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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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  • Can artificial intelligence help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change? (BBC – The Climate Question Podcast) 

    March 20, 2023

    “AI is changing the way we work and live. But with climate change impacting seasonal temperatures and rainfalls around the world, can it help make food production more sustainable?” asks The Climate Question podcast, BBC (UK). Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of the Environment and Production and Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute was interviewed […]


  • MC explains | Maharashtra’s onion crisis: The reasons and the repercussions (Money Control) 

    March 19, 2023

    “Maharashtra’s onion farmers, the star producers of India’s perennial kitchen staple, are staring at huge losses. This is likely to have a serious impact on onion harvest going ahead,” writes Money Control in a story on onion prices. Farmers are demanding the lifting of the ban on onion exports. There have also been reports of […]


  • Crunch time looms for Black Sea grain export deal (Foreign Policy) 

    March 17, 2023

    “Diplomats are racing against time to negotiate a full extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative before it expires on Saturday, a major test for the rare wartime agreement that helped stabilize global food prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” writes Foreign Policy. “When it comes to extending the deal, “the longer the better,” said Joseph […]


  • How do we make farming better for planet? Ask women (Mirage) 

    March 17, 2023

    Mirage writes in a piece on agriculture production that a study, discovered one seemingly surefire way of improving conservation and production–include more women in decisionmaking. Their involvement boosted cooperation between farmers on environmental issues and increased output. The results are published in the journal, Communications Earth & Environment.   Wei Zhang, a senior research fellow at IFPRI […]


  • Uncertainty over Black Sea Grain Initiative extension continues to impact market- wheat price volatility “remains high” (Farm Policy News) 

    March 16, 2023

    Farm Policy News quoted Reuters in a report, writing, “Russia has proposed that a U.N.-backed initiative that has enabled grains to be exported from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports should be renewed for just 60 days.”  In more detail regarding wheat prices, Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute, indicated […]


  • Diversify income, rural people told (The Nation)

    March 16, 2023

    The Nation (Malawi) writes in a story, “The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) says rural households will increasingly need to turn to other jobs other than in the agriculture sector to escape poverty which is hovering at 57 percent.  In its analysis of employment options and challenges for rural households in Malawi, the institute […]


  • Malawi: Cyclone Freddy points to urgent need for climate-smart solutions in Malawi (The New Humanitarian) 

    March 16, 2023

    The New Humanitarian, in a report about the impacts of Cyclone Freddy tearing through Malawi, mentions IFPRI in relation to the efforts the Malawian governments have undertaken “to boost the yields of rain-dependent subsistence farmers – the backbone of the economy – through subsidy programmes that provide cheap fertiliser and improved seeds.”   “In seasons when the weather […]


  • Senegal: Experts work on the functioning of the elements of the food system (Senegal Press Agency) 

    March 15, 2023

    Senegal Press Agency, in a summary of the two-day event launch of the “Food system” project at the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA), writes that the workshop has contributed to a better understanding of the functioning of the Senegalese food system along various dimensions stretching from production to consumption.  This workshop was organized in […]


  • Recalibrate BIMSTEC (Hindu Business Line)

    March 15, 2023

    In an op-ed published by Hindu Business Line, IFPRI South Asia’s Devesh Roy, Shahidur Rashid, and Mamata Pradhan write, “Trade and investment are major instruments to attain food security across the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member-states, particularly in a climate-affected, post-pandemic world. However, trade and market integration is an area where the […]


  • Food price inflation remains high around world: WB (Business Insider) 

    March 15, 2023

    “The World Bank in recent data shows that the domestic food price inflation in almost all low-and middle-income countries remains high across the world between October 2022 and February 2023,” writes the Business Insider (Bangladesh). The report mentions that “one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) reviewed experiences […]