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New Age published an article on the findings of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report which finds that without any action taken to contain the impacts of climate change, nearly 1.5 crore people are at risk of hunger by 2030.  Bangladesh has the third largest population facing the risk of going hungry in South Asia, […]

The Daily Star published an article on the Bangladesh launch of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report and its findings. According to the IFPRI report, says the number of victims of hunger would be 11.3 million in 2030 if there was no impact of climate change. According to the report, launched yesterday for Bangladesh at […]

Daily Observer published an article on the 2022 Global Food Policy Report‘s latest findings. The report highlighted that climate change threatens to impact over 750 million people in South Asia through climate hazards, primarily floods and droughts. The report notes that food systems are impacted by climate change, and it plays an equally critical causal […]

BBC published a podcast about what rising vegetable oil prices mean for food businesses. Vegetable oil can make or break a food business. In the food industry, they rely on vegetable oil.  Senior research fellow David Laborde explained that since oil is a tenth of our calorie intake, making it the most important food source […]

Dhaka Tribune published an article stating that in Bangladesh, the average annual temperatures have increased in the last six decades. IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report notes that food systems are impacted by climate change, and it plays an equally critical causal role. Globally, food systems contribute more than one-third of the total greenhouse emissions. About […]

The Daily Star published an article on how prices of soybean and palm oil have risen sharply in the last two years, and no wonder they topped the list of costly oils. According to IFPRI, the price increase is mainly due to global weather events that have taken a toll on the supplies of two […]

The Daily Star published an article stating that IFPRI has found that around 22.3 percent more rural Bangladeshi households reported food insecurity — 18 months after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic than in pre-pandemic times. The report is the result of IFPRI and Cornell University’s three rounds of socioeconomic phone surveys in rural areas […]

Monitor published an article stating that the Indonesian government wants to strengthen local food substitution as a pillar of the strength of the Indonesian nation. According to IFPRI, throughout June 2022, several countries such as Russia, India, Serbia, Egypt, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kosovo implemented export restriction policies (see IFPRI tool, Food & Fertilizer Export […]

The Business Standard published an article on the release of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. The report finds that climate change in Bangladesh will reduce agricultural productivity and disrupt supply chains, putting pressure on livelihoods, and threatening to significantly increase hunger and malnutrition. As per near-term projections estimated by the IFPRI, Bangladesh will see […]

Sentinel Assam published an article stating that IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report projects that India’s food production could drop by 6.8% under the impact of climate change and the risk for hunger could increase by 23 percent by 2030, which has cast a shadow over the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda.