Issue Post September 28, 2020 IFPRI mentorship journeys: Providing advice and research support for Malawi agriculture students Sandra Fröbe-Kaltenbach Cynthia Kazembe A master’s student and an IFPRI researcher shepherd a thesis to publication—part of the Bunda Grant Scheme program.

Country: Jordan Source: UN Children’s Fund Programme will help hundreds of children to escape from dangerous working environments and return to education and training, as well as providing their families with a package of support.

Littering is endemic across Southeast Asia and not even national parks and protected wildlife reserves are spared the curse of rubbish left behind by visitors. Take the Mossy Forest of Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands where moss-covered tree trunks with gnarly roots vie for space amidst thick growths of lichens and ferns […]

Country: Yemen Sources: International Committee of the Red Cross, Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen At the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, the parties to the conflict in Yemen reached what the UN envoy there called “a very important milestone”, in agreeing to release […]

Sep 25, 2020 In the News India Here’s why farm protests have been loudest in Punjab, Haryana (Hindustan Times) Governance Hindustan Times published an article stating that the MSP regime doesn’t benefit all farmers and it has not been effective in all states. Farmers blocked roads and railway tracks to protest three new […]