"Poor governance is a major issue in many African countries, and one that has serious repercussions for long-term food security, " says a statement by the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Its food output will fall by a fifth over the next four decades, reckons the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington.
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The International Food Policy Research Institute says the use of cereals for industrial purposes like making biofuels has risen by a quarter since 2000.
That was the subject of a recent conference in Delhi organised by the International Food Policy Research Institute and attended by 1, 000-odd politicians, scientists and activists.
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But Ashok Gulati, a scholar at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, thinks they fail to reflect diversification away from food grains and into fruit and vegetables.
Three of them, in a paper last December for the International Food Policy Research Institute, looked specifically at the prospects for genetically modified rice in India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Bangladesh.
But it's vital that any prioritization of agriculture is not at the expense of the trade in raw materials, according to Ousmane Badiane, Africa director for the International Food Policy Research Institute.
In the past week the world price of corn has increased more than 30%, according to Maximo Torero, a director of markets, trade and institutions at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Derek Headey of the International Food Policy Research Institute has shown that despite the world food-price spike, people's assessment of their own food situation in most poor and middle-income countries was better in 2008 than it had been in 2006.
It is an adaptation of the English module "Investing in Information for Development" produced by CTA, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), GTZ (an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the University of Wageningen.
That's not an unreasonable argument, according to John Giles, a director at Promar International, a food industry research company.
Market research firm Euromonitor International tracks private-label spending in the core grocery products sectors, including food, beverages and personal care.
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