News Overview

By Suresh Chandra Babu, Yogendra Karki, Innocent Pangapanga, Md Sadat Anowar, and Nandita Srivastava August 21, 2024 Reducing food loss and waste (FLW) is crucial to improving food security, reducing malnutrition, and providing livelihoods for food system workers. But such efforts are also key to combating climate change. FLW has significant environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in both

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro September 3, 2024 Translation option: Spanish The complex challenge of increasing food production while mitigating carbon dioxide emissions, building resilience to climate change, and reducing the burden of agriculture on natural resources requires innovative approaches. Promising strategies include increasing access to mechanization and adopting modern fertilization processes that contribute

By Daniel Eduardo Vergara Mateus, Jorge Armando Rueda Gallardo, Brian McNamara, and Valeria Piñeiro September 3, 2024 Translation option: English El Instituto Internacional de Investigación sobre Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Universidad de los Andes, en el marco de Avanzar2030, están llevando a cabo una síntesis de evidencia para identificar los instrumentos financieros agropecuarios –a nivel internacional–

By Richard Ariong, Bjorn Van Campenhout, Sarah W. Kariuki, and Jordan Chamberlin September 9, 2024 Over the past few decades, Uganda’s dairy sector has transformed from mostly subsistence activities into a dynamic and modern industry—a shift enabled by government initiatives, private sector investments, and the introduction of better technologies and practices. But the industry still faces challenges, particularly in establishing a

By Taddese Zerfu September 11, 2024 The Ethiopian Health Extension Program (HEP) has long been a cornerstone of the country’s public health strategy, especially in rural and underserved areas. Launched with high hopes in 2003, the HEP aimed to advance health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and provide essential health services to communities with limited access. From its early years, the

By Mulubrhan Amare, Kate Ambler, Temilolu Bamiwuye, Jeffrey Bloem, Rewa Misra, and Julia Wagner September 18, 2024 Economic theory tells us that price plays an important role in determining demand for goods and services. When prices fall, demand rises. Demand curves, therefore, typically slope downward. Thus, discount vouchers (in the private sector) and subsidies (in the public sector) are popular, evidence–backed mechanisms for reducing consumer prices and

By Fabiana F. De Moura, Mourad Moursi, Moira Donahue Angel, and Erick Boy September 20, 2024 Populations across South, East, and Southeast Asia, where rice is the main staple food, have some of the highest estimated prevalences of inadequate zinc intake in the world. While rice provides ample energy and a base intake of many minerals and vitamins, it doesn’t

By Joseph Glauber September 30, 2024 The United States is the world’s second largest export destination for agricultural goods after China. The impending U.S. longshoreman and port operator strike—likely to begin at midnight September 30 barring a last-minute resolution—could have significant consequences for developing countries, particularly for those that typically ship a majority of exports to ports on the U.S.