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UN Dispatch published an article on the UN General Assembly meeting where the key focus is on food security and food access.  Rob Vos, director for Markets, Trade, and Institutions discussed the speeches and comments made at the opening session of the food security summit. Vos said of the speeches, “There was a very strong […]

Voice of America News (VOA) published an article on President Biden’s upcoming address to the UN where he is expected to highlight U.S. efforts to strengthen global food security and replenish the Global Fund to fight AIDS and other pandemics. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, exports of food and fertilizer from the region have been […]

Washington, D.C.:  IFPRI Director General Jo Swinnen announced today the appointment of two new Senior Directors, as part of a reorganization of IFPRI’s structure to match that of the CGIAR Systems Transformation group. Purnima Menon was named the Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy and Channing Arndt was named Senior Director for Systems Transformation Strategies. […]

The News International published an op-ed by Mohsin Hafeez, Wajid Rana, and Deputy division director Claudia Ringler discuss the climate change disaster in Pakistan. Following the extreme heatwave of May – the city of Jacobabad hit 51 degrees C on May 14 – Pakistanis are now experiencing the most extreme flooding of their lifetime. These […]

Daiji World (India) published an article on how the demand for better air pollution management is gaining ground, Punjab and Haryana, both prominent granaries, stare at crop residue burning with the onset of the winter season when air quality levels in Delhi and other northern areas in India touch hazardous limits. Well ahead of the […]

Agri-Pulse published an article stating that the potential for increased trade with India is substantial, but the country has refused to commit to the trade pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, leaving some in the U.S. ag sector pessimistic about changing the country’s direction. India is the only nation of 14 in the Indo-Pacific Economic […]

Next Billion published an article stating that according to IFPRI, African countries must improve their transnational transport infrastructure or risk remaining vulnerable to shocks in global food supply chains. Africa’s food security has been subject to intense scrutiny in the six months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. While the direct impact of shortages, caused […]

Washington, DC: More than six months after the February 24 invasion of Ukraine, the conflict endures, as do concerns about its impacts on global food security, particularly in low and middle-income countries

The Fence Post published an article on an IFPRI event where two senior economists said that six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the continuing uncertainties in the Black Sea region led to questions about next year’s crop sizes. The Black Sea agreement that allows the grain to leave Ukraine “has always been tenuous,” Joseph Glauber, […]

African Business published an article on how experts are warning that pursuing continental self-sufficiency may not be an appropriate remedy for Africa’s weak position in agricultural supply chains.  “The greatest problem facing African farmers is not that they are too connected to global supply chains, but that their connections to those supply chains are not […]