Opinion: How to address the impact of COVID-19 on global food systems (Devex) 

Devex published an article on how governments and the international development community must quickly mobilize efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on food and agriculture and, most importantly, to protect the food security of vulnerable people. IFPRI blog post, How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19 by Division Director Rob Vos and Senior Research Fellows Will Martin and David Laborde, state that early projections indicate that even under an effective COVID-19 containment scenario, 14 million to 22 million people could slip into extreme poverty and low- and middle-income countries could see a 25% decline in agri-food exports.