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Director General Shenggen Fan wrote an op-ed in China Daily on agricultural resilience in China. He wrote that it’s critical to invest in drought-tolerant crop varieties, disaster insurance, as well as flood control and irrigation. “To build the resilience of small farmers, the provision of agricultural insurance at scale with government support together with market-based mechanisms is the […]

“Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition” highlights what works in combatting malnutrition—and what doesn’t—to bring about change from individuals, communities, and country leaders June 29, 2016, Washington, D.C.—The costs of malnutrition—health, social, and economic—are staggering. However, the tools to improve nutrition are within our grasp. “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition,” written by […]

Refugees in Rwandan camps increased the annual real income in the local economy by over $200 June 24, 2016, Washington, DC—Refugees can have a positive effect on local economies, according to a study published this week. Using data from two refugee camps in Rwanda, the study found that an additional adult refugee receiving cash aid […]

Quartz published an article on the demand on farmers to produce in a changing world. The article quoted West and Central Africa Division Director Ousmane Badiane saying, “[t]oday in Africa, not only do you have to produce better, but in a globalized world, you have to sell better too[.]”

Contributing editor James Meek spoke with IFPRI’s David Laborde about food markets and subsidies for an extensive piece in the London Review of Books. “And if, as predicted, the world population peaked at ten billion – could the planet support that many mouths?,” Meek asked in his piece. “Again, the answer was yes, but a […]

Scientific American ran an article on a study suggesting scientists have found that climate change could empty some nations by 2100. Researcher Valerie Mueller was quoted on her analysis of the study saying, “[t]hey try to cast this paper as a way of thinking about not just human, but the migration of other species…[f]or birds that have very […]

The Times Of India highlighted the 2016 Global Nutrition Report in an article which includes a quote from the report’s co-author, Researcher Lawrence Haddad. He said, “We now live in a world where being malnourished is the new normal… It is a world that we must all claim as totally unacceptable.”

Daily Mail highlighted the 2016 Global Nutrition Report in an article which includes a quote from the report’s co-author, Researcher Lawrence Haddad. He said, “We now live in a world where being malnourished is the new normal… It is a world that we must all claim as totally unacceptable.”

An article on BBC News quotes 2016 Global Nutrition Report co-author and Researcher Lawrence Haddad saying, “We now live in a world where being malnourished is the new normal… It is a world that we must all claim as totally unacceptable.”

The newly released 2016 Global Nutrition Report was the focus of a New York Times article which noted that the report “praised seven countries for making the most progress: Nepal for fewer stunted children, Suriname for fewer underweight children, Jamaica for fewer obese children, Peru for less female anemia and more breast-feeding, Nauru for fewer adults with […]