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The International Food Policy Research Institute has shown that 29 countries tend to impose food export bans during a [food and prices] crisis, writes Aly Aum (Egypt) in an article discussing shipping industry and supply chain challenges it currently faces. Protectionism may have a significant impact on the Egyptian shipping industry, dramatically changing the way it operates. […]

Prospects for addressing climate change, food system transformation, and other issues.

Virtual Event: February 1, 2023 – 10:00 AM- 11:15 AM EST. This policy seminar, co-organized by FAO, IFPRI, and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight, offers an opportunity to hear from the report’s authors and engage with a group of panel discussants on challenges facing food and agriculture.

India.com, in an article about Climate-Smart Village (CSV) initiative, quotes IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report which stated that around 65 million people globally will be at risk due to climate change-induced hunger, while over 17 million people in India will face hunger by 2030, the highest among all countries.  According to experts, Indian farmers will be deeply impacted […]

Year in Review; Food Prices; Women’s Empowerment; and more

Hybrid Event: April 11, 2023 – 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM EDT. This event will explore scientific findings that inform food systems transformation and point to research gaps, and examine food systems governance and the role of global institutions in shepherding food systems transformation.

In the new year, the impact of epidemics, wars, droughts, inflation, etc. will continue, and global food security will still face many variables, writes Epoch Times (China) in a report on food prices. According to David Laborde, a senior fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, 2022 was one of the worst years for […]

The task of ensuring global food security has become even more critical as the world’s population hit a new milestone of 8 billion people in 2022, reports Xinhua (China). A global crisis necessitates global cooperation. The international food market is highly vulnerable to epidemics, regional conflicts, and other factors. In recent years, many food exporting countries […]

Closing gender gaps in agricultural knowledge.

Event: Jan 20 – Jan 21, 2022 – 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM CET. IFPRI is participating in the 15th annual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA).

Over the past 25 years, Japan has benefited from the free trade system under the World Trade Organization writes Japan News in its report on the state of export restrictions across the globe amid the confrontation between the United States and China, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Chapter 12 of the agreement provides that “the […]

Miller Magazine, one of the key publications on grain milling and pulses processing industry in the world,  featured Joseph Glauber, IFPRI senior research fellow, in an interview discussing high food prices and how the war in Ukraine affects exports of grain, food and fertilizers globally. Both Ukraine and Russia are among the most important producers of agricultural […]

Pollination loss may be leading to hundreds of thousands of excess deaths worldwide as supplies of healthy food become less plentiful writes CTV News in an article on the recent study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and partners.   This loss and the resulting health complications that […]

Indian Express reports on the progress Odisha is making to move into the next leg of its National Food Security scheme showing a good example of how food schemes – specifically to provide cheap rice – can be a winner.  It was in 2008 that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik first unveiled the scheme to provide Rs […]

The Times Group (Malawi) published an article stating that the past year, 2022, will be a period to forget for consumers, as rising inflation shook homes in Malawi. Prices of basic commodities such as foodstuffs, clothing, and shelter (rent) were seen rising to levels most Malawians described as unbearable.  The International Food Policy Research Institute […]