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Lockdown measures will hit widely but unevenly, with most impacts felt in urban and peri-urban areas.

Lockdown measures will hit widely but unevenly, with most impacts felt in urban and peri-urban areas.

Modeling results show monthly declines in GDP, with the poor hit hardest.

Modeling results show monthly declines in GDP, with the poor hit hardest.

Social distancing measures may hurt both food traders and consumers in a region known for harsh crackdowns on markets.

Poverty, malnutrition, weak healthcare systems, and other factors will complicate the response to the pandemic.

A Stanford survey shows restrictions are working to limit outbreaks among China's 700 million rural residents, but harming livelihoods, education, and other areas of life.

Nationen (Norway) reported on global food security in the time of Covid-19. Africa and other developing countries (more than 820 million people) struggle with food insecurity daily. IFPRI Division Director Rob Vos and Senior Research Fellows Will Martin and David Laborde in their blog post, How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19?, estimate […]

This webinar will explore opportunities for synergies between the expansion of mini-grids and strengthening Africa’s agricultural value chains. The Malabo Montpellier Panel’s 2019 report Energized focuses on what six African countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia – have done successfully in terms of institutional and policy innovation for energy expansion in support […]

IFPRI is curating a special series of blog posts analyzing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national and global food and nutrition security, poverty, and development. The series is edited by IFPRI director general Johan Swinnen and A4NH director John McDermott. Latest Blog

Trade is allowing production to move from areas of surplus to areas of shortage, avoiding the drastic shortages and food insecurity associated with reliance only on local production.

Implications of a new free trade zone incorporating 774 million people and $21 trillion in GDP.

Trade is allowing production to move from areas of surplus to areas of shortage, avoiding the drastic shortages and food insecurity associated with reliance only on local production.

Trade is allowing production to move from areas of surplus to areas of shortage, avoiding the drastic shortages and food insecurity associated with reliance only on local production.

Agrilinks reported on the next steps after Covid-19. Sound food security and agricultural policy are vital for countries to be able to weather viral outbreaks and the shocks they send throughout food supply chains. According to the IFPRI blogpost by Shenggen Fan, one lesson we can take away from China is that food availability in […]

Kathimerini (Greece) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang about China and the coronavirus (Covid-19). What lessons can the rest of the world learn from how China has dealt with this crisis? Zhang said, “It is very important to have some buildings now available as temporary isolation centers for patients with mild symptoms to reduce cross-contamination. […]

Center for Global Development published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang. Zhang reported on the results of a recent survey showing COVID-19 has landed a heavy blow on Chinese SMEs, with huge differential effects across sectors and regions. Policies aimed at work resumption should consider the characteristics of each industry and avoid a […]

One Green Planet reported on Covid-19 and the potential for a global food security crisis. There is a connection between disease outbreaks and food insecurity brought on by trade disruptions. Senior Research Fellow Kevin Chen, recommends that policymakers monitor food prices closely, restore operations of regional supply chains in China, increased financial support and corresponding […]