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There are three well-known parameters for determining the nutritional status of children: stunting (height for age), wasting (weight for height), and underweight (weight for age). On these, Gujarat’s data is tragic as much as shocking, according to an article in News Click. District-wise estimates from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) based on its […]

Afro News writes that employment in Tanzania’s agriculture sector is said to be dropping while that in the manufacturing sector is on the rise, a change driven by agriculture mechanization. The article mentions the 2020 report by International Food Policy Research Institute, ‘Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania,’ which points to the success of this national development […]

Kenya News Agency reports on the recent workshop on innovation in Agricultural Risk Management in Kenya, quoting Peter Owoko, the Director of Agriculture Policy Research and Regulations at the Ministry of Agriculture, who underscored the need for innovations in product development and distribution. In the last three years, several Kenyan and international organizations have been […]

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), in an analysis of food price inflation, states that for decades globalization has increased the variety and reduced the cost of food. Now the pandemic, war in Ukraine and other global disruptions have shown how that complex supply chain can also result in more turbulent prices. Among the factors pushing up […]

Virtual Event: December 14, 2022 – 3:00 PM- 4:30 PM EST. This seminar will discuss the harmful environmental impacts of agricultural subsidies and how repurposing them could lead to policies that work better for people and the planet.

Leveraging expanding cell phone use.

Virtual Event: December 6, 2022 – 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM EST. This project, undertaken by ETH-Zurich and IFPRI and funded by Bayer, has consolidated and synthesized existing knowledge about farm and landscape practices designed to enhance biodiversity and resilience in intensive soybean, maize, and wheat production systems in Brazil, France, Germany, and the United States.

Event: May 25, 2022 – 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM CAT. This convening is organized by MINAGRI and IFPRI as a half-day event focusing on two specific themes and is designed to offer new insights and lessons learned in support of NAIS.

A tenuous food security situation faces shifting pressures.

Virtual Event: This Special Series of Coffee and Chai Chats with Experts spotlighting new #HiddenHunger global data and actions needed hosted by the Micronutrient Forum offers a deep-dive into selected key topics on micronutrient deficiencies worldwide in the light of these latest findings.

Food Ingredients First reports on how building upon research that supports plant-based diets and how they can dramatically reduce environmental impacts, may also help improve resilience in terms of these nations’ capacity to recover from food insecurity driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This past year has been turbulent in terms of food supply and food […]

In an analysis of the new grain agreement, WRP (Wtadomosci Rolnicze Polska, Poland) writes that “Grain Agreement 2.0” (a renewed and extended agreement of the Black Sea Grain Initiative) should help farmers with fertilizer prices. Russia wants to see an easing of sanctions on Russian grain products and fertilizers. Sanctions aren’t the only sticking point, […]

Comprehensive environmental, social, and corporate governance reporting has begun to drive corporate transformation around the world reports EIN News (UK) in a story discussing new case studies from the World Economic Forum.  The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) suggested the current business-as-usual water management practices and levels of water productivity will put at risk […]

Inquirer published an early analysis of events at COP27. It writes that more than 50 civil society organizations have called on the country’s delegation to the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to prioritize agroecology as an adaptive strategy in the face of […]

The Conversation published a story focusing on the devastating 2022 floods in Pakistan which affected 33 million people, with over 2 million homes destroyed and over 8 million people displaced in a region which already struggles with high rates of malnutrition. This is not the first time Pakistan has been devastated by flooding. When floods […]

CBS News Chicago interviewed Rob Vos, Director of IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions division for an episode investigating how supply chain problems, COVID concerns, and inflation affect grocery prices in the US. “Price on the international markets have been dropping over the past few months. Now they’re coming down in part because of the better prospect of harvest, […]

Impacts of cash assistance programs reach beyond spending power.

Farmers in the Nile Delta are racing to adapt to encroaching salinity, writes Reuters in a report from COP27. The Nile Delta, a densely populated and fertile triangle of green that fans out towards the sea north of Cairo, accounts for more than a third of Egypt’s agricultural land. One farmer says, “If you leave […]

The Washington Post discusses the renewal of the Black Sea grain deal between Russia and Ukraine, announced on November 17, and what it means to the involved parties and the global community. The article quotes IFPRI’s analysis stating that before the war, Ukraine shipped about 75 percent of its agricultural exports through Black Sea ports. […]