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Agro Negocios Peru reported on fluctuating coffee prices. The article quoted from the joint ICO and IFPRI study, Volatile coffee prices: Covid-19 and fundamentals. “The new coronavirus represents a joint and unprecedented shock to supply and demand in the global coffee sector, and constitutes a huge challenge for coffee producers, agricultural workers, and members of the first stages of the chain […]

EPRS published an article on the food supply during the pandemic. The article quoted IFPRI’s research stating that as of 25 May 2020, 11 countries apply active binding food export restrictions, among them Kazakhstan (buckwheat, sugar, etc.), Russia (wheat, rye, barley, etc.) and Ukraine (buckwheat, buckwheat grain).  

Sahara Reporters in an article on trade and restrictions featured Senior Research Fellow Antoine Bouët who said, “Although governments across the region have said food items are among a list of essential items that can move freely, most of the trade in the country is done informally and in small quantities. Very often, these measures consist of the screening of trucks crossing the border […]

MoneyWeb reported on food help needed in Africa. As efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus continue, millions of Africans are struggling to afford basic foodstuffs. David Laborde, a senior research fellow at IFPRI said, “African people are missing income to buy food. We are dealing with the number of poor people in Africa that we’ve never seen before. You are […]

Relief Web reports on the recent World Food Program report. The report focused on targeting and prioritization of impoverished and food-insecure populations affected by COVID-19. This report quotes Stuart Gillespie and Alan Whiteside’s IFPRI blog on How COVID-19 may impact food and nutrition security as well as David Laborde, Will Martin, and Rob Vos’s IFPRI blog on Growth of poverty and food insecurity. Republished in Nigeria News Shafaqna.

VoxEu published an article asking could COVID-19 lead to a global food crisis? As the virus spreads around the world, there are concerns that global food security could come under pressure according to Senior Researcher David Laborde et al. and Senior Researchers Will Martin and Joseph Glauber.  Although initial conditions in global food markets in the face of COVID-19 pandemic are good, […]

Vanguard (Nigeria) published an article on the Central Bank of Nigeria and its leadership. The article quoted IFPRI in explaining that about 37 countries enacted various forms of food restrictions even in countries where average production exceeds domestic consumption. The development underscores the need for self-sufficiency at least in the production of some basic items, especially food. 

AllAfrica.com reported on a two-day webinar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI) has urged African countries to expand their food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar, organized in partnership with the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), featured […]

Radio France International published an article about Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s call to farmers. He said, “We don’t have money to import so we must produce what we have to eat.” Kwaw Andam, director of the Nigeria Strategy Support Program said, in a recent IFPRI report that “food supply was exempted from most restrictions during the height of the lockdown […]

Central Radio and Television International Online (China) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber in a three-part video interview. The first, on the needs of food systems today, Glauber said, “What we’ve seen over the last few months is the need for flexibility in the food system and technology to protect the food systems against biosafety issues like the coronavirus.” In a subsequent interview, […]

Reuters published an article on what traders in West Africa are confronting because of restrictions imposed by governments in response to COVID-19 that are crippling the informal trade in perishable goods and livestock like never before. Senior Research Fellow Antoine Bouët stated, “That informality makes it especially vulnerable to coronavirus restrictions, even when governments carve out exemptions for trade. Very often, these measures consist of the screening of trucks […]

Insights from the GFPR's inclusive food systems theme in light of the COVID-19 crisis. Co-organized with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Study understands how the FCDO supported ILO led program Work in Freedom Phase 2 (WiF-2) has contributed to reducing forced labor and trafficking.

América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) es uno de los principales contribuyentes a la seguridad alimentaria mundial y a los servicios ecosistémicos globales, incluidos el secuestro de CO2 y la biodiversidad. Sin embargo, la región también está sufriendo de degradación ambiental, particularmente a través de las altas tasas de deforestación. Además, ALC es la región […]

Having farmers outline their plots on tablets can save time and effort in research, a study shows.

Face of Malawi published an article that discussed where Malawi’s inflation rate stands. Malawi’s inflation decelerated by 0.4 percentage points in April 2020 to 9.4 percent, thanks to continued declining food prices, figures from National Statistical Office (NSO) show. The headline inflation is, however, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 9.1 percent rate recorded in April 2019. A […]

The Red Team Analysis reported on its latest analysis and delivered a first early warning about food insecurity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The danger is rising and deserves further and more in-depth analysis and monitoring. The article included IFPRI’s COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker (formerly Food Export Restrictions Tracker). 

Welt-Sichten (Germany) reported on the cancellation of the annual BMZ conference as well as a large-scale study. The study (from Cornell University, IISD, and IFPRI) results should flow into development cooperation and the further design of the special hunger initiative. 

Arbejderen (Denmark) reported on hunger and food insecurity in the midst of COVID-19. 6,000 children can die each day for the next six months. Not primarily from COVID-19, but as a result of hunger and collapse in an already inadequate health care system. IFPRI’s study revealed, at the global level, COVID-19 will throw 147 million more people into […]

Aperta Contrada (Italy) published an article on the latest reports on what is known about China and COVID-19. One report from IFPRI and Stanford studied the spread of the virus in rural areas. Research revealed that very tight isolation measures had been taken in all villages, that social distancing tools such as masks were available in more than 95% […]