News Overview

African Business published an article on how experts are warning that pursuing continental self-sufficiency may not be an appropriate remedy for Africa’s weak position in agricultural supply chains. “The greatest problem facing African farmers is not that they are too connected to global supply chains, but that their connections to those supply chains are not developed enough”, said IFPRI senior research fellow David Laborde.

Agri-Pulse published an article stating that the potential for increased trade with India is substantial, but the country has refused to commit to the trade pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, leaving some in the U.S. ag sector pessimistic about changing the country’s direction. India is the only nation of 14 in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to refuse to join in the trade

Examining ways to promote mobile money use in refugee-hosting areas in Ethiopia by Alan de Brauw and Shalini Roy Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Sep 14, 2022 Digital financial inclusion is important to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals—supporting reduced poverty and hunger, better health, and greater gender equality, among many others. Digital financial tools, such as mobile money, can be used by

Joseph Glauber on China’s agriculture (CGTN America)  CGTN (China) produced a video on YouTube where reporter Gerald Tan talks to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber about China’s agriculture. Glauber said, “China is the largest importer of agricultural products. Not only did imports from the US go up, but also Brazil, European Union, and other suppliers. China has been a big engine for agricultural growth.”

Climate change projected to cause global nutrient shortages (Fly XG)  Fly XG (China) published an article on climate change and nutrition. According to senior scientist, Tim Sulser, “We have recently made great strides in reducing global undernutrition, but global population growth over the next 30 years will require increased production of food that provides adequate nutrition. These findings suggest that climate change may slow

How drought and war are really affecting the global food supply (Wired)  Wired published an article on how farmers have always fretted about the weather. The challenge for crop experts right now is determining whether droughts and other disturbances—and the crop shortfalls they may cause—add up to a predictable trend. That’s especially important because, while productivity might not look bad overall, there isn’t

Global Food Policy Report 2022 Nepal launch: Accelerating innovation and investments to transform food systems by Rebika Laishram OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Climate change poses a growing threat to efforts to build sustainable food systems. The COVID-19 pandemic and the current Ukraine crisis have further exacerbated global food and nutrition insecurity, leading to significant increases in poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.

Global Food Policy Report 2022 South Asia Launch: Climate change and food systems transformation in India Anisha Mohan Global action to address climate change—and its many impacts on food systems—has gathered momentum recently with developments like the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and the UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow (COP26), both in 2021. To continue moving forward, a wide range of