editorial board of The Himalayan Times wrote an editorial about Nepal’s standing in the 2016 Global Hunger Index, released last week. According to the piece, published on Oct. 17, “Nepal should take a cue from its rating in the GHI and strive to do even better. There is no reason for Nepal to miss […]

IFPRI Senior Research Fellows Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Agnes Quisumbing and Research Analyst Sophie Theis wrote an op-ed debunking common myths about women in agriculture. The authors wrote that “widely circulated myths do contain a kernel of truth: in general, rural women work hard, with fewer resources at their disposition than men. But despite the good intentions behind them, they promote stereotypes […]

The Times of India covered the 2016 Global Hunger Index, noting that India ranked 97th on the list. According to the article, published on Oct. 13, “[c]ountries worse than India include extremely poor African countries such as Niger, Chad, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone besides two of India’s neighbours: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Other neighbours Sri Lanka, […]

The BBC featured Dr. Howarth Bouis in a story about the 2016 World Food Prize winners. Dr. Bouis recieved the award for his work promoting biofortification at a ceremony in Iowa this week. Read more about Dr. Bouis’ work and the World Food Prize in a press release that announced the news in June. The article […]

October 11, 2016—Despite improvements in hunger and nutrition, India was rated as a country with “serious” hunger levels in the 2016 Global Hunger Index, released today. If hunger declines at the same rate as the report finds it has since 1992, more than 45 countries—including India, Pakistan, Haiti, Yemen, and Afghanistan—will still have “moderate” to […]

October 11, 2016—Haiti, which was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew last week and a catastrophic earthquake in 2010, is the only country in the Americans with “alarming” hunger levels, according to the just-released 2016 Global Hunger Index. The country joins Sierra Leone, Yemen, Madagascar, Zambia, Chad, and the Central African Republic as the seven countries suffering […]

Overall hunger levels are down by 29 percent since 2000, but are still serious or alarming in 50 countries.

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[.]”