Food systems

COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal

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COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal
The Portal systematically captures policy responses through multiple channels, including population restrictions, social protection, trade, health, fiscal, and monetary measures. Source: IFPRI Ghana

COVID-19 border policies create problems for African trade and economic pain for communities

This blog post is cross-posted from the main IFPRI website and was originally written by Antoine Bouët and David Laborde. The blog post is part of a special series of analyses on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national and global food and nutr... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT 2020 LAUNCH: BUILDING INCLUSIVE FOOD SYSTEMS

The April 7 launch of IFPRI’s flagship 2020 Global Food Policy Report—this year focusing on the theme “building inclusive food systems”—occurred as the COVID-19 pandemic was starting to affect food supply chains around the world. These emerging challen... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

2019 IFPRI Annual Report

Cutting-edge research around the world is informing policies, programs, and interventions to end hunger and poverty. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Including Africa’s young people in food systems

Over the next decade, 21 million people will join the working-age population every year in Africa south of the Sahara. By 2050, that number will rise to 30 million a year.
The impacts of this so-called “youth bulge” are hotly debated. The trend is ge... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program