News Overview

Globally, agricultural support is high—totaling about $600 billion annually—and continues to increase. The harmful impacts of subsidies on trade are widely known, but their harmful environmental impacts are less well-understood. This was the theme of a December 14 policy seminar organized by IFPRI in collaboration with the University of Adelaide, Australia (UA). A recent study by the UA Institute for International Trade (IIT) confirmed

The Times Group (Malawi) in an article on the push toward the use of organic fertilizer in the country, mentions that the International Food Policy Research Institute says food security in Malawi is generally equated with adequate maize production, a crop that accounts for more than 60 percent of total food production. Maize consumption in the country is said to average 129 kg per

The Times Group (Malawi) published an article stating that the past year, 2022, will be a period to forget for consumers, as rising inflation shook homes in Malawi. Prices of basic commodities such as foodstuffs, clothing, and shelter (rent) were seen rising to levels most Malawians described as unbearable. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) reported that in January 2022, maize retail

Indian Express reports on the progress Odisha is making to move into the next leg of its National Food Security scheme showing a good example of how food schemes – specifically to provide cheap rice – can be a winner. It was in 2008 that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik first unveiled the scheme to provide Rs 2 per kg of rice to

Pollination loss may be leading to hundreds of thousands of excess deaths worldwide as supplies of healthy food become less plentiful writes CTV News in an article on the recent study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and partners. This loss and the resulting health complications that would occur from associated health issues such as heart

Miller Magazine, one of the key publications on grain milling and pulses processing industry in the world,  featured Joseph Glauber, IFPRI senior research fellow, in an interview discussing high food prices and how the war in Ukraine affects exports of grain, food and fertilizers globally. Both Ukraine and Russia are among the most important producers of agricultural commodities, are net exporters of agricultural products,

Over the past 25 years, Japan has benefited from the free trade system under the World Trade Organization writes Japan News in its report on the state of export restrictions across the globe amid the confrontation between the United States and China, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Chapter 12 of the agreement provides that “the Member instituting the export prohibition or restriction shall give

Uganda’s National Agriculture and Advisory Services (NAADS) has made great contributions to the transformation of the country’s agricultural sector, yet after 21 years in existence, the organization continues to face difficulties in reaching women farmers. A recent study in Uganda found gendered agricultural productivity gaps of 16% to 60% in favor of men (the wide range due to varying definitions of women’s