A recent IFPRI blog pointed to the perils of COVID-19 ravaging rural areas in second and third waves.
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I am honored to write the preface for the Southasiadisaster.net issue on “Agriculture, Gender and COVID-19: Impact and Recovery”.
As the impacts of the COVID-19 continue to be felt across the world, the need to address the vulnerabilities of the poor and marginalized is heightened.
Fix the system!
Millions of people go to bed hungry every night. With enough food on our planet to feed everyone, this need not be the case. The African scientist Jemimah Njuki explains how this could be changed and why women have an important role to play.
When Africa’s women farmers thrive, everyone benefits: the women themselves, the children in whom they invest, the communities that they feed, and the economies to which they contribute.
Recent experience has shown that as countries get richer, nutritional status does not necessarily improve.