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Virtual event: Selling Crops Early to Pay for School: A Large-Scale Experiment in Malawi

Abstract: In 2010, primary school in Malawi began in September, three months earlier than in 2009. I show that this change forced households to sell crops early, when prices are low. The effect is limited to households with school children, increases w... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Understanding the rapid price increase of vegetable oils

Vegetable oils are an important product in the diet of Myanmar consumers and high food inflation in the country - 19 percent between December 2022 compared to December 2021. Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Increasing Consumer Rice Prices during COVID-19 and a Coup Are Driven by Higher Distribution Costs and Violence in Myanmar

More than three-quarters of the world’s extreme poor and nearly one-quarter of the global population live in fragile states. Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

IFPRI系列文章——俄乌冲突与世界粮食安全

2月24日俄乌冲突爆发以来，世界粮食价格持续攀升，影响了全球粮食安全。国际食物政策研究所（IFPRI）就俄乌冲突问题发表了一系列的观点及研究，分析全球各地区所受的粮食冲击，以下提供部分文章及全文链接供参考。... Source: 国际食物政策研究所北京中国项目

Crisis in Ukraine, agricultural machinery must ‘work as a system’

Ethiopian agriculture in the news for the period April 01-15, 2022 highlighting current stories in agriculture and related topics in the country. Read more
Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program