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Addis Fortune published an article writing, challenges from COVID-19 and the effect on poor and fixed-income households is often unfortunately lost in the attention given to the macroeconomy. The COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to food insecurity as incomes are affected. Gashaw T. Abate et al. conducted a survey of around 600 households and found that among the households surveyed between […]

Brownfield Ag News reported on where the US and China stand with negotiations and phase-one of the trade deal. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, “China has only imported about $8.7 billion dollars of U.S. ag goods this year, so that leaves a lot. I mean, it’s almost $26 billion that needs to be imported by the balance […]

Food Tank published an article on the e-book, COVID-19 and global food security. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the impacts of COVID-19 on the food system and policy responses. It covers how the pandemic affects global poverty, food security, gender, and employment. The book is based on a series of blog posts that IFPRI started in the […]

Voice of America (Ukraine) published an article stating, Economic decline, deteriorating health care, rising domestic violence – the coronavirus pandemic is multiplying a number of other important problems in the world. As the harvest season approaches, experts point to a new threat – mass famine in Africa and Asia. According to IFPRI with each percent of the global […]

The United States Senate Committee on Finance posted the video of the trade hearing which featured Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber’s testimony can be heard beginning at 41:44. To read his full testimony please see his statement, The current state of agricultural trade and the World Trade Organization. 

Researcher Joseph Glauber testifies that the challenges of meeting future food needs will require a concerted effort from governments to improve the functioning of food and agricultural markets. 

ABC News reported on how a food crisis and malnutrition could lead to greater child deaths during the pandemic. Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality, published in The Lancet, warns that the “unprecedented global social and economic crisis” means 6.7 million more children could suffer from ‘wasting’ — a severe form of malnutrition – in low […]

Investor Indonesia published an article stating the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has raised concerns in the community about food availability in Indonesia. Although the Covid-19 outbreak has not yet disappeared, food distribution and distribution activities must continue. Indonesian Food Technology International Institute for Life Sciences (i3L) lecturer Rayyane Mazaya Syifa said the pandemic did indeed have an impact, as predicted […]

Tribune News (Indonesia) published an article on food security and how Indonesia might deal with COVID-19’s impact on the food supply. IFPRI and other international development organizations write that the Covid-19 pandemic can lead to new food crises affecting the food security of a country, especially poor and developing countries. Also published in Suara.com, jpnn.com, kontan.co.id, Swa, and other major media outlets.   

Manitoba Co-Operator (Canada) published an article on global trade. A recent virtual summit focusing on managing agricultural trade in an increasingly chaotic world focused largely on recent actions taken by the United States. Participant in the summit and Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said the U.S. decision to effectively render the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) useless by not […]