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
6 Myths about Unconditional Cash Transfers
by Maxwell Young Cash transfers have been shown to reduce poverty, increase food security and build households assets, cultivate human capital, and provide recipients with dignity and autonomy. Research from Bangladesh and other low- and middle-income settings also shows that cash transfers can reduce intimate partner violence. Click to view interactive Despite […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
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
EAT-Lancet Report Bangladesh launch: Transforming food systems to boost nutrition
The new EAT–Lancet Commission report identifies targets and strategies for achieving a sustainable global food system for healthier diets by 2050—including eliminating land use conversion for food, protecting biodiversity, reducing water use, and improving diets. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
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