Facilitating Markets

India’s ban on rice exports: Potential threats to global supply, prices, and food security

On July 20, India announced that it would restrict exports of non-basmati rice to calm domestic rice prices that had
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Policy Seminar: Implications of El Niño 2023/24 for Africa South of the Sahara

Climate scientists are anticipating an El Niño event in the upcoming boreal winter season (November 2023–February 2024), ending the recent three-year La Niña. In collaboration with USAID FEWS NET and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, IFPRI is hosting... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Informal trade: Insights from Phansidewa at the India-Bangladesh border

Informal cross-border trade in the Bay of Bengal region is an integral part of local economies and has many broader
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IFPRI researchers receive AAEA 2023 Quality of Communication and Publication of Enduring Quality award

Work on the implications of the Ukraine crisis on food systems and research on trade, food standards, and poverty recognized Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

IFPRI Blog: Six lessons learned from a year of multiple crises: Beyond the Russian invasion of Ukraine

As 2022 came to a close, we attended the GIZ conference “A Year of Multiple Crises: Reflecting the impacts, policy responses and outlook for food security and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.” During the event, experts examined the global policy impl... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program