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
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
As the war in Ukraine approaches its second year and climate change continues to wreak havoc in places such as the Horn of Africa, experts are bracing for another year of dire consequences for global food security, writes Devex. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to a spike in global grain and fertilizer prices as it became extremely difficult to get exports
Growing food crises with spiking prices will have an impact on poor and food insecure populations writes the Nation (Nigeria), quoting a recent analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) which notes that food inflation poses larger wasting risks for children of poor and landless rural households, exacerbating existing inequalities. According to IFPRI, food prices have become extremely volatile over the past two decades. “We are