ISSUE POSTS
Analysis from IFPRI experts on topical issues related to international development and sustainable reduction of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition
Issue Posts
May 14, 2020
BY SHYAMAL CHOWDHURY, SHAHIDUR RASHID AND NAHIAN BIN KHALED Bangladesh is considered a success story in South Asia with nearly
Blogs
May 13, 2020
The government of Sri Lanka implemented stringent curfew to contain the spread of COVID-19, which disrupted many economic activities. Jeevika Weerahewa, Dilini Hemachandra and Devesh Roy look at the agri-food policy responses including trade regulations, marketing interventions, production and income support programs [Read More...]
Blogs
April 29, 2020
APRIL 28, 2020 BY LAWRENCE HADDAD “Biblical.” That was the word that the world’s press needed to (finally) run stories
Issue Posts
March 19, 2020
Analyses on the threats the COVID-19 poses to food security and development around the world. IFPRI has published several blog
Issue Posts
March 3, 2020
In her recent 2020 budget speech, India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 16-point agenda to kickstart growth in agriculture and farmers’ income. While the agenda makes sense, following the money presents a disconcerting prospect. Less than 10% of the $30 billion budgeted for agriculture will support capital formation or R&D. Economies can’t grow without investment and innovation. This budget provides money for neither.
Issue Posts
February 28, 2020
BY DEEPAK VARSHNEY, ANJANI KUMAR, P.K. JOSHI AND DEVESH ROY India’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi program, known as PM-KISAN, announced in Dec. 2018,
Issue Posts
February 18, 2020
BY Sunil Saroj, Devesh Roy and Mamta Pradhan One of the great examples that economists give on the power of
Issue Posts
February 18, 2020
BY MANMEET AJMANI, VISHRUTA CHOUDHARY AND DEVESH ROY In November, India decided to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s newest and
Issue Posts
September 26, 2019
On Sept. 23, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the European Commission, Switzerland, Sweden, and Germany announced commitments of more than $790 million to address the impact of climate change on food and agriculture. These commitments followed a recent call by the Global Commission on Adaptation, led by Ban Ki Moon, Bill Gates, and Kristalina Georgieva, for increased resource allocations to international agricultural research. Specifically, the Commission called for a doubling of investments in CGIAR, the organization best known for fostering Asia’s green revolution. (IFPRI is a member.)