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Virtual Event – COVID-19’s Short-term Impacts on Economies, Food Systems and Poverty in African and Asian Countries

Developing countries responded to COVID-19 by implementing social distancing measures and limiting non-essential business operations
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Now Available: Dataset “Estimates of Nutrient Availability From the Integrated Household Surveys in Malawi”

Replication files for our Working Paper "Are Malawian diets changing? An assessment of nutrient consumption and dietary patterns using household-level evidence from 2010/11 and 2016/17" are now available on Dataverse. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

The impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on maternal and child malnutrition in Myanmar

The COVID-19 crisis has severely disrupted economic activities in Myanmar. A sharp reduction in economic growth and large increases in poverty and food insecurity are anticipated. In their research, Derek Headey, Ame Cho, Sophie Goudet, Jecinter Akinyi... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Virtual Policy Seminar: COVID-19: The Role of the Agriculture-ecosystem Health Interface

Aug. 18, 9:30 – 11:00 AM (EDT) Presenters discuss possible cross-sectoral policies and actions for enhancing human and ecosystem health, with a focus on the role of One CGIAR. Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Virtual Policy Seminar: Measuring COVID-19’s Short-term Impacts in Africa and Asia

Aug 11, 9:30 – 10:45 AM (EDT) Using economywide models, presenters discuss the varied effects of different policies and economic structures on food systems and poverty during COVID-19 in Nigeria, Myanmar, and Sudan. Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program