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Elodie Becquey

Elodie Becquey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in IFPRI’s West and Central Africa office in Senegal. She has over 15 years of research experience in diet, nutrition, and food security in Africa, including countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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Worse than the coronavirus: millions of people in the poorest countries face starvation due to pandemic and recession (Voice of America—Ukraine) 

July 30, 2020


Voice of America (Ukraine) published an article stating, Economic decline, deteriorating health care, rising domestic violence – the coronavirus pandemic is multiplying a number of other important problems in the world. As the harvest season approaches, experts point to a new threat – mass famine in Africa and Asia. According to IFPRI with each percent of the global economy falling, an additional 14 to 22 million people fall below the poverty line.

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