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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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  • India’s double-edged nutrition problem (East Mojo) 

    September 30, 2022

    East Mojo (India) published an op-ed by research fellows Kalyani Raghunathan and Derek Headey. In the op-ed, the authors wrote the nutritional quality of many Indians’ diets has deteriorated since the start of the pandemic. Three in four South Asians who cannot afford a healthy diet live in India. As India looks to fix malnutrition, […]


  • Hurricane Ian spares fertilizer plants but sends a warning to the U.S. industry (Marketplace) 

    September 29, 2022

    Marketplace produced a podcast on how Hurricane Ian narrowly missed landing a serious blow to the domestic fertilizer industry. About half of the phosphate fertilizer in the U.S. comes from three plants in the Tampa area. The hurricane could have been yet another headache for a fertilizer industry that’s already dealing with the impact of […]


  • Scientists say One Health approach to plant health is vital to achieving sustainable global food security (Eureka Alert) 

    September 28, 2022

    Eureka Alert published an article stating that a team of scientists argue that a One Health approach to plant health is vital if we are to sustainably feed a growing population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. The researchers, who published a commentary in the CABI Agriculture and Bioscience journal, suggest that a One […]


  • Africa might have dodged a bullet, but systemic warnings abound for poverty reduction efforts on the continent (World Bank blogs) 

    September 28, 2022

    World Bank published a blog post written by research fellow Kibrom Abay and Sikandra Kurdi, Kibrom Tafere (Sustainability and Infrastructure Team of the Development Research Group), and Nishant Yonzan (World Bank). The blog post stated that there were lessons and warnings to take from Africa’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic was one of […]


  • Connect rural areas with digital innovations to unlock climate resilience for hundreds of millions of farmers (CIMMYT) 

    September 27, 2022

    CIMMYT published a post by Jawoo Koo, IFPRI, and Andrea Gardeazabal, CIMMYT, who explained how smallholders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America will benefit from the CGIAR Initiative for Digital Innovation. Research shows that digital innovations can increase small-scale farmers’ incomes, boost the adoption of better practices, and increase resilience to climate shocks while reducing […]


  • The rise of the food nationalism era (Feed Strategy) 

    September 26, 2022

    Feed Strategy published an article on how food export restrictions embarked on by a growing number of countries may herald a beginning of a dangerous era of food nationalism, in which grain becomes not just a commodity but political leverage and even a weapon. In the months since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the number […]


  • Increased onion production brings hope to farmers (Prothom Alo) 

    September 26, 2022

    Prothom Alo (Bangladesh) published an article stating that farmers will start onion cultivation in the country within a month. Murikata (early variety) onions will start to appear in the market in mid-December. However, this onion cannot be stored. Onions produced from seeds will be harvested in March. The farmers can increase production if they get […]


  • Recent data show food security has declined in the US (Tasting Table) 

    September 26, 2022

    Tasting Table published an article stating that millions across the globe are currently threatened by a lack of food and adequate nutrition. Around 50 million people are close to living in famine conditions. This disparity is spread across 45 different countries as well and is a sign that food security may be one of the […]


  • At UNGA, Biden condemns Russia’s war on Ukraine as Putin escalates threats (VOA) 

    September 22, 2022

    Voice of America published an article stating that one of the sessions at the UN meeting was the U.S. convened a Global Food Security Summit co-chaired by Secretary of State Antony Blinken with the leaders of the European Union, African Union, and Spain, and hosted by Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Beyond aid, the world […]


  • Going organic will drive imports (Scottish Farmer) 

    September 22, 2022

    Scottish Farmer published an article on how the EU’s Farm to Fork program, which emphasizes organic agriculture, could lead to reduced domestic production and require increased imports from Latin America and Africa. According to Senior research fellow David Laborde, while the food supply is tightening globally, humanitarian organizations such as the United Nations World Food Program […]