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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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  • Climate Change Conference recommends the use of technology in agriculture (Suna) 

    June 02, 2022

    Suna (Sudan) published an article about the 2022 Global Food Policy Report’s launch in Sudan. The launch on climate change and its impact on food systems recommended investing in scientific research and using technology in agriculture to produce food for groups suffering from hunger and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa. In the […]


  • IFPRI: Climate change threatening world food system, 3bn people can’t afford healthy diet (This Day Live) 

    June 02, 2022

    This Day Live (Nigeria) published an article explaining findings from the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. The Report warns that climate change is a growing threat to the world’s food systems, with grim implications for food and nutrition security, livelihoods, and overall well-being, especially for poor and vulnerable people around the world. IFPRI stressed the need […]


  • Sudan remarks on the 2022 Global Food Policy Report (Suna)

    June 02, 2022

    Suna produced a video where it interviewed a number of experts on global food systems and climate change. The experts attended the Sudan launch of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. The Report discusses climate change and Sudan. There were many challenges and opportunities to spur innovation. Experts believe that innovative practices can harness technology, […]


  • Why India is able to handle the ongoing food crisis so efficiently (Tasting Table)

    June 02, 2022

    Tasting Table published an article about how current food inflation is causing a sharp increase in global prices as factors ranging from the war in Ukraine to devastating droughts have led to production and supply chain disruptions.  This crisis is impacting nations in various ways. NPR notes that in Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya have […]


  • The cost of India’s food nationalism (BBC) 

    June 02, 2022

    BBC’s Work Life India podcast interviewed senior research fellow Avinash Kishore on its podcast. The discussion was on the recently announced curbs on its wheat and sugar exports. The decision came after an unseasonal heatwave in the country affected crops and drove domestic prices to a record high. But critics say it could lead to […]


  • Interview: Ukraine and the global food crisis (The Hundred)

    June 01, 2022

    The Hundred published a Q&A with senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber discussed the current food crisis. He said, “Prices for many agricultural commodities are at (nominal) record levels, in part due to the war in Ukraine and in part due to many factors that pre-dated the war. Food supplies are adequate to meet needs […]


  • Budget watchdog, all federal — Episode 22: The Farm Bill with special guest Dr. Joe Glauber (Taxpayer’s for Commonsense) 

    June 01, 2022

    Taxpayer’s for Commonsense produced a podcast with senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber talked about various parts of the Farm Bill, social protection, and crop insurance. Some of his comments included, “The farm bills have been around for a long, long time. We go back to the early 1930s with all the New Deal legislation […]


  • G7 downplays US sanctions’ role in food shortage (New Age) 

    May 31, 2022

    New Age published an article on how there is really no true solution to the problem of global food security without bringing back the agriculture production of Ukraine and the food and fertilizer production of Russia and Belarus into world markets despite the war. Fertilizer prices were already rising, but the war has made it […]


  • ASEAN countries discuss response to food security concerns (Vietnam Plus) 

    May 31, 2022

    Vietnam Plus published an article about the collaborative forum held to discuss food systems. IFPRI and SEARCA sponsored the event. One discussion was about how with rapid development and transformation of food systems, ASEAN countries have made significant progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on ending hunger and food insecurity, and malnutrition.  However, […]


  • Food, will there be a crisis?  (Sohu) 

    May 31, 2022

    Sohu published an article where it said that the UN is warning that mankind may face the biggest food crisis after World War II! According to IFPRI, under the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and extreme heat, more than 20 countries around the world have implemented a “ban” on food […]