Abstract Since Amartya Sen's famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that the impacts of food market shocks on the poor depend much more on their impacts on households’ incomes and access to food than on overall food availability... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Will COVID-19 cause another food crisis? An early review
Johan Swinnen - Director General, the International Food Policy Research Institute
COVID-19 is disrupting economies around the world, but will it cause a food crisis? IFPRI Director General Jo Swinnen says it depends whether you are rich or poor. Jo synthesizes insights from several blog posts in this series to make the case that governments must emphasize policies and programs that target the immediate needs of their poorest citizens. [...] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
A Call for Evidence-based and Sustained Action for Improving Nutrition in Egypt
Highlights from IFPRI Egypt-NNC seminars to support “The 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative” September 17, 2019 Aula Ali - IFPRI Egypt office intern Habiba Hassan Wassef - Health and Nutrition Policy in Sustainable Development Researcher, National Research Center Sahar Zaghloul - Vice President, National Nutrition Committee Clemens Breisinger - IFPRI Egypt Country Program Leader […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
News: The 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative: Food availability, access and consumption patterns in Egypt
Mai Mahmoud - IFPRI Egypt
In support of the strategic goals of the "100 Million Health" initiative, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held the second seminar in a series of seminars co-organized with the National Nutrition Committee (affiliated by the Academy for Scientific Research and Technology). The IFPRI Egypt seminar, "Research to support the 100 Million Healthy Lives Initiative: Food availability, access and consumption patterns in Egypt", took place at the National Nutrition Institute (NNI) on March 24, 2019. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
