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The Daily Star (Bangladesh), in its report about the latest World Bank’s food security update, quotes a recent IFPRI analysis which outlined eight major remaining concerns for global food security: historically high commodity prices, tight staple food markets, the impact of the war in Ukraine on spring planting, volatile fertilizer markets, adverse climatic conditions, global […]

A commentary featured in the Economic and Political Weekly (India) explores the introduction of hot cooked breakfast through the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme (CMBS) in Tamil Nadu state and how to ensure its long-term sustainability. The breakfast scheme program builds on the 1958 midday meal (MDM) scheme. The commentary cites findings from an IFPRI study which […]

News Harvest, the WTO’s monthly food and farm policy trade news round-up, quotes the February edition of the “Market Monitor” produced by the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), which reported that fertilizer prices had fallen by 40 percent from record levels last year, but were still almost twice their level two years ago.  “A feature […]

Egypt celebrated National Wheat Day with a first-ever conference co-sponsored by IFPRI. Egypt Today reported that the “Minister of Higher Education emphasized the role of IFPRI and CGIAR in providing global scientific and technological support” in partnership with educational and research institutions, as well as universities. The Minister also referenced the role IFPRI had in […]

An article in the Malawi Nyasa Times reports that the Institute of Public Opinion and Research (IPOR), donated tree seedlings worth MK6.6m to communities around the Zomba and Malosa Forest Reserves. The seedlings will be donated to villages in Traditional Authorities (TAs) Malemia, Mlumbe, Nkula, and Sub TA Nkapita in Zomba and Machinga Districts. This […]

In an article in the Malawi Nyasa Times, the paper reports that tree seedlings will be donated to villages in Traditional Authorities (TAs) Malemia, Mlumbe, Nkula, and Sub TA Nkapita in Zomba and Machinga Districts. The donation followed a study that IPOR, together with Ohio State University, Vanderbilt University, and the International Food Research Institute […]

Agri Dees published a summary of an IFPRI seminar. Agri Dees states that the Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered deep geopolitical upheavals and a crisis on the food and energy security fronts. Agriculture is at the center of this crisis issue: to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, can we dedicate part of agricultural production to […]

A recent blog by Natural News highlights how countries are managing supply and demand in the face of high food prices and limited supply resulting from severe weather conditions like the harsh winter in Uzbekistan and prolonged drought in Argentina, as well as the Russia-Ukraine war. Many countries have stopped exporting staple foods, fruits, and […]

Investment Watch published a report on food prices and how countries are dealing with supply and demand. High prices and low supply have prompted nations to halt food exports for now.  According to a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute, other countries that prevented their produce from moving outward beyond the end of […]

The New Humanitarian interviewed Valeria Piñeiro, IFPRI’s acting head for Latin America, for the article about the worsening situation with hunger and poverty in Argentina. Piñeiro is asking the international community not to neglect Argentina and Latin America. In the decade up to 2015, the region was hailed for outperforming others in reducing hunger and poverty, but […]