Young people’s aspirations for gaining a greater income than their parents, and the barriers facing them in agriculture for achieving this, are not new. However, speakers at a recent conference indicated that it is not that one-dimensional. Youth also value their connection to place, well-being and food security.
A recent study published in Social Science & Medicine provides new evidence on how price-based interventions can influence consumption of healthy foods in low- and middle-income countries.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in partnership with the Government of Odisha, ICAR–Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR-CRIDA), and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), jointly organised the State-level Inception Workshop of the Odisha Agriculture Drought Mitigation Programme (OADMP) in Bhubaneswar on 30 January 2026.
Community health workers (CHWs) increasingly play a central role in delivering essential primary health services in low-income settings.
On February 2, 2026, the United States and India finalized a trade deal in which the U.S. will reduce its tariffs from 50% to 18% on merchandise imports from India.
Environmental taxation—levying taxes on activities, inputs, or products that generate environmental harm—is a politically volatile issue. In 2024, farmer protests erupted across much of Europe, driven by participants who largely felt excluded from national and European Union green policy decisions, including reduced tax breaks on diesel inputs and taxes on nitrogen emissions.
In 2025, as IFPRI marked its 50th Anniversary, it commissioned a review titled Taking Stock: Impacts of 50 Years of Policy Research at IFPRI to evaluate its standing as an international research institution and the influence and impact of its policy research and capacity-strengthening activities.
Boeng Sneh Lake (3,924 ha) in Cambodia’s Prey Veng Province is a vital freshwater system that stores up to 80 million m³ of water—buffering floods, supporting 22,899 ha of rice fields, and sustaining 10,911 households across 44 villages with water, fish, and livelihood stability. Home to 50+ waterbird species and important fisheries, it’s protected through community fisheries refuges and a designated Multiple Use Area, yet faces growing strain from intensified irrigation, drought, agro-chemicals, overfishing, and land encroachment. In 2024, partners established a District Technical Working Group to coordinate action and safeguard the lake for people, food, and nature.