The Himalayan Times published two stories about the Nepal launch of the 2016 Global Food Policy Report. According to the paper, “[a] recent report unveiled by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)—US-based agricultural research institute—reveals that low spending, lack of mechanisation and commercialisation, and lack of linkages between production and market, are the major challenges of transforming agriculture in low income countries like Nepal. Against this backdrop, Nepal’s per capita expenditure in agriculture has been rising over the years. As per Global Food Policy Report, 2016, unveiled by IFPRI, a Nepali spends $32.94 per year on agriculture production (as per data of 2013), which was $18.48 in 1995 and $19.04 in 1980s. Such calculation was made on purchasing power parity of country. Though spending has gone up over the years, productivity has not risen in same ratio.” Read the full article here.
The paper also published an article on the conference itself.