Energy costs are on the rise in Egypt and shortages of electricity have resulted in scheduled power outages since August 2023. Understanding the trade-offs inherent in the energy subsidy system can help policymakers to chart the best course in a diffic... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Global Food Policy Report 2023 launched
The International Food Policy Research Institute has published the Global Food Policy Report 2023 at Kathmandu in Nepal. IFPRI’s South Asia Regional Office, in partnership with the Institute for Integrated Development Studies, the Bay of Bengal Initiat... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables
A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly go vegetarian, dropping beef and chicken from their diets because they can no l... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Is food price inflation really subsiding?
Almost a year after the February 2022 Russian invasion in Ukraine, fears of a period of sustained high global food
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GLOBAL FOOD PRICE CRISIS THREATENS TO CAUSE A GLOBAL NUTRITION CRISIS
New evidence from 1.27 million young children links high food prices (inflation) to wasting and stunting.
Read Blog Post: https://www.ifpri.org/blog/global-food-price-crisis-threatens-cause-global-nutrition-crisis-new-evidence-127-million Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office