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A Shift to Less Water-Intensive Crops May be the Key to Protecting Farmer Lives (The Wire)
January 17, 2025
The Wire (India) interviewed Avinash Kishore, Senior Research Fellow based in IFPRI’s South Asia Office in New Delhi, for an article discussing the impact of government subsidies on water-intensive crop production in India, emphasizing the depletion of groundwater resources. Researchers commenting on the topic highlight how subsidies, particularly minimum support price (MSP) and guaranteed procurement, […]
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AgriBusiness Global 2025 World Report
January 06, 2025
AgriBusiness Global interviewed IFPRI Director General Johan Swinnen in their recent 2025 World Report. Swinnen, along with other experts, provided comments on the challenges and opportunities facing global agriculture. “Policy choices will influence which countries and people are able to participate in and benefit from growth. For those who face barriers to participating, including gender-based […]
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Global Food Costs in 2025: Interview with Joseph Glauber (CGTN America)
January 06, 2025
In a video interview with CGTN America, Joseph Glauber, Research Fellow Emeritus at IFPRI, explains the dynamics of global food prices. He emphasizes that the FAO Food Price Index measures commodity prices (e.g., grains, meat, vegetable oils) rather than retail food prices. Although commodity prices have generally decreased since their 2022 peaks, retail prices remain high […]
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Odisha Hosts Policy Roundtable on Inclusive Agricultural Transformation: Advancing Regional Collaboration and South-South Learning
December 20, 2024
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 20 December 2024: The Government of Odisha, in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), successfully hosted a Policy Roundtable in the State’s capital. Highlighting Odisha’s journey toward sustainable development, the roundtable provided a platform for regional collaboration, emphasizing opportunities for […]
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What has four stomachs and could change the world? (The Economist)
December 12, 2024
The Economist cited IFPRI research by Beliyou Haile and Derek Headey in this article on the potential for technology to transform cattle farming and improve nutrition. “Some 35% of Kenyans are undernourished. Extra protein and iron, essential for brain development, would come in handy for them—and indeed for the 22% of the world’s children under […]
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Collective efforts needed to reform food systems (New Age)
December 10, 2024
New Age (Bangladesh) quoted IFPRI Director General Johan Swinnen in this article on the Annual BIDS Conference on Development (ABCD) 2024, organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in Dhaka. According to Swinnen, reforming food systems is feasible, but highly complex due to the multitude of stakeholders involved. He also emphasized the necessity […]
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Tracking soil health managers in Uganda
December 05, 2024
IFPRI, CGIAR NEXUS Gains Initiative, and Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization undertake a long-term, gender-disaggregated soil health survey in Uganda.
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UNICEF, WFP and WHO join forces in global efforts to improve nutrition for children and women in humanitarian crises
December 03, 2024
The partnership includes the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) as the global research partner.
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New paper calls for harnessing agrifood value chains to help farmers be climate-smart
November 28, 2024
The global food system is uniquely vulnerable to climate impacts, making adaptation of paramount importance.
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Leading food policy and mountain research organizations, IFPRI and ICIMOD, join forces to boost climate-smart agriculture in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
November 27, 2024
Kathmandu, 27 November: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) pledging a five-year collaboration to bolster climate-resilient agriculture and sustainable development in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. The HKH, characterized by unique, extreme landscapes and large, diverse populations, is […]