Background On May 8, the Food Security Portal and the FSN Forum will host a webinar on important food crisis risk monitoring efforts. The event will highlight priority research and policy questions, identify gaps in existing monitoring efforts, and pin... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, social and economic relief measures—including fiscal stimulus and expansion of social safety nets—are crucial to prevent poverty and hunger from rising dramatically in developing countries. Rob Vos, David Laborde and W... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Is Humanitarian Food Aid Enough to Tackle Food Insecurity in Yemen?
Francesco Di Bona - MA in Development Economics and International Studies, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
In crisis and conflict contexts, food assistance is used as a main form of humanitarian aid. Food insecurity can be tackled directly through food basket transfers or school feeding programmes, or indirectly through cash or voucher transfers, with the latter that can be redeemed in supermarkets. Lately, cash transfers have been on the rise as a humanitarian food aid measure. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been [...] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
