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Fertilisers: Chemical or organic, soils need replenishment (Monitor)
April 15, 2023
“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, writes The Monitor (Uganda). Soil fertility decline is one of the binding constraints to agricultural growth […]
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2023 Global Food Policy Report calls for rethinking food crisis responses
April 13, 2023
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. In 2022, the world faced multiple crises that added to the […]
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Securing the potash supply chain (Entrepreneur)
April 13, 2023
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 supply chains. Potash, a key mineral in agriculture, is one of many resources impacted by this shakeup.” The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has noted disruptions to […]
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The education spending multiplier: Evidence from schools in Pakistan (VoxDev)
April 04, 2023
“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 article published by VoxDev. The authors evaluate the LEAPS (Learning and Educational Achievement in Pakistan Schools) study which demonstrates the existence of a large […]
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Food prices are expected to rise more, and cost may be too heavy to bear for many (Down to Earth)
March 29, 2023
Climate crisis may undo last century’s achievement in curbing extreme hunger, writes Down to Earth (India). “Besides the conflicts, climatic events and rising food prices have played a major role in pushing this population into this desperate situation. Food price rise has massive impacts. On average, “a 5 percent increase in the real price of food […]
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2023/24 fertiliser subsidy under scrutiny (The Nation)
March 28, 2023
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. The projection means the government will have to spend K238 billion on AIP to subsidize 1.7 million farming […]
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Search for transformed fertiliser market (The Nation)
March 27, 2023
The Nation (Nigeria), in a report about forecasts of severe food shortages due to shocks on food systems, writes that several multi-stakeholder dialogues have been convened to facilitate the sharing of good practices, innovations, and advocate actions to ensure smallholder farmers have access to fertilizer to safeguard their food and nutrition security. “The International Food Policy Research Institute […]
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How the heat scorches India’s wheat production (Outlook India)
March 27, 2023
Outlook India cites reports that “the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a press release stating that the maximum temperatures are likely to be above normal by three to five degrees over much of India’s Northwest, Central, and Western parts in March. IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report cautioned that 90 million Indians might be pushed towards hunger […]
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Food prices are rising in light of war and climate change (Globe Echo)
March 26, 2023
The world is currently facing a massive food crisis that some have described as the worst since World War II, writes Globe Echo (UK). “The International Food Policy Research Institute warns that food prices will continue to rise this year, unless there is significant debt relief and support from the international community”. “As the Russian war […]
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UN’s Guterres wants EU to ease Belarus sanctions. The EU isn’t so sure (POLITICO)
March 22, 2023
“Most EU countries want to counter the narrative, heralded by Russia, that EU sanctions are preventing food and fertilizers from reaching food-insecure countries,” writes POLITICO in an article discussing fertilizer supply issues to developing countries from Russia and Belarus. The publication quotes IFPRI’s senior research fellow Joseph Glauber who said that, despite the doomsday predictions, “there is […]