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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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  • Food protectionism: Looming on the horizon, writes Harini Calamur (Free Press Journal)

    May 29, 2022

    Free Press Journal published an article stating that the world seems to be plunging into another war. A much older and pervasive war. The war against hunger. The focus needs to be on minimizing the impact on the poorest. Not just to ensure that western populations do not face discomfort. And to do that the […]


  • Climate change: Bleak future ahead (Eastern Mirror Nagaland) 

    May 29, 2022

    Eastern Mirror Nagaland published an article showing the findings from IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report. India may face a severe food crisis by 2030 as a result of climate change. The Report has predicted that food production in India may drastically come down and the threat of starvation will increase if appropriate steps are […]


  • What’s the way out of the global cost of living crisis? | Inside Story (Al Jazeera – English)  

    May 29, 2022

    Al Jazeera produced a video on YouTube on the cost of food & other services prices. It’s normal for the cost of goods and services to rise steadily over time.   But many countries are reporting major increases in the prices of food, housing, and fuel, in what’s being called a ‘cost of living’ crisis.  Kalyani […]


  • India needs greater push to achieve zero hunger target (Pakistan Observer) 

    May 29, 2022

    Pakistan Observer published an article stating that India needs to tackle the risk factors for food insecurity to meet its targets to eradicate hunger, according to food experts and activists. Senior research fellow Purnima Menon said that while the target of zero hunger for India is “challenging,” it is hard to predict whether the country […]


  • Will sanctions against Russia leads to a global food disaster? (LA Progressive) 

    May 28, 2022

    LA Progressive published an article stating that experts look at the global food supply problems as “apocalyptic” when discussing increasing food prices. Second, and even more important, is the situation with fertilizers. Russia is the world’s largest fertilizer exporter, and Belarus, which is also facing Western sanctions, is also a major supplier—together they account for […]


  • Conflicts between Russia and Ukraine result in restriction of exports of agricultural products (portuguese.cri.cn) 

    May 27, 2022

    Portuguese.cri.cn (Portugal) published an article stating that international organizations and governments are meeting to deal with the food crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Experts and decisionmakers are in search of solutions to the issue of food security. At the same time, with the concern of food shortages, several countries began to restrict […]


  • A plague of policymakers returns hunger to the world (Reason)

    May 27, 2022

    Reason published an article on how lockdowns, trade disputes, and warfare make the next meal once again a matter of concern. Governments can’t be blamed for all of the world’s ills, but they have a remarkable ability to create trouble where there was none before and to exacerbate preexisting problems. Food prices around the world […]


  • Pay attention to the coming food crisis (Deccan Herald) 

    May 27, 2022

    Deccan Herald published an article on the findings from the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. The Report presents a bleak picture of the production, consumption, and availability of food in India in the coming years. The report mainly focuses on the impact of climate change and presents data based on research that should guide policy […]


  • Putin’s food protectionism… Hunger and inflation are getting worse and longer (Maekyung.com) 

    May 27, 2022

    Maekyung.com (Korea) published an article that said according to IFPRI, the global food market situation is in a word [ohrase], the spread of ‘food protectionism.’ As international grain prices soared in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and food insecurity has increased, several countries have restricted the export of food products such as agricultural […]


  • Countries are limiting food exports. It may make global hunger worse. (Vox) 

    May 26, 2022

    Vox published an article on how trade is vital to mitigating the global food crisis, however, many countries are employing export restrictions. Senior research fellow David Laborde says export restrictions are easy to implement because they don’t cost money, and it “sends a strong policy message of, ‘we protect you and keep the food at […]