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Bolster financial lifeline of livestock sector (Tribune India)
"The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was launched by the Union Government in 1998 with the aim of providing hassle-free credit to farmers for agricultural and allied activities," writes Tribune India, but “several states with a substantial livestock population, including UP, West Bengal, Telangana, and Bihar, do not feature among the t
Food prices are falling on world markets, but not on kitchen tables (Associated Press)
"Around the world, food prices are persistently, painfully high," writes the Associated Press News.
Ethiopia signs MoU with International Food Policy Research Institute (Ethiopian News Agency)
Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) announces that the Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands (represented by Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the USA, Seleshi Bekele) and Johan Swinnen, the director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to
It’s time we focus on producing high-value crops (The Daily Check)
In an op-ed for the Daily Check, Dan Neff, a former undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry, writes, "For us to achieve agricultu
This greenhouse innovation helps farmers in India cope with climate change (Business Fortnight)
The World (India), in a story on farmers and climate change, writes about a solution designed to help farmers cope with the vagaries of a changing climate called “greenhouse-in-a-box.” Business Fortnight writes, “The design, is essentially a low-cost,
Wheat is the new fault line for Ukraine in Europe (Foreign Policy)
"The breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine, has for years exported vast quantities of grain through the Black Sea.
Russia wants you to think the Black Sea grain deal is dead in the water (Politico)
"Some 28 million metric tons of Ukrainian grain have been exported under the Black Sea Grain Initiative since last July, including to poor countries facing the brunt of the world’s spiraling food crisis.
UK biodiversity tech start-up secures Innovate UK grant to help women farmers in Kenya out of poverty. (Agronomist & Arable Farmer)
In a story about a new project in sub-Saharan Africa, Agronomist & Arable Land writes that it will help women farmers in Kenya to maximize their avocado
Crisis resilience ‘critical’ to stem rising hunger (SciDev.Net)
"A shift towards permanent 'crisis resilience' from short-term aid is crucial to mitigate increasingly frequent shocks to the global food system and tackle rising global hunger, say food policy researchers," writes SciDev.Net in a piece featuring IFPRI's 2023 Global Food Policy Research.
Feeding Africa: How small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game (The Conversation)
The importance of small-scale irrigation to farmers and its numerous benefits, including increasing agricultural productivity and incomes.
VAT on synthetic felt production likely to fall (Business Post)
The Business Post (Bangladesh) published a story that cited IFPRI research. An IFPRI report states that 56 percent of Bangladesh’s fish comes from ponds.
Investing in early warning, agrifood chains needed for resilient food systems: Report (Down to Earth)
"There is a need to invest beyond short-term fixes to build food systems that are more resilient and equitable," writes Down to Earth in a story about IFPRI's 2023
MGNREGA attendance app a govt ploy to discourage workers, contain expenses? (The Federal)
The Federal (India) writes in a piece that "workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are now required to mark attendance twice a day with onsite, geo-tagge
Fertilisers: Chemical or organic, soils need replenishment (Monitor)
"According to IFPRI, while Uganda has one of the highest soil nutrient depletion rates in the world, it has one of the lowest rates of annual inorganic fertilizer application – only 1.8kg per hectare compared to 2.6kg/ha world average,
Securing the potash supply chain (Entrepreneur)
Entrepreneur (Canada) stated in a story, "The sanctions implemented against Russia and Belarus in connection with the war against Ukraine have caused many nations to reconsider their s
2023 Global Food Policy Report calls for rethinking food crisis responses
Washington, D.C. The 2023 Global Food Policy Report, released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today, offers critical evidence that can help policymakers, the private sector, and the international development community heed calls for a more proactive response to food system shocks.
The education spending multiplier: Evidence from schools in Pakistan (VoxDev)
"Grants given to public schools in Pakistan increase test scores in both public and private schools as a result of increased competition," writes IFPRI research fellow Naureen Karachiwalla and her co-authors in an
Food prices are expected to rise more, and cost may be too heavy to bear for many (Down to Earth)
Climate crisis may undo last century’s achievement in curbing extreme hunger, writes Down to Earth (India).
2023/24 fertiliser subsidy under scrutiny (The Nation)
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has projected that farmers should expect to pay as much as K37 000 to buy one bag of fertilizer under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in the 2023/24 farming season.