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Jacaranda FM published an article stating the reality is that climate change is causing problems worldwide, so clever thinking such as urine to feed the world is going to be needed if we are to ensure food security. According to IFPRI: ‘Food security, as defined by the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security, means […]

The Cable (Nigeria) published an article announcing the six-year national agricultural technology and innovation policy (NATIP) from 2022 to 2027 to enhance agribusiness in the country. The policy also aims to increase resilience and digital agriculture, thereby, promoting agricultural investments.   Bedru Balana, country program leader, IFPRI, said women and youth should be mainstreamed across the […]

Nigerian Tribune published an article stating that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with support from the USAID Nigeria Agriculture Policy Activity implemented by IFPRI and Michigan State University (MSU) have launched the new national agriculture policy, National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP) 2022 – 2027. NATIP is a policy envisioned by […]

Bloomberg published an article on how the world is desperate to replenish grain reserves diminished by trade disruptions in the Black Sea and unfavorable weather in some of the largest growing regions. Droughts throughout the world are having a major impact on food prices globally. A US crop tour revealed the damage done by severe […]

News Agency Nigeria posted an article on the launch of the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP) 2022 – 2027.  Agriculture is important to the growth and development of the economy, adding that in 2020, agriculture contributed over 25 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The new policy is a deliberate effort by […]

Monitor (Uganda Edition) published an article stating that August 24 also marks six months since Russia launched its brutal, illegal invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, a proud, internationally engaged country, and one committed to freedom and the principles of the UN Charter, has emerged. Ukraine has become a […]

Nature published an op-ed by senior scientist Elizabeth Bryan, deputy director of the Environment and Production Technology division Claudia Ringler, and Nicole Lefore, director at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture in College Station on how the global effects of the Ukraine war hit girls and women the hardest, exacerbating inequalities. Aid programs must […]

The Nation (Nigeria) published an article on markets in Africa are creating vast opportunities for economic growth. Africa’s food market, according to a World Bank report on agribusiness in Africa, may hit $939 billion by 2030. However, there is a challenge in the sector: the lingering settlement and payment gap in transactions, which is making […]

Guam PDN published an article on IFPRI’s latest findings on climate change from the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. According to IFPRI, climate changes, a growing population, rising food prices, and environmental factors have significant impacts on food security. 

News 9 Live published an article on climate change. Climate change became a mainstream issue in early 1990, and yet over the three decades, skepticism and foot-dragging by world leaders have worsened the impact, to the extent that lives and livelihoods across the globe are now at stake. The effects of global warming, like symptoms […]