Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am EDT - 4:00 pm - 05:30 pm CAT
Concern is growing that the global outbreak of COVID-19, already a health crisis, could turn into a food crisis. In poor countries, the need for food assistance could increase ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
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Cutting-edge research around the world is informing policies, programs, and interventions to end hunger and poverty. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
Despite several studies showing the effect of access to markets and weather conditions on crop production, we know quite little on whether and how livestock production systems respond to variation in weather risk and access to markets. In this paper, we study whether and how livestock production responds to access to markets and varying weather […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
COVID-19 Lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
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
Global Food Policy Report 2020: Inclusive food systems can help build resilience to withstand pandemics and other shocks
This blog is cross-posted from the main IFPRI website and was written by Johan Swinnen, Director General of IFPRI. April 6, 2020 As the world battles the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social and economic disruption it is generating, concern a... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
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