The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting national economies through several channels including global primary commodity trade and market disruptions.
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As of October 2021, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in African countries are still unfolding.
As an outgrowth of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods (AUC 2014) established both a clear
Remote sensing and machine learning for food crop production data in Africa post-COVID-19
The world is experiencing an unprecedented health crisis during the spread of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2).
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread across the world over the last two years, causing a significant number of deaths—more than 4.55 million as of October 2021—and hospitalizations as well as economic disruption.
ATOR 2021: Summary and conclusions
The 2021 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) includes three major sections in addition to the chapter tracking progress toward Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) goals.
The measurement of resilience capacities through the integration of macrolevel and microlevel indicators
Resilience measurement can now be viewed as an established body of research with 15 years of empirical evidence.
There is a global consensus that the current food system, involving the production, processing, transport, and consumption of food, is failing—threatening our food security, nutritional security and health, social justice, and natural resources—an
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all the countries in the world, transforming lives and economies. Many governments imposed containment measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Examing emerging data on impact of COVID-19 on African economies and food systems, reviewing the responses to the pandemic, and advances the discussion on methodologies to measure the impacts of and resilience to shocks.
Efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have further exacerbated long-standing challenges within African food systems and exposed new sources of vulnerability in people’s livelihoods.
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted governments across the world to introduce unprecedented lockdowns and other restrictions on mobility to slow the spread of coronavirus and to avoid overwhelming healthcare systems.
While agriculture has been resilient to the health crisis in comparison with the service and industry sectors, the sector's resiliency is gradually being corroded by climate change, with lasting, harmful effects for agriculture and food systems
This chapter reviews efforts to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural trade, economic activity, and poverty in Africa, in view of the critical role that agricultural trade plays for millions of poor people.
The long partnership between the Government of Egypt and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) began in the late 1970s but became much more active with the launch of IFPRI’s Egypt Strategy Support Program (ESSP) in 2016.
Better living through nutrition: How tackling malnutrition can transform Africa’s development
Despite the will, many developing countries lack the resources to deal with a problem that ravages at both the national and individual level. We need smarter, context-specific solutions on nutrition that can catalyze sustainable change.
Food trade openness and enhancement of food security: Partial equilibrium model simulations for selected countries
This research measured the welfare impacts of food trade liberalization in India, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using the partial equilibrium model—World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS).
Food subsidies and cash transfers in Egypt: Evaluating general equilibrium benefits and trade-offs
Most Egyptians receive food subsidies, which are the cornerstone of the country’s social protection system. The government recently attempted to reduce subsidies, with limited success, and introduced a cash transfer program targeting the poor.
Climate change adaptation strategies for Egypt’s agricultural sector: A ‘suite of technologies’ approach
Climate change negatively affects Egypt’s agriculture sector. This brief summarizes the results of a modeling exercise to examine a range of climate change adaptation approaches to counteract agricultural productivity declines.