This blog is cross-posted from the main IFPRI website, written by Danielle Resnick Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor rely on to buy and sell fresh food. Danielle Resnick argues that as governments impose COVID-1... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Sourcing farm gate prices for pigeon and chickpeas – A pilot study in 13 districts in southern Malawi
In Malawi, accurate information on farm gate prices is hard to obtain. Most agricultural price monitoring focuses on retail prices, and only the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) through its Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) collects data on farm gate prices across the country. However, AMIS data collection of farm gate prices >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy seminar: Who will feed India?
Katarlah Taylor Who will feed India? The country’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth is averaging 7 to 8 percent, and cities are expanding rapidly. India’s rapidly evolving food needs present a major challenge for agriculture and food systems. A March 22 IFPRI seminar, co-organized with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the [Read More...] Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Who gains from an increasingly industrialized food system?
Rob Vos, IFPRI
Food supply systems have changed dramatically over the past half century, with enormous advancements in distribution systems, processing technologies, and delivery of services. As systems once based entirely on agriculture become steadily more industrialized, diets have changed. People are eating more and more processed foods and are more likely to use food services outside of their homes. This is increasingly the case in developing countries. These trends are responses to changing food demand and also drivers of that demand, including the rise of a global middle class and rapid urbanization. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Unleashing the full potential of agriculture: 2018 National Agriculture Fair
“Unleashing the full potential of agriculture: the role of markets.” This was the theme for Malawi's recently concluded 15th National Agriculture Fair, held in thee country's commerce city, Blantyre, from September 12-15th. The event drew participants from all over the country to engage and share agricultural technologies innovations and successes - particularly related to growing >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
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