Biz Community published an article on recommendations from the 2019 Global Food Policy Report. The Report’s lead author and IFPRI Director General Johan Swinnen, says that control measures such as limited interactions that countries have been implementing since the WHO declared Covid-19 a global pandemic on 11 March are interfering with economic activities worldwide. Research Scientist and IFPRI Chief of Staff Rajul Pandya-Lorch states, “Building more inclusive food systems will be helpful during pandemics such as Covid-19 as smallholder farmers, market vendors, women and unemployed youth in food systems can secure well-paying jobs including food processing and packaging or transport industries.”
