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Agri-Pulse published an article on the new IFPRI & World Bank report, ‘Repurposing agricultural policies and support: options to transform agriculture and food systems for better health of people, economies and planet.‘ The report, which was done in conjunction with IFPRI, warns that simply using subsidies to increase the use of environmentally friendly practices could actually reduce food production. […]

The Tribune (Nigeria) reported that the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) advises the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on agriculture and higher education issues pertinent to food insecurity. Along with other BIFAD board members, Dr Liverpool-Tasie will play a key role in shaping our nation’s perspectives on international food and agriculture. Before joining […]

Due to lack of facilities including investment, adequate land for extending shrimp farms, modernized technologies and support from the authorities concerned, country’s shrimp farming hasn’t improved in a desired level, writes the Daily Observer (India) in a report on a recent workshop, ‘Expert Consultation Workshop.” The article writes that instead of seeing those improvements, in […]

Relief Web published a report on IFPRI results from the Disruptions to the banking sector continue to be salient on rice millers survey that included 392 medium- and large-scale rice millers from major rice-growing regions of Myanmar to learn more about the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and political instability. This report presents important results and analyses from those interviews. […]

Two Circles published an article on undernutrition in West Bengal.  Stunting among children aged five years and below has increased in seven districts in West Bengal, as per the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), published in November last year. The numbers of wasted and underweight children have also increased in 10 and nine districts respectively. Kolkata, […]

Middle East Eye has published an update from an earlier article about NGOs asking for a government exemption to dismiss Jordanian staff in spite of a COVID-19 worker protection law.   MEE reported last week that 31 international NGOs and foreign ambassadors were pressuring Jordanian authorities for exemptions to the law in order to dismiss local staff, saying the measure had left […]

The Statesman published an article discussing a Twitter conversation between the WFP’s David Beasley and entrepreneur Elon Musk. Beasley suggested that billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos part with only a fraction of their wealth to do so. Specifically, 2 percent of Elon Musk’s wealth amounting to USD 6.6 Billion would do the trick. Musk responded […]

The White House, from its briefing room, announced new appointments including Kathy Spahn as a member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. Spahn is President and CEO of Helen Keller Intl, a global health organization that partners with communities to overcome longstanding cycles of poverty. She also serves on IFPRI’s Leadership Council Compact of 2025 and is a […]

News Ghana published an article stating that the Tilapia Seed (Tiseed) module has had a significant impact on fish production as well, thereby creating numerous job opportunities for the youth in the region. Hanson Kodzo Dzamefe Jnr, the Bono Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission has lauded the government’s flagship Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ) program explained the […]

Middle East Eye published an article stating that after implementing a strict lockdown in early 2020, the Jordanian government introduced several temporary measures to ease the blow of the pandemic on the country’s already-faltering economy. A letter by a group called “the Jordan INGO Forum” in November 2021 and signed by CEOs and country directors of 31 […]