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Devastating Impacts on Poverty; a Perfect Storm for Malnutrition; and more

The pandemic has all the makings of a perfect storm for global malnutrition.

This webinar will consider several scenarios based on the current global situation and the communications on the domestic support plans submitted by countries in preparation for the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference.

IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report was officially launched on April 07 and highlights the critical role that inclusive food systems can play, looking specifically at the obstacles and opportunities as well as the tools and technologies for building inclusive food systems. COVID-19 is having an immense impact on our health and food systems on […]

IFPRI findings show the pandemic's impacts are falling heavily on the poor around the world.

In low- and middle-income countries, women are key to practical efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus—but face many obstacles men do not.

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day and COVID-19 crisis prompt reflection on where we are heading as a species.

This webinar will present results from social network analysis (SNA) of nutrition networks in West Africa. A sub-component of the systematic review, this work applies SNA to authorship and affiliation data collected for the review to illuminate the patterns of collaboration and the structures of collaborative networks. The results highlight how SNA can be used […]

China Science News published an article on the 2020 Global Food Policy Report. The Report emphasizes that in order to resist the impact of the epidemic, we need to build a food system that is more resilient, more adaptable to climate change, and healthier and more inclusive.  

CajNews Africa reported on the prices of the staple maize dropping in Malawi as a result of the onset of the main harvest season. This is a major boost for the majority as prices had been at their highest in years during the lean season. IFPRI-Malawi corroborated that the prices were declining as a result of the new produce trickling […]

Wirtualny Nowy Przemyst (Poland) reported on how societal inequalities will increase as the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic becomes clearer. Using forecasts from IFPRI, the Polish Economic Institute pointed out that each percentage point of economic decline means an increase in the number of people affected by poverty by 2%. (14 million). They reserved that this indicator may be correspondingly higher depending […]

Global Diaspora News reported on the release of IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report (GFPR). As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive disruption it has caused in food supply chains, it is painfully clear that the poor and marginalized communities are the hardest hit. GFPR emphasizes that modern global food systems should be inclusive of not just […]

Dhaka Tribune reported on the predicted dire straits of the poor in Bangladesh as the nation comes out of the COVID-19 outbreak. The current poverty reduction rate in Bangladesh stands at 1.2%. It has been continuously decreasing since FY2000-01, when the rate was 1.8%. This trend of declining poverty reduction rate will be aggravated due to the  […]

Beijing Review published an op-ed by former IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan on COVID-19 and food security. Fan writes, “COVID-19 is a global health crisis not seen in decades. Without proper measures, a global food crisis leading to a much larger humanitarian disaster may follow, caused not by a shortage of food, but due to panic that can […]

Economic Times reported on India’s new safety net programs that include doing away with the requirement of ration cards or other IDs, and distributing food to anyone who needs it during India’s lockdown. An IFPRI study (see the blog post, How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown) on how India’s food safety net is responding to COVID-19 notes […]

News Center Maine wrote an article about farmworkers who are essential employees during the coronavirus pandemic. But crowded living conditions could trigger an outbreak that would devastate the food supply.  Former IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan said, “COVID-19 is a health crisis. But it could also lead to a food security crisis if proper measures are not taken.”  […]

Ahram Online published an article on the discussions and strategies that fifteen Ministers of Finance had on combatting COVID-19 and its impact on economies. IFPRI’s blog post, Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt was referenced. “The pandemic is likely to have a significant economic toll in Africa. For Egypt, the national GDP is expected to fall […]

Prothom Alo (Bangladesh)  published an article on the condition of food security during the COVID-19 outbreak as it pertains to rice. County Director, IFPRI-Bangladesh and Senior Research Fellow Akhter Ahmed proposed several ways to prevent increased food insecurity. Ahmed states that the coronavirus could spread further affecting the rice sales on the open market. He added that everyone must be fed during the lockdown of the country and it must […]

Africa Report published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Danielle Resnick. Resnick writes, “Much of the region’s urban population works in the informal sector – many in wet markets and as street vendors – and depends on it for food, so lockdowns and other social distancing measures could pose major problems both for consumers and workers.  How food traders […]

In-Depth News published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Clemens Breisinger et al., on how travel restrictions and the full or partial closure of businesses and industries have led to a collapse in global travel and are expected to reduce the flows of remittances. Tourism and remittances are important sources of employment and incomes for the poor, respectively. The authors […]