Cross-posted from the FSP India website written by Jaspreet Aulakh In May 2016, a conference was organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Rajendara Agricultural University (RAU) to discuss how to best promote large-scale agricultural mechanization in the state of Bihar. The challenges to mechanization in the state include small landholdings; theRead more
Undernutrition Garners Little Attention in Indian Media
Undernutrition is an emergency in India, where almost half of all children under the age of three are underweight. However, even in the face of such a crisis, this issue garners little attention in Indian media. To address the lack of nutrition reporting in India, POSHAN and OneWorld Foundation implemented the six-month OneWorld-POSHAN Fellowship onRead more
Food Security: Climate Change and Trade
Over the years, food and nutritional security has been a major concern in the development agenda. The multidimensional food security stands on food availability, its access and absorption and has been interlinked with rising effects of climate change, trade movements, prices, policies etc. IFPRI-CUTS organized a one day workshop on Food Security in India: TheRead more
New Abstract Digest on Maternal and Child Nutrition Research – Issue 7
We are pleased to release Issue 7 of our bi-monthly Abstract Digest on maternal and child nutrition. This issue features interesting publications examining nutrition from both a biological and political lens, in India and beyond. Highlights include: Abstract Digest-Issue 07 A special open-access issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on integratingRead more
IFPRI Hosts Policy Seminar on “Social Protection, Food Security and Nutrition” in New Delhi
Written by Suman Chakrabarti, Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), organized a policy seminar on “Social Protection & Safety Net Interventions” in the month of February in New Delhi. The seminar touched on the role of food and cash transfers in improving poverty, foodRead more