Back

Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Eliot Jones-Garcia

Eliot Jones-Garcia is a Senior Research Analyst with the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on human-AI interaction, user-centered design, and the ethical and responsible development of AI. Eliot is currently finalizing a PhD on the digitalization of agricultural advisory services at Wageningen University & Research.

Back

What we do

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

Where we work

Back

Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

A looming food crisis on top of the coronavirus crisis: Roots, solutions, and international cooperation

Co-Organized by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and IFPRI

May 18, 2020

  • 8:30 – 10:30 pm (Asia/Shanghai)
  • 8:30 – 10:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 6:00 – 8:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The ongoing global outbreak of COVID-19, which so far has infected some 4 million and killed over a quarter of a million people worldwide, continues to cause havoc on the global economy and is putting pressure on health systems. There are also increasing concerns that this health crisis could turn into a food crisis.

The recent Global Report on Food Crisis reported that 135 million people suffered acute hunger, needing food assistance in 2019. Because of COVID-19 this number could increase dramatically this year.