Research Fellow Devesh Roy from IFPRI's South Asia Office authored an op-ed in India's Hindustan Times. The article looks at two of India's food subsidy programs: Public distribution system and state-run canteens, and questions to what extent the…
Malawi's The Nation published an article on the benefits contract farming is providing tobacco farmers in Malawi, citing a working paper from the Malawi Strategy Support Program. The study found contract farming led to better quality control and…
Bloomberg published an article evaluating the success and failure of Nafta as renegotiations begin this week. The article quotes Senior Research Fellow Sherman Robinson, who stated that the trade agreement "held up" the conclusion of many economists…
Malawi's The Nation wrote an article on maize prices, citing monthly price monitoring conducted by IFPRI. The article explains the benefits of decreasing maize prices on the cost of living and bringing down a high inflation rate. The monthly IFPRI…
The Daily Observer published an article on a recent IFPRI study on aquaculture in Bangladesh. The study, " The 'quiet revolution' in the aquaculture value chain in Bangladesh ", led by Research Coordinator Ricardo Hernandez finds that the market for…
Research fellows Devesh Roy and Avinash Kishore, and research analyst Vinay Sonkar from IFPRI's South Asia Office coauthored an op-ed in India's Financial Express. The article examines India's Public distribution System (PDS), a social protection…
CNBC quoted Senior Research Fellow Joe Glauber for an article on US trade action against China. The article suggests that US agriculture played a role in the US’s decision to hold off from taking trade action such as imposing tariffs or trade…
Nigeria's The Nation published an article on the 2017 Global Food Policy Report launch event in Abuja. The article focused on the country's food security challenges in part due to rapid urbanization, a central theme from the conference. IFPRI Director…
Political activist Harsh Mander authored an opinion article in India's National Herald about the government's inaction in combating hunger and the country's poor ranking on the Global Hunger Index. Mander criticizes the government for placing its…
Nigeria's Vanguard covered the 2017 Global Food Policy Report launch event in Abuja. The article focused on the event's central theme of food insecurity in a country experiencing rapid urbanization and continuing malnutrition. Director General…