Poverty and hunger are on the rise globally despite economic progress. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), designed a program to consider innovative approaches to achieving the first two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): ending hunger and poverty. This a […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Kisan Pathshala for doubling farmers’ income
Ever since PM Narendra Modi announced his target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 at a farmers’ rally in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 2016, the Centre, as well as several state governments, have remained occupied with evolving ways and means to achieve th... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Researchers gather to support India’s nutrition mission with insights from implementation research
As the nutrition community in India is steadily ramping up its collective action towards the goal of attaining malnutrition-free India by 2022, the nutrition research community, along with high-level policy stakeholders from the NITI Aayog, relevant mi... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Impact study demonstrates Bt brinjal eggplant variety helps farmers in Bangladesh earn more with less pesticide
Eggplant, known as brinjal in Bangladesh, is a high-value crop that is widely grown and consumed throughout the country. About 150,000 farmers grow brinjal in Bangladesh and it ranks third after potato and rice among crops in the country in terms of qu... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
How air pollution is holding down wheat yields in India
Since the start of the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s, India has tripled its wheat yield. Yet air pollution also rose steadily during this period, with deleterious impacts on crops. In a recent paper drawing on published literature, I estimate that ... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
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