Abhijit Banerjee* in an op-ed for the Times of India, asks, “Why then, if not for our primarily (but for the most part, not exclusively) vegetarian diet, is India the stunting and wasting capital of the world?” In further discussion of the issue, Banerjee mentions IFPRI research, writing, “the recent EAT-Lancet reference diet suggests that people should get 29 percent of their calories
Ghana’s school feeding program is set to receive a major boost in the coming years, writes Ghana Web. The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with other major stakeholders introduced the school launch intervention policy in Accra. The project is designed to play an important role in long-term human capital formation
News of World published an op-ed by Venter Mwongera (Kenya) on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, stating that digital technologies can help women farmers to exchange and access information about indigenous seeds and their conservation. However, the adoption of digital technologies in agriculture has been uneven, with women farmers being left behind. The article quotes a a study by the International Food Policy Research
Farm News & Views podcast episode from March 7 says: “Last month, the International Food Policy Research Institute forecast that low producer prices and high input costs are discouraging grain production in Ukraine this year, and that means that the world will have to produce additional grains and oil seeds to help rebuild stocks and moderate price levels.” Listen to the podcast and read
by Kate Ambler and Jennifer Twyman OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 “Women cannot ride bicycles” and “women should not interact with men to negotiate prices” are widely held beliefs in Burkina Faso. These prejudices prevent Burkinabe women working in gum production from bringing their products to lucrative markets and negotiating attractive prices with men buyers. In Honduras, other gender norms, such as the sentiment that women
In a report on food security across the world since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, East Asia Forum (Australia) writes that “major food supply chains, especially for wheat, corn, and vegetable oils, were disrupted overnight. The spike in food prices came on top of record-high prices caused by food supply chain disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The early prospects were for
The Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an interview with Johan Swinnen, IFPRI Director General and Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR, in which he answered questions concerning global hunger, malnutrition, and the role IFPRI is playing in helping to solve those issues. Swinnen said, “There is clear evidence that IFPRI, working with its partners in Bangladesh, has made important contributions to global food and nutrition security. Partnerships
The international agreement that allows Ukraine to export wheat, corn, sunflower oil and other agricultural products across the globe is set to expire on March 18. The World spoke with Joseph Glauber, IFPRI senior research fellow, for a new podcast episode about how the deal has affected global grain prices, and what issues Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations will be negotiating in