*This op-ed was written by Dr. Bob Baulch, Program Leader for IFPRI Malawi, Lilongwe. When I first came back to Malawi, two-and-a-half years ago, I had barely heard the term ‘structured markets’─ despite having spent most of the previous 25 years working on agricultural marketing issues in over 20 developing countries. When I asked my IFPRI colleagues >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
瓢虫作为大自然的“杀虫剂”可助棉民增加收益
如果田里的瓢虫数量翻倍,棉农每年将能增收3亿美元。
图片来源:中外对话
许多国家都有这样的传说:每当你看到一只瓢虫, 你都应该把它放进钱包里,因为它象征着好运气。
这些老话的背后总是不乏真理。华北平原棉田里的每一只瓢虫至少能为农民带来0.05元(约合0.01美元)的经济效益。
这可能听起来有些微不足道,但是如果将中国三分之二棉田中的瓢虫密度增加一倍,那么每年就能为农民带来3亿美元(约20亿人民币)的收入。
蚜虫对棉田作物的危害极大,而瓢虫正是它们的天敌。在中国,棉农通常使用化学杀虫剂来消灭蚜虫。长... Source: 国际食物政策研究所北京 中国项目
IFPRI Egypt Seminar : High quality evidence is critical for high quality nutrition policy
September 25th, 2018 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Location: Conrad Hotel | Nile Ballroom The IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series is part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI. The seminar supports USAID’s Agribusiness for Rural Development and Increasing Incomes (ARDII) project’s […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Office
IFPRI-FAO Global Conference: Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
IFPRI and FAO are organizing a global conference on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition in late November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. This event is aligned with the imperatives of the Compact2025 initiative and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition to make accelerated progress on hunger and undernutrition by 2025 to pave the way for achieving all […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
BIHS Round 3 Survey Training
IFPRI's Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS), one of the most comprehensive, nationally representative open data sources in the country, has emerged as a global public good since the first round survey in 2012. Now, IFPRI is preparing to launch the third round survey. Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
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