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Larbi Toumi - Agro-socio-economist and General Affairs Manager, the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Waters and Forests, Rabat (Morocco)
Food security is on the political agenda of both devel... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
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
Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, they are venues the poor rely on to buy and sell fresh food. Danielle Resnick argues that as governments impose COVID-19 restrictions, informal food traders should be helped rather than persecuted. Her suggestions include: Developing hygiene practices and clean water supplies with market associations, allowing more dispersed market sites during epidemics, and extending safety nets and health benefits found in formal markets to informal market workers.—John McDermott, series co-editor and Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) Source: IFPRI Ghana
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As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly upends economies, efforts to improve food systems must continue. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
This blog is cross-posted from the main IFPRI website and was originally written by Johan Swinnen 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... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
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