Africa needs inclusive food systems to prevent COVID-19 calamities (Medical News) 

Medical News reported on IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report and its findings and recommendations. Johan Swinnen, the report’s lead author and IFPRI’s director general, says that “control measures such as limited interactions that countries have been implementing since the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic last month (11 March) are interfering with economic activities worldwide.” He adds, “vulnerable groups can contribute and benefit from agricultural transformation even during crisis times if they are provided with social protection skills, development training, and other interventions particularly targeted towards women and youth.”