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Farmers Journal (Ireland) published an article stating that international food commodity prices have moderated and fallen to below pre-war levels. According to IFPRI these prices are still above historical averages and these prices reflect the impact of supply chain problems and nations rebounding from COVID-19. The crisis isn’t over. The analysis from IFPRI shows that […]

The Fish Site published an article on the ‘Accelerating Aquaculture Development in Ghana Through Sustainable Nile Tilapia Seed Production’ project which began in 2019. The project’s main aim was to ensure that the small-scale farms scattered across Ghana would have access to quality fry, thereby improving their harvests and the profitability of their farms. The […]

Tribune India published an article about the agriculture trade and policy conference. Organized by the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi-based think-tank, in collaboration with Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), and IFPRI, the capacity-building program acquaints researchers in the areas of agricultural trade and policy analysis.  

The Fence Post published an article stating that observations of agriculture from space can help predict global food security problems and help farmers be more efficient, but there are still challenges in using the technology, particularly in addressing sustainability. Experts said that making observations of fields and crop production is much easier today than in […]

East Mojo (India) published an op-ed by research fellows Kalyani Raghunathan and Derek Headey. In the op-ed, the authors wrote the nutritional quality of many Indians’ diets has deteriorated since the start of the pandemic. Three in four South Asians who cannot afford a healthy diet live in India. As India looks to fix malnutrition, […]

Marketplace produced a podcast on how Hurricane Ian narrowly missed landing a serious blow to the domestic fertilizer industry. About half of the phosphate fertilizer in the U.S. comes from three plants in the Tampa area. The hurricane could have been yet another headache for a fertilizer industry that’s already dealing with the impact of […]

Eureka Alert published an article stating that a team of scientists argue that a One Health approach to plant health is vital if we are to sustainably feed a growing population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. The researchers, who published a commentary in the CABI Agriculture and Bioscience journal, suggest that a One […]

World Bank published a blog post written by research fellow Kibrom Abay and Sikandra Kurdi, Kibrom Tafere (Sustainability and Infrastructure Team of the Development Research Group), and Nishant Yonzan (World Bank). The blog post stated that there were lessons and warnings to take from Africa’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic was one of […]

CIMMYT published a post by Jawoo Koo, IFPRI, and Andrea Gardeazabal, CIMMYT, who explained how smallholders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America will benefit from the CGIAR Initiative for Digital Innovation. Research shows that digital innovations can increase small-scale farmers’ incomes, boost the adoption of better practices, and increase resilience to climate shocks while reducing […]

Feed Strategy published an article on how food export restrictions embarked on by a growing number of countries may herald a beginning of a dangerous era of food nationalism, in which grain becomes not just a commodity but political leverage and even a weapon. In the months since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the number […]