News Overview

Michigan State University News published an article stating that the Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), a buy-in of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI), continues to build global momentum as it expands beyond the original partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC). CACCI announced at its COP27 launch, it will partner with local stakeholders in

Food Ingredients First reports on the new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives that explores the relationship between pollination and healthy diets. Health effects from global environmental changes are most eminent in the world’s poorest populations, such as South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the study showed that the most considerable burden fell on middle-income countries with large populations, such as China, India, Indonesia,

U.S. News & World Report features the new study analyzing consequences on pollination loss on human health by Harvard University, IFPRI, and other institutions. Bees, in their role as master pollinators, increase crop yields, leading to more production of healthy fruits, vegetables, and nuts. But new research claims that the challenges these important insects face from changes in land use, harmful pesticides, and climate

The EU resolved a fight by agreeing to ease curbs on Russian fertilizer exports as part of a new sanctions package on Thursday, drawing a rebuke from Ukraine, Politico (Europe) reports. Both Russia and Western European leaders say their goal is to save Africa from famine. Fertilizer prices have risen by 199 percent since May 2020, according to the U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP), and

Scrubs Magazine writes in an article that bees are dying and that’s bad news for our health. These vastly important insects pollinate crops to increase the world’s supply of healthy fruits, vegetables, and nuts. New research shows that the bee population is on the decline due to changes in land use, harmful pesticides, and the changing climate. This will lead to fewer healthy

Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in Papua New Guinea by Lucia Carrillo, Peixun Fang, Katrina Kosec, and Emily Schmidt Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Eighty seven percent of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) population lives in rural areas, and the majority of adults work in agriculture. With almost 40% of the population below the poverty line, improving efficiency throughout the entire agrifood value

Kenya’s new government has developed an ambitious Bottom-Up Economic Plan to tackle complex domestic and global challenges. “The Bottom-Up approach is about making sure that markets work, and more importantly, work for the poor,” Cabinet Secretary Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u explained during a recent policy seminar hosted by the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and IFPRI Kenya as part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and

Science, technology, and innovation can play key roles in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, however, investment is needed to develop innovations and roll them out widely. Devex in its report about a recent roundtable discussion in Nairobi moderated by The Economist, cites CGIAR’s leadership who made a case for agri-food innovations and the need for increased financing to scale them up. Marco Ferroni, chair of the