Smita Aggarwal Agrarian distress, farm waivers, and agricultural sops dominated the political and policy environment ahead of India’s general elections. Amid the hustle and bustle of the world’s largest democracy going to polls, the IFPRI launched its 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) at the epicenter of the country’s policymaking, New Delhi, at a day-long policy seminar [Read More...] Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
2019 GFPR Mumbai launch: Building partnerships to spur rural revitalization
The Mumbai launch of the 2019 Global Food Policy Report was jointly organized by IFPRI, Tata Trusts, and Dasra. The event focused on the challenges to ensure food and nutrition security in the rural areas of Maharashtra and rest of the country; and how philanthropic foundations, corporate social responsibility and the industry can support rural transformation. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
2019 Global Food Policy Report Bhutan launch: Charting paths to rural revitalization
Smita Aggarwal Nestled in the Himalayas, the Kingdom of Bhutan places top priority on the happiness of its people, tracking well-being with its Gross National Happiness index. The world can learn from this concept, said experts at the Bhutan launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) launch in Thimphu April 29. Speakers laid out the opportunities [Read More...] Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
A global rural crisis: Rural revitalization is the solution
By Achim Steiner and Shenggen Fan Rural areas are in crisis. Rural residents make up 45 percent of the world’s population but bear a disproportionate burden of poverty, malnutrition, and poor quality of life. The global rural poverty rate is 17 percent (compared to 7 percent in urban areas). Rural people comprise 70 percent of […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Direct benefit transfers can help double Indian farmers’ income by 2022-2023
Anjani Kumar and Sunil Saroj India’s 2019 interim budget makes a tectonic shift in providing support to Indian farmers. Under the Modi government’s ambitious direct benefit transfer program, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, each farmer having less than 2 ha of land will get 6000 rupees ($86) per year. This amount will be transferred [Read More...] Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
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