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In a story on climate change, feeding billions, and mitigating extreme weather effects, Indi Food and Beverage (India) wrote, the International Food Policy Research Institute’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report estimates that climate change could escalate the hunger issue among Indians by 2030. Climate change is real and already impacting weather systems across the world.  […]

Politico interviewed Joseph Glauber, IFPRI senior research fellow, for an article about the escalating rhetoric ahead of talks to extend a UN-brokered deal, that, since last July, has made it possible for Ukraine to export more than 20 million tons of food. In Ukraine, farmers could not sell their crops after a bumper harvest before the war […]

The Hindu (India) summarized a two-day capacity-building program to acquaint young researchers and policy analysts in the areas of agricultural trade and to highlight the contemporary challenges in the global, regional, and local agriculture sectors with an emphasis on the practical training sessions. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Research and Information System for Developing […]

This week marks a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on “Daybreak Asia” (Bloomberg), discussing his outlook for food security.  Watch video. Republished by MSN and Grafa (Australia).

In an extensive report, Bloomberg discusses how Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine highlighted the role of fertilizers — and who controls them — as a strategic lever of global influence. The geopolitical fallout is being felt in the Middle East, by countries such as Malawi and Mozambique in Africa that are dependent on fertilizer imports from […]

The agreement on Ukrainian grain exports, writes Telam (Argentina), key to preventing the world food crisis from deepening, expires in exactly one month and although the intensification of the war creates obstacles to its compliance, it is expected that a new extension will be approved in the negotiations starting next week. Joseph Glauber, IFPRI senior […]

The Wire (India) investigated the Indian diet and the role of pulses as a protein in a predominantly vegetarian diet. The National Family Health Survey-5 conducted in 2019-21 revealed that only 16.6% of men and 29.4% of women have never consumed non-vegetarian food (fish, chicken, or meat).   Researchers at the International Food Policy Research […]

Manila Bulletin (Philippines) published an op-ed stating that as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, talk of war is at the forefront of geopolitical discussions, particularly because the interconnectedness of globalized economies has far-reaching impacts even for countries not involved in the conflict.   “This was illustrated by a study from the […]

Hindu Business Line (India) published an op-ed by IFPRI’s Anjani Kumar and Himanshu Pathak, who discuss India’s 2023/24 Budget allocations related to agriculture. In Budget 2023-24, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted seven priority areas for inclusive development such as inclusive development, green growth, and youth power. Agriculture and allied sectors were marked as efficient vehicles […]

The G-20 members stressed the need to increase climate finance to help farmers take up adaptation measures to mitigate the climate change impact on the farm sector, Indian Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja said addressing the media on the concluding day of the G20 first Agriculture Deputies’ Meeting in Indore, India, according to a press-release by […]